Definitive Contract 80GSFC26C0032
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- Goddard Space Center awarded a $390,936 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Rocket Lab USA Inc. (doing business as Rocket Lab Space Systems) on February 23, 2026, for studies focused on Mars end-to-end communication service architectures. The work will advance end-to-end communication solutions for Mars exploration while identifying performance needs and commercial service opportunities. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of May 24, 2026, will be performed in Long Beach,...
- This is a $1,285,662.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Headquarters agency to Blue Origin, LLC, a for-profit aerospace company, to provide research reports on studies related to bringing Mars samples back to Earth. The contract has no set-aside designation and runs until October 15, 2024. Blue Origin has received multiple prior awards from federal agencies like NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and DARPA to develop a range of space technologies and capabilities supporting human space...
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a $4.39 million firm fixed-price definitive contract to Blue Origin, LLC on April 30, 2025, to develop and assess end-to-end logistics and mobility architectures for lunar surface operations. The originating solicitation, released under the NextSTEP-2 Broad Agency Announcement Appendix R, seeks concept definition and maturation studies addressing lunar surface logistics and uncrewed surface mobility capabilities. The objective includes identifying...
- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a $3.71 billion definitive contract to Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC for rapid development, testing, and demonstration of a sustainable human landing system integrated lander on May 18, 2023, under firm fixed price terms with no set-aside. Place of performance is Huntsville, AL. The contract extends through January 23, 2029. SCI reporting for FY2024 shows $350 million invoiced across 514 FTEs working 1,068,296 contractor hours, yielding a blended...
- This is a definitive contract awarded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to Blue Origin Federation, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to further develop the sustainable lunar lander concept for the Artemis program. The $134,605,899 firm-fixed-price contract covers design, trade studies, joint working groups, and risk mitigation activities to reduce risks associated with the sustainable lunar lander development. The effort directly enables NASA's objectives for human exploration of...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a $10.2 billion definitive contract to Blue Origin Federation, LLC to design, develop, manufacture, test, launch, demonstrate, and provide engineering support for the Human Landing System integrated lander. The contract has a period of performance from May 2020 through February 2025 and utilizes a firm fixed price structure. Major subcontractors include Cesiumastro Inc., Wind River Systems, Inc., Accenture...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order for $1,784,940.00 to Blue Marble Communications, Inc., a self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business, for an Integrated Communications Data Switching System. The contract is a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a completion date of November 30, 2020. The system will integrate communications Wide-Band RF Modems/Transceivers and high-speed routing/switching capabilities to...
- NASA's Goddard Space Center awarded a $4.82 billion definitive contract to Intuitive Machines, LLC for Near Space Network (NSN) services, subcategory 2.2 (GEO to cis-lunar relay), on October 1, 2024, under firm fixed price terms with no set-aside. The contract extends through September 30, 2029. Place of performance is Houston, TX. The originating solicitation was posted April 29, 2022 as a pre-solicitation notice. The contract incorporates FAR 52.222-90 addressing discrimination by federal...
- NASA's Goddard Space Center awarded a $4.82 billion definitive contract to Intuitive Machines, LLC for Near Space Network services covering GEO to CISLUNAR direct-to-Earth and cross-CISLUNAR direct-to-Earth subcategories on February 1, 2025, with no set-aside applied. Place of performance is Houston, Texas. The contract carries firm fixed pricing and extends through September 30, 2029. The originating pre-solicitation was posted April 29, 2022. The award incorporates FAR 52.222-90 addressing...
- Lockheed Martin Corp was awarded a $253,723 firm fixed-price definitive contract by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on March 2, 2026, under the Commercialization, Innovation, and Synergies (CIS) Office's Fourth Capability Studies Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). The contract, which will be performed in Roxborough, Colorado, seeks industry insights and analysis regarding Mars end-to-end service architectures as part of NASA's efforts to develop comprehensive operational frameworks for future...
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center awarded a $660 million definitive contract to Blue Origin, LLC on September 1, 2026, for design, development, integration, launch, and on-orbit continuous communications in support of Mars sample return and future Mars surface, orbital, and human exploration missions. The contract is firm fixed-price with no set-aside. Place of performance is Huntsville, AL. The originating pre-solicitation, posted February 23, 2026, describes procurement of a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter system under the Mars Telecommunications Network program. Key requirements include full operational readiness by end of calendar year 2030 (threshold) or 2029 (goal), hardware delivery by December 31, 2028, minimum five-year operational lifetime, autonomous operations, onboard processing, Direct with Earth links, proximity links for Mars surface and orbital assets, store-and-forward capabilities, and Deep Space Network and CCSDS protocol compatibility. Performance metrics include 95 percent (threshold) to 99 percent (goal) Direct with Earth link availability and 98 percent (threshold) to 99 percent (goal) proximity link availability. Data rate thresholds are 0.1 Mbps forward and 1 Mbps return on Direct with Earth links at maximum range, with goal rates of 1 Mbps forward and 7 Mbps return. Period of performance extends through December 31, 2035. The procurement is governed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Public Law 119-21), which mandates competitively bid firm fixed-price contracts for this acquisition. The contract follows the advisory multi-step FAR 15.101(e) process.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Final RFP - Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN) | 80GSFC26R0011_RFP | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Center | Solicitation 3/3 | 5/14/26, 4:29 PM | |
Draft RFP - Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN) | 80GSFC26R0011 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Center | Solicitation 2/3 | 4/2/26, 10:16 PM | |
Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN) | 80GSFC26MTN011 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Center | Pre-Solicitation 1/3 | 2/23/26, 11:20 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $660.0m | 8/30/26 |