This is a definitive, cost-no-fee contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Center to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), which operates the Space Telescope Science Institute. The $1,732,544,394.65 contract covers the major phases of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission, including formulation, development, testing, and the first year of science operations. The activities span mission requirements analysis, ground segment development, science program...
This is a $3,500,000.00 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Center to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. for Phase A studies to develop a design for the industry-provided portion of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Wide Field Instrument (WFI). The contract supports a hardware development, integration, and test program to deliver a flight-qualified WFI opto-mechanical assembly, including...
This is a $31,186,099.00 definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Goddard Space Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's Space Systems Division to provide products and services to support the James Webb Space Telescope Phase E operations and sustainment. The contract has a period of performance through June 24, 2027 and does not utilize a set-aside. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a leading aerospace and defense technology company, will serve as the prime contractor....
This is a firm-fixed price definitive contract awarded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. for a two-year technology development effort to advance and retire technology gaps for large segmented-aperture or monolithic telescopes. The $9,004,471 contract is not set aside and aligns with NASA's Science Mission Directorate research through the agency's annual Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) program. As a subsidiary of...
This is a firm fixed-price federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. for "ULTRA-STABLE TELESCOPE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS - CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES (ULTRA-CT)". The $8,642,331.00 contract has an ultimate completion date of September 2, 2026. It was competitively awarded and does not have a set-aside designation. The contract was sourced from NASA's annual Research...
The U.S. Goddard Space Center (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Delivery Order contract valued at $544,140.00 to BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. to conduct an "ADVANCED TELESCOPE FOR HIGH-ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS (ATHENA) CRYOCOOLER DEMONSTRATION MODEL STUDY". This contract was issued under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. BAE Systems is serving as the prime...
This is a $319,805,854 Cost Plus Award Fee contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, and evaluate the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Opto-Mechanical Assembly (WOMA) for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission. The contract also covers support for the subsequent integration, test, evaluation, validation, and launch of the WFI, as well as providing the instrument...
This is a $500,000.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. for a wide-field instrument (WFI) industry concept study for the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission. The study is intended to determine feasible WFI implementation approaches, assess critical design drivers, and develop cost and schedule estimates for the WFI design, build, and...
This is a $13,078,562.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. for the development of a Laser Prestabilization System (LPS) for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) system. The contract has no set-aside designation and the ultimate completion date is November 12, 2025. BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. is a subsidiary of Ball Corporation, a prominent...
This is a federal contract award from the Goddard Space Center, part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to the prime contractor L3Harris Technologies, Inc. The contract provides for all efforts and responsibilities necessary to build, refurbish, or modify the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) to meet the performance requirements of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) program. The contract has a ceiling value of $376,280,671.00 and is a Definitive Contract...