Delivery Order NNN06AA01C-80MSFC19F0002

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) was awarded a delivery order valued at $8.21M on October 31, 2018, for work on the Solar Orbiter Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph under the Aerospace Research, Development, and Engineering Support (ARDES) contract vehicle (NNN06AA01C). This cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order, funded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, supports instrumentation development for the Solar Orbiter mission, a joint NASA-European Space Agency spacecraft designed to study solar physics and heliospheric phenomena. The work will be performed at APL's facility in Laurel, Maryland, with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2028. No set-aside designation was used for this award, reflecting open competition based on APL's technical capabilities and prior experience in space science instrumentation.

APL, a not-for-profit research center affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, is well-positioned for this assignment given its extensive portfolio of space science and engineering contracts with NASA and the Defense Department. The laboratory regularly executes complex task orders under IDIQ vehicles and serves as a prime contractor on sophisticated research, development, and engineering efforts. This Solar Orbiter suprathermal ion spectrograph task order represents APL's continued role as a critical partner to NASA in advancing scientific understanding of solar processes and space weather phenomena through specialized instrument development and systems engineering.