Delivery Order 80AFRC24DA003-80AFRC26FA008

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.