Grant For Research 80NSSC18K0029
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- This is a $164,549.09 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation to conduct research on magnetic fields in the atmospheres of sun-like stars. The research aims to address science questions related to the solar dynamo, observational limits on inferring magnetic fields and differential rotation on other stars, coronal magnetic configurations associated with superflare events, and the importance of physical processes like flux...
- This is a $1,754,282.82 grant award from NASA's Heliophysics Division to Lockheed Martin Corporation for research on what causes the Sun to vary. The grant aims to study the role of the solar magnetic field, which is essential for understanding solar variation. Lockheed Martin, a global aerospace and defense company, has extensive experience supporting NASA, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies with research, engineering, and technology development in areas like space physics,...
- This is a $455,530.77 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Lockheed Martin Corporation, a leading global security and aerospace company, to develop a magnetofrictional (MF) model of the solar corona's magnetic field. The model will utilize evolving photospheric magnetic field observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory to predict coronal mass ejections and solar flares, improving space weather forecasting capabilities. The...
- This is a $637,450.00 grant award made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation to conduct research on "ASSESSING OBSERVED AND PHYSICAL INPUTS FOR REALISTIC SOLAR WIND AND CORONAL MASS EJECTION MODELING". The award has an ultimate completion date of November 20, 2026. Lockheed Martin, a global aerospace and defense company, has extensive experience supporting NASA and other federal agencies through contract and grant awards for...
- This is a $388,438.48 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Lockheed Martin Corporation for research on improving the forecasting reliability of solar energetic particle (SEP) events. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports better-informed and more timely space weather-related decision-making in industry and government agencies. Lockheed Martin, a global aerospace and defense company, has extensive experience supporting NASA, the Department of Defense, and...
- Lockheed Martin Corporation received a $1.5M grant from NASA's Shared Services Center for research investigating the origin of solar energetic particles and their transport in the inner heliosphere. The grant, awarded on January 8, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of January 7, 2027, represents a civilian research effort with no set-aside designation. Work will be performed at Lockheed Martin's facility in Palo Alto, California. This grant supports fundamental heliophysics research that...
- This $138,478.20 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation to create and make available a searchable database of topological features of the solar corona's magnetic field. The grant will enable research into the relationship between the topology of the large-scale coronal magnetic field and the occurrence of solar eruptive events, as well as the characteristics of the solar wind. Additionally, the grant will fund...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $549,843 research grant to Lockheed Martin Corporation on May 1, 2023, for a study exploring the relationship between coronal dimmings and coronal mass ejections. The grant, which extends through April 30, 2026, is categorized as a research grant with a non-competitive pricing structure. Work will be performed at Lockheed Martin's facility in Palo Alto, California. This award carries no small business set-aside designation and represents part of NASA's...
- This is a $385,167.42 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation, a leading global aerospace and defense company. The grant is for a theory, modeling, and simulation (TMS) effort to investigate the physical mechanisms driving solar active region eruptions, evaluate remote sensing techniques to quantify eruptive potential, and develop a data-driven magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model of solar eruptions with synthetic observables. The...
- This is a $886,146.35 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation for the Heliophysics Event Knowledgebase Beyond the Solar Dynamics Observatory project. The award is a single-source, non-set-aside contract with a period of performance ending on March 7, 2026. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor, bringing its extensive experience in supporting NASA and other federal agencies on research, engineering, and technology development...
This is a $624,175.91 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Lockheed Martin Corporation to conduct research on magnetic fields in the atmospheres of sun-like stars. The research aims to answer questions about what observations of magnetic spots, differential rotation, and flares on other stars can teach us about the solar dynamo, the limits of observational inference of magnetic fields and differential rotation, the coronal magnetic configurations associated with superflare events, and the importance of physical processes like flux emergence, differential rotation, and turbulent diffusion for magnetic activity on other stars. This is a research grant, not a set-aside contract. Lockheed Martin has extensive experience as a prime contractor and subcontractor supporting NASA, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies on a wide range of aerospace, defense, and technology programs.
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| Not listed | $0 | 3/12/21 | ||
| P00005 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 3/12/21 | |
| P00004 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 8/6/20 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 8/6/20 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 3/9/20 |