This federal contract award to Orbital Sciences LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, is for the Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) mission, hosting the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) as its primary payload. The contract is a $900,000.00 firm fixed-price delivery order under the RAPID III Spacecraft Acquisition contract vehicle, awarded by the Goddard Space Center on behalf of the Department of Defense, Space and Missile Systems Center. The contract has no set-aside designation and is intended to support a rapid spacecraft study. Northrop Grumman Corporation, the parent company of Orbital Sciences LLC, is a major defense contractor with a broad portfolio of federal contract and grant awards across aerospace, defense, and technology domains.