This is a $94,940.50 firm fixed price definitive contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Center to Spacelink Corporation, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to conduct CIS capability studies for NASA's communications and navigation network direct-to-Earth (DTE) and lunar space relay (LSR) commercialization services. The contract was awarded under NASA's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Appendix O, which seeks...
NASA Goddard Space Center has awarded a $149,028.86 firm-fixed-price contract to SSC Space US Inc., SSC Space US Division, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to conduct industry-led capability studies in three areas: wideband satellite communications, phased array ground systems, and constellation topology analysis. This contract is part of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NEXT STEP-2) program, which aims to facilitate the transition to fully commercialized...
This is a $126,650 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Center to Intuitive Machines, LLC, a leading space exploration company. The contract is for NEXTSTEP-2 CIS Capabilities Studies, which will provide detailed studies and demonstrations of innovative tools related to wideband satellite communications, phased array ground systems, and constellation topology analysis. This effort supports NASA's long-term vision to transition to a resilient, commercially-provided space...
This $4.82 billion, 9-year Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to SSC Space US Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company, for Near Space Network (NSN) Services. The NSN Services contract covers two subcategories of services: Earth Proximity Direct to Earth (DTE) and Cislunar DTE. The contract will provide communication and navigation services for NASA and other federal agency missions in the near-space region up to 2 million kilometers from Earth. This...
Cesiumastro Inc. was awarded a $395,640 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to conduct capability studies in support of the agency's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) initiative. The contract was awarded through the Commercial Institutional Services (CIS) Capability Studies II: Wideband/Phased Array/Crosslink solicitation, which sought industry insights on wideband satellite...
This is a $91,012.90 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Center to MTI Systems, Inc., a woman-owned small business, under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnership-2 (NEXTSTEP-2) program. The contract is for industry-led capabilities studies in three areas: wideband satellite communications, phased array ground systems, and constellation topology analysis. This work will inform NASA's transition to fully commercialized space communications...
This is a $4,820,000,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Viasat Inc. for Near Space Network (NSN) Services. The contract is under the NSN major program and has a period of performance through September 30, 2034. The contract covers two service categories - Near Space Direct-to-Earth (DTE) and Near Space Relay - for communication and navigation services for customer missions, spacecraft,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a non-profit policy research organization. The $90,190 contract is for a study to develop a methodology and plan for assessing the opportunities and challenges of international collaboration in space. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. CSIS has an extensive history of...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Orbital Sciences LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. It is a definitive, firm-fixed price contract for $499,998.00 with a completion date of September 26, 2019. The contract was awarded under the NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIPS-2 (NEXTSTEP-2) Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), specifically Appendix G focused on Space Relay Partnership and...
This is a federal contract award to Peraton Inc. by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The contract, titled the Space Communications Networks Services (SCNS) contract, is valued at $1,512,337,468.00 and has a period of performance ending on October 8, 2019. The contract is a Cost Plus Award Fee Definitive Contract and was awarded on October 11, 2008 without any set-aside designation. The SCNS contract enables mission success for NASA...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to Ksat Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for CIS capability studies for NASA's communications and navigation network direct-to-Earth (DTE) and lunar space relay (LSR) commercialization. The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price of $161,638.74 and has a completion date of March 2, 2023. The contract is not set aside and is associated with the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Appendix O, which seeks industry-led capability studies to explore and demonstrate future enhancements and innovative communication capabilities needed for NASA's communication and navigation missions. The studies and demonstrations are intended to inform NASA and its stakeholders on industry's telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) capabilities and future innovations and concepts that would enable a commercial TT&C marketplace where NASA is one of many customers.