This $6.49 million firm fixed price contract was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation to conduct a Phase A study for the GEO-XO Lightning Mapper (LMX) instrument. The work involves defining requirements, assessing technologies, and developing plans to mature critical technologies to support the planned 2032 launch of the instrument onboard NOAA's first Geostationary Earth Orbit Extended Observations (GEO-XO) satellite. Two...
This federal contract award to Lockheed Martin Corporation is for the design, development, and delivery of the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) series for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The contract has a ceiling value of $2,127,139,419.00 and runs through April 30, 2039. This effort supports NOAA's mission to monitor and forecast weather and environmental conditions for the protection of life and property and enhancement of...
This is a $773,460,760 cost plus award fee contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to L3Harris Technologies, Inc. for the GEOXO IMAGER (GXI) INSTRUMENT IMPLEMENTATION. The contract has no set-aside designation. Major subcontractors include Glenair, Inc., Materion Precision Optics And Thin Film Coatings Inc., Positronic Industries Inc., Chroma Systems Solutions Inc., Wess-Del Incorporated, Data Device Corp, and others. This contract supports NOAA's...
This federal contract award, valued at $549,863,959.00, was granted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Ball Corporation. The contract is for the design, development, fabrication, integration, calibration, testing, verification, evaluation, launch support, and ground support equipment for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Sounder instrument. This hyperspectral infrared instrument will...
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Payload And Ground Systems Division was awarded a $6.5 million firm fixed price contract by the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct a Phase A study for the GEO-XO Lightning Mapper (LMX) instrument. The 20-month contract will fund requirements development and technology maturation plans to support the planned 2032 launch of the LMX onboard the first NOAA GEO-XO satellite. Leonardo - Societa' Per Azioni...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5.4 million firm fixed price definitive contract to Maxar Space LLC, a division of Maxar Technologies Inc., for a GEOXO Space Craft Phase A Study. The contract will run from August 9, 2022 through June 8, 2023 and will be performed in East Palo Alto, California. Maxar Space LLC will provide Phase A study services for a GEOXO space craft program under the major program code GEOXO to NOAA through this definitive contract.
This is a definitive contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation, a global aerospace and defense company, to design, develop, and deliver the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) R series. The contract, valued at $505,189,131.00, includes the provision of an engineering development unit, a proto-flight model, four flight models, test equipment,...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation, a global defense and aerospace company, to develop the Solar X-Ray Imager Instrument. The contract, valued at $105,608,031.00, is a cost-plus-award-fee arrangement without any set-aside designation. The instrument is likely intended to support NOAA's space weather monitoring and solar physics research efforts. Lockheed Martin has extensive experience providing...
This is a $7,384,461.00 firm fixed price definitive contract awarded by the Goddard Space Center (part of NASA) to the prime contractor L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Harris Corporation) for the GEO-XO IMAGER PHASE A FORMULATION project. This award is part of the broader GEO-XO (Geostationary and Extended Orbits) program, which focuses on developing advanced imaging and sensing technologies for weather monitoring, forecasting, and space domain awareness. The contract has no...
This is a $371,461,622.00 cost-plus-award-fee contract awarded by NASA GSFC to Lockheed Martin Corp to implement the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Lightning Mapper (LMX) instrument. The LMX is a single spectral channel instrument used to measure the location and intensity of optical transients produced by lightning. The contract covers the development of two LMX flight models with options for two additional models, as well as 10 years of on-orbit operations and 5 years of...