Definitive Contract 80GSFC23CA072

This is a $549,863,959.00 definitive contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. for the development, fabrication, integration, and operation of the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Sounder instrument. The GeoXO Sounder is a hyperspectral infrared instrument that will provide critical atmospheric data to support weather prediction models run by the National Weather Service and NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. The contract includes options for an additional flight model and a spare, with a total period of performance of 15 years per model, including 10 years of on-orbit operations and 5 years of on-orbit storage. This is a cost-plus-award-fee contract awarded through full and open competition, with no set-aside designation. The original solicitation was issued by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. is a subsidiary of the parent company Ball Corporation.