Definitive Contract AG3K06533K06062200

The Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service awarded a $402,592 firm fixed price purchase order to Patrick Willis of Bloomington, IN for remote sensing analyst support services. The contractor will provide geospatial ground reference data preparation, satellite image processing, land cover classification, accuracy assessment, and metadata services to deliver timely acreage estimates and documentation in support of NASS programs through August 2024. Services include...

This is a definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters to Remote Sensing Systems, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation located in Santa Rosa, California. The $789,436.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the evaluation of the COWVR (Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer) as a cost-effective sensor for measuring ocean vector winds and other air-sea variables. The contract is part of NASA's research and development efforts and does not have...

NASA awarded a $3,791,652.02 research grant to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., a division of Ball Corporation, to develop the Reduced Envelope Multispectral Sensor (REMI). REMI is a new sensor architecture that meets all heritage Landsat requirements (visible through thermal IR) in a single payload, with reduced size, weight, and power consumption. The goal is to reduce the risk, cost, and development time for the next generation Sustained Land Imaging (SLI) instruments, while...

This is a $599,223 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to evaluate the integrated use of Landsat and Sentinel 2 satellite data in identifying and mapping the extent of major commodity crops like wheat, corn, and soybean. The goal is to improve the accuracy of crop type identification and areal extent estimation across diverse cropping systems. The project will use higher temporal resolution MODIS data as a...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $616,741 research grant to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) to develop new crop mapping and yield estimation products using data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel satellite systems. The grant aims to prototype a generalized approach for monitoring major crops like wheat, corn, and soybeans across large agricultural regions globally. It will leverage multi-temporal optical and microwave satellite data,...

This is a federal delivery order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to NV5 Geospatial, Inc. for remote sensing services. The contract has a ceiling value of $90,749.28 and is part of the larger DHS Aerial Remote Sensing 2013-2018 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. NV5 Geospatial is a leading provider of geospatial products and services to federal agencies, with expertise in areas such as aerial imagery, LiDAR data acquisition, digital...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $2,978,337.33 grant to Raytheon Company's Space & Airborne Systems division to build and test a prototype of the Advanced Technology Land Imaging Spectroradiometer (ATLIS). ATLIS is a compact, multispectral pushbroom imager designed to provide visible through shortwave infrared calibrated imagery that meets or exceeds the requirements of NASA's Sustainable Land Imaging Technology (SLI-T) reference mission architecture. The...

The USDA National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $2.9 million firm fixed price delivery order contract to Aerial Services Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas. Under the contract, Aerial Services will provide 2020 aerial digital imagery services to support the agency's natural resources conservation programs. The award was issued against the company's existing GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. No subcontractors or set aside designations were identified. The contract runs from July...

This contract is a result of a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) award to Remote Sensing Systems, a research-oriented business located in Santa Rosa, California. The research under this Firm Fixed Price contract, valued at $616,885.00, is to improve salinity measurements that were collected from the Aquarius and SMAP satellite missions under degraded conditions. Remote Sensing Systems specializes in processing and analyzing microwave data collected by satellite sensors to support earth science...

Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., a small business for-profit organization, was awarded a $125,000 firm fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the design and development of an enhanced terrain relative radar altimeter/velocimeter sensor to support future planetary landing missions. This sensor will be an improvement over the Terminal Descent Sensor...