This is a $830,336 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) for the Aerosol Cloud Meteorology Interactions over the Western Atlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE). ACTIVATE is a four-year (FY2019-FY2023) Earth Venture Suborbital-3 program that will acquire in-situ and remote sensing data on aerosols, marine boundary layer clouds, and meteorological conditions over the western North Atlantic Ocean. The research...
This is a $4,291,659.00 grant awarded by NASA to the University of Arizona for the "Aerosol Cloud Meteorology Interactions over the Western Atlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE)" project. The five-year effort aims to collect statistical data on the interactions between aerosols, cloud properties, and meteorology in marine boundary layer clouds over the western North Atlantic. The project will use two NASA research aircraft based at Langley Research Center to conduct in-situ and remote sensing...
This federal contract award to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research organization, supports the Advanced Air Transport Technology (AATT) project for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The $930,761.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order requires NIA to perform three major tasks: identify and model technology collectors for different gas-electric propulsion aircraft architectures, conduct N+3 technology assessments across vehicle classes,...
This federal contract award, valued at $688,278.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), a non-profit research institute based in Hampton, Virginia. The purpose of the contract is to develop more physically-based parameterizations of wet scavenging processes for aerosols in the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-5) model. This work aims to improve the model's representation of aerosol loading, lifetime, and...
This federal contract award to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research institute, is for a $631,810 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate the impacts of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai submarine volcanic eruption on stratospheric composition and climate. The five-year research grant, which commenced on May 23, 2023, does not have a set-aside designation. As a non-profit organization, NIA frequently collaborates with...
This $533,815 grant contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), a non-profit research institute. The contract is for research on the composition of stratospheric aerosols, which can be dominated by large volcanic eruptions that inject sulfur into the stratosphere. NIA has previously supported NASA with a range of aerospace and atmospheric research services as a prime contractor and subcontractor, leveraging its...
This is a delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research and education institute. The contract, valued at $201,066.00, supports NASA's Airspace Operations and Safety Program through research and development on airborne surveillance concepts for air traffic management. The work includes technology development, experiment design and execution, data analysis,...
The U.S. government awarded a $986,018 grant to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research and graduate education institute, to conduct a series of balloon campaigns in India and Saudi Arabia over the summers of 2021, 2022, and 2023. The purpose of these campaigns is to study the nature, origin, and formation of the Atal. This grant is funded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, and does not have a set-aside designation. NIA, the prime contractor,...
This federal contract award to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research organization, facilitates the establishment and operation of a science and research institute. The $90,000,000.00 cooperative agreement was awarded by the Langley Research Center, a civilian agency of the U.S. government, with an ultimate completion date of September 25, 2012. NIA, the prime contractor, frequently collaborates with academic partners like Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the NASA Langley Research Center to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit aerospace research and education organization, for a total ceiling value of $54,594.81. The contract involves conducting high-fidelity flight simulation experiments to: 1) raise the technology readiness level for selected new technologies, 2) discover factors contributing to loss of airplane state awareness, 3) assess usability and acceptability of...