The NASA conjunction assessment risk analysis cara group provides support to mission customers to analyze collision threats to their assets and to develop processes for reacting to those threats.…

NASA Goddard Space Center awarded a $623,084.52 delivery order contract to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), to staff the Chief Engineer position for the Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) Group. The CARA Group supports NASA mission customers in analyzing collision threats to their space assets and developing response processes. The Chief Engineer serves as the principal technical subject matter expert, represents the task to external agencies, guides the program's overall philosophy and technical direction, and provides systems engineering support across all aspects of the Conjunction Assessment and Analysis (CAA) program. The contract is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2019, and work will be performed in Greenbelt, Maryland. No set-aside designation was applied to this award.

The Aerospace Corporation's extensive experience supporting NASA across multiple research centers and specialized domains in space systems engineering, mission assurance, and technical advisory services positions it well for this specialized role. As an FFRDC, The Aerospace Corporation is uniquely qualified to provide the independent technical expertise required for conjunction assessment and space situational awareness support. The corporation's core competencies in systems engineering, strategic advisory services, and technical assessment across civil space programs align directly with the CARA Group's mission to protect NASA assets from collision hazards in the increasingly congested orbital environment.

The NASA conjunction assessment risk analysis cara group provides support to mission customers to analyze collision threats to their assets and to develop processes for reacting to those threats. The role of the cara chief engineer is to serve as the tasks principal technical subject matter expert represent the task to external agencies on technical matters guide the tasks overall philosophy and technical direction and provide system engineering support to all aspects of the CAA program. The purpose of this task is to staff the chief engineer position.