This federal contract award to Astrobotic Technology Inc., a Pittsburgh-based space technology company, is for the delivery of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program managed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The $322,859,169.00 firm-fixed-price delivery order contract has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2025. Astrobotic, the prime contractor, will provide the Peregrine lunar lander...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) for "Human Landing System Studies, Risk Reduction, Development, and Demonstration" services. The contract has a potential value of $5,286,413.00 and was awarded on a competitive basis with no set-aside designation. As the prime contractor, SNC is providing lunar rover solar arrays, orbital outpost prototypes, and human landing...
This firm fixed-price contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center, provides for the delivery of a VIPER X-Band Communication System to support the agency's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover program. The $3,665,000.00 contract was awarded to Thales Alenia Space Espana SA, a subsidiary of the Thales Group, on July 15, 2020. The work is to be performed in Spain, with a completion date of April 30, 2022. The original...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order contract awarded by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), to provide industrial services in support of the VIPER mission. The contract has a total ceiling value of $1,416,302.00 and a period of performance through November 3, 2024. Caltech, the prime contractor, has previously served as a subcontractor and subrecipient on various federal research and technology development contracts,...
This is a $889,700 firm fixed price federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc. (Redwire) for the development of an "Affordable Maximum Performance Solar Array for NASA and Commercial Missions." The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside. Redwire, through its Deployable Space Systems, Inc. (DSS) division, is a leading provider of mission-critical space infrastructure solutions, including...
This is a $10,455.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract award to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The contract is for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission VIPER Review Team (VRT) support under the ARDES II contract vehicle. APL, a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center, will provide engineering, modeling, and simulation services to support NASA's VIPER mission, which is focused on...
This is a $149,994.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to PVT Clean Energy LLC by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the Phase 1 advanced material and structural design of a lightweight, stiff mounting system for a 50-kilowatt-class photovoltaic array. The work will be performed in Poughkeepsie, New York, and has a completion date of January 25, 2023. This contract award is set...
This $17.3 million definitive contract was awarded by NASA's Johnson Space Center to Moog Inc. for the design, development, fabrication, and delivery of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Integrated Avionics Unit (IAU). Moog Inc.'s Broad Reach Division, which specializes in complex electronic systems for aerospace and defense, is the prime contractor. Major subcontractors included electronics and aerospace companies supporting the avionics unit development. This contract...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to DHV Tecnologia Espacial Avanzada Malaguena SL, a for-profit manufacturer, for the DIONE SOLAR ARRAY. The contract has a potential value of $248,840.00 and a completion date of January 17, 2022. This award was made under a competitive solicitation with no set-aside designation. The solar array is being delivered under this contract, which was likely awarded as part of a larger...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), a for-profit aerospace and national security company, for a study on the commercialization of low-Earth orbit (LEO). The contract is for $952,934 and has a completion date of February 28, 2019. The contract was awarded under a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) that sought industry input on enabling a commercial marketplace in LEO, with NASA...