Flight and payload integration services for 60 student payloads in support of the flight opportunities techrise student challenge 2026-2027
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- Contract number
- 80AFRC26FA008
- Awardee
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Aerostar International, LLC UEI CNACBD9ZMLG8
- Awarding agency
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Armstrong Flight Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $453,892
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $453,892.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 40% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition · 4 offers Multiple Award, Fair Opportunity
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Sioux Falls, SD 57108, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center awarded a delivery order valued at $453,892 to Aerostar International, LLC for flight and payload integration services supporting 60 student payloads in the Flight Opportunities TechRise Student Challenge for the 2026-2027 academic year. The contract, awarded on March 10, 2026, with a completion date of October 1, 2027, is a firm fixed-price delivery order issued under the larger Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4 (SHOFPIS 4) indefinite delivery contract. Aerostar International, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based subsidiary of Raven Industries, will perform the work at its place of performance in Sioux Falls. No small business set-aside was used for this award.
This delivery order supports NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, which enables technology demonstration and educational initiatives through high-altitude and suborbital flight platforms. Aerostar has extensive experience executing similar payload integration and flight services under the $45 million SHOFPIS 4 indefinite delivery contract with Armstrong Flight Research Center. The TechRise Student Challenge leverages these capabilities to provide undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities to conduct experiments and technology demonstrations at high altitude, advancing the next generation of aerospace innovators while fulfilling NASA's educational outreach objectives.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80AFRC26FA008?
80AFRC26FA008 was awarded to Aerostar International, LLC by Armstrong Flight Research Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on March 10, 2026.
How much is contract 80AFRC26FA008 worth?
The government has obligated $453,892 on 80AFRC26FA008.
Is contract 80AFRC26FA008 an order under another contract?
Yes. 80AFRC26FA008 is a delivery order under 80AFRC24DA003, an indefinite delivery contract, on Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4.
Was contract 80AFRC26FA008 competed?
The extent of competition for 80AFRC26FA008 was full and open competition. The government received 4 offers.
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