Definitive Contract 80GSFC26C0020
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- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has been awarded a $902,748 contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to provide a "Geospace Dynamics Constellation Mission - Thermal Plasma Sensor, Limited Phase A" for a completion date of June 30, 2023. This contract has no set-aside designation and is a definitive, cost-no-fee contract. UTD is a public research university that has secured numerous prime and subcontract awards from federal...
- This is a $4,658,955.00 cost-no-fee definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). The contract is for the development of a Phase A-B Bridge TPS Instrument for the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) spacecraft program. The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025. The original federal contract opportunity was a solicitation under NASA's Third Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice...
- This federal contract award, valued at $231,969.00, was granted to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the "QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF THE BROADBAND ELECTROSTATIC TURBULENCE IN THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE." The contract is a grant for research with an ultimate completion date of August 6, 2025. UTD is a public research university with extensive capabilities in space physics, quantum computing,...
- This federal contract award is a $545,640 grant for research to the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), a public research university in Richardson, Texas. The research is focused on investigating the response of radiation belts to magnetic dips, which is relevant to the objectives of the Van Allen Probes mission to study how populations of relativistic electrons in space change in response to variable inputs of energy from the Sun. The contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics...
- This federal contract award, valued at $644,998.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to conduct research on transparent superconductors for single-photon detectors. The award is part of NASA's broader research and technology development initiatives, without any set-aside designations. UTD, as a subsidiary of the University of Texas System, has extensive experience collaborating with federal agencies on advanced...
- This $374,874.00 federal contract award to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, titled "EO14042 INNOVATIVE GEOMETRIC DEEP LEARNING MODELS FOR ONBOARD DETECTION OF ANOMALOUS EVENTS", is for research and development work in the area of advanced geometric deep learning models for anomaly detection in space-based systems. The contract does not have a set-aside designation,...
- This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1775, was granted by the Shared Services Center on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), a public research university. The $771,646 grant is for research on "Hemispheric Asymmetries in the Ionosphere" with a completion date of September 1, 2025. UTD is a subcontractor to the University of Texas System, a state university system that has a broad portfolio of federal...
- This is a $451,427.82 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to collect and analyze thermal plasma data from the SSIES-3 plasma instruments on four DMSP spacecraft. The data is widely used by the space science and space weather community. This grant supports research related to space physics and space exploration. The University of Texas System, which includes UTD, has a significant history of receiving federal contracts...
- The University of Texas at Dallas received a $562,384 research grant from a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center for an investigation into cold plasma dynamics in the magnetosphere. The award was made on January 1, 2024, with a completion date of December 31, 2026. This grant represents continuation of UTD's substantial engagement in space physics research, a domain in which the institution has demonstrated considerable federal funding success. The contract carries no set-aside...
- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) was awarded a $788,446 grant contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the dynamics of radiation belt electron loss during fast magnetopause compression events. This grant is part of UTD's broader federal research portfolio, which encompasses diverse scientific domains such as space physics, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and bioengineering. As a component of the University of Texas System, UTD...
The University of Texas at Dallas received a $1.07M cost-no-fee definitive contract from NASA's Goddard Space Center for development of a Thermal Plasma Sensor (TPS), with performance in Richardson, Texas and completion targeted for October 2026. This procurement emerged from NASA's Third Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-3), which solicits modest space flight investigations supporting science, exploration, and technology objectives. The award carries no set-aside designation, reflecting UTD's competitive standing in open competition. The cost-no-fee structure indicates that the contractor will absorb any costs exceeding the fixed ceiling while receiving no profit or fee component. UTD brings substantial research credentials to this effort as a prominent federal research partner with demonstrated expertise in space physics and advanced technological development. The university's existing portfolio includes significant space-related work, including multiple NASA-funded grants addressing space exploration, lunar research, and energetic electron precipitation, as well as sub-contract partnerships on space missions such as COSMIC-2. This thermal plasma sensor contract aligns with NASA's broader scientific mission to advance space-based instrumentation and represents continued collaboration between the agency and UTD's research capabilities in support of near-Earth orbit investigations.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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NASA Announcement of Opportunity for Third Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-3) | NNH17ZDA004O | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters | Solicitation 1/1 | 4/19/22, 10:49 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $1.1m | 4/22/26 |