"" NASA-isro (national aeronautics and space administration indian space research organization) synthetic aperture radar mission (NI-SAR)(NASA indian) standing review board (SRB) support. The…

This is a federal contract award from NASA Langley Research Center to Cornell Technical Services LLC, a small technology and professional services company based in Columbia, Maryland. The contract is for the NASA-ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission (NI-SAR), with the objective of understanding the response of ice sheets to climate change, the dynamics of carbon storage and uptake, and the likelihood of natural disasters. Cornell Technical Services LLC will provide standing review board support for the NI-SAR project, which is a Category 2 project with an Instrument Risk Class C. The contract is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order with a ceiling value of $368,292 and a period of performance through December 31, 2018. This contract is not associated with a set-aside program.

"" NASA-isro (national aeronautics and space administration indian space research organization) synthetic aperture radar mission (NI-SAR)(NASA indian) standing review board (SRB) support. The objective of the NI-SAR mission is to understand: the response of ICE sheets to climate change and the interaction of sea ICE and climate; the dynamics of carbon storage and uptake in wooded, agricultural, wetland, and permafrost systems; the likelihood of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides. NI-SAR is a directed mission to be implemented by the jet propulsion laboratory (JPL) in partnership with the indian space research organization (isro). IT is planned to be launched, using a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (gslv mark-II), provided by isro, from a launch-site in india. Primary mission operation is planned for 3 years. NI-SAR is a category 2 project (NPR 7120.5E)&instrument risk class c (NPR8705.4). The SRB is responsible for independently assessing the health of the program. Independent reviews of programs are conducted at defined lifecycle milestones and are used to objectively assess the projects progress against the project plan, its readiness to proceed to the next lifecycle phase, compliance with NPR 7120.5E and NPR 7123.1B requirements. The purpose of this task is to obtain the SRB chair and SRB members to perform independent lcrs of the NI-SAR project.