This federal contract was awarded by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), a civilian agency under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. The $3,133,279.45 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract supports the Europa Program, providing engineering services for the de-orbit stage of a lander mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The contract has no set-aside designation. As a prime contractor, Aerojet Rocketdyne has subcontracted work to...
This is a $8,201,270.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Orbital Sciences LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems LLC. The contract supports the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), which is responsible for developing crosscutting, pioneering new technologies and capabilities needed by the agency to achieve its current and future missions. The contract has an...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center is for Human Landing System Studies, Risk Reduction, Development, and Demonstration. The prime contractor is Orbital Sciences LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The contract has a potential value of $10,816,005.00 and a completion date of September 30, 2020. It is a definitive contract with a firm fixed-price pricing type. Orbital Sciences LLC will provide...
This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to perform pre-phase A work on the Europa Lander Mission. JPL, which operates as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), will provide a broad base of scientific and technical capabilities to support NASA's Science Mission Directorate in areas such as Earth science, planetary...
This federal contract award is a $134,999.99 training grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington. The project aims to adapt existing space plasma models to study spatial asymmetry in the subsurface oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa. The research involves collaboration with a NASA staff scientist to incorporate thermodynamic models for icy moon interiors and develop a 3D multi-fluid model to investigate Europa's...
This is a letter contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aerojet Rocketdyne Of DE, Inc., a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, Inc., to initiate design, development, testing, and evaluation (DDT&E) work and long lead purchases. The $2,074,005,182.00 cost-plus-award-fee contract has no set-aside designation and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2020. As a prime contractor, Aerojet Rocketdyne has provided research and development services...
This federal contract award, valued at $126,408,519.00, was issued by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to the prime contractor, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, for the development of a sustainable lunar lander concept. The effort involves design, trade studies, joint working groups, and risk mitigation activities to support NASA's Artemis program. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract and does not have a set-aside designation. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is...
This definitive contract, awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is for the fabrication and procurement of 27 Europa flight engines from Moog Inc.'s Moog ISP division. The $7,244,048.00 firm fixed price contract has no set-aside designation. Moog, a manufacturer of precision control components and systems, possesses the specialized expertise and capabilities required to fabricate, test, and deliver the Europa mission-specific Dual Split Triplet-13E (DST-13E) engines, which are...
This federal contract award was issued by the Langley Research Center, a civilian agency of the U.S. government, to ATK Space Systems Inc., a manufacturer of aerospace systems and components. The $1,699,137.00 contract is a cost-plus-award-fee delivery order under a larger Research and Development program to increase the maturity of concepts, operations, procedures, and technologies for airborne precision spacing. The award was set aside for small businesses. The parent company of the prime...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to ATK Launch Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The $1,114,044.47 contract, titled "AEROSHELL AFFORDABLE MANUFACTURING", is for the provision of various rocket motor and propulsion-related services, such as static fire testing, propellant properties analysis, igniter dissection, and engineering studies. The contract has no set-aside designation. Major subcontractors...