The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center awarded a $253,631.89 time and materials delivery order to Lufthansa Technik AG, a leading provider of aviation services, for the maintenance of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft at the Cologne, Germany airport. This delivery order is part of an indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $700,000 awarded by NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center to Lufthansa...
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center awarded a $87,383 firm fixed price delivery order to FBO Aerocardal Limitada for the lease of real property and infrastructure to support the deployment of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) in Santiago, Chile through September 30, 2022. No set-aside provisions were applied to this award made under an existing contract vehicle. SOFIA is a joint project of NASA and the German...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Armstrong Flight Research Center awarded a $1.1 million firm fixed price definitive contract to Lufthansa Technik AG for modification of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy's Modular Cleanroom and Telescope Assembly System and ventilation system. Work will be performed by Lufthansa Technik AG in Germany through January 2030. As the prime contractor, Lufthansa Technik AG will modify critical systems on board the Stratospheric...
The federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC18K1049, was granted to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division. The $87,381.81 contract is for the development of the High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES), a versatile facility instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). HIRMES is designed to address fundamental questions about the evolution of planetary systems, including the distribution of oxygen,...
This is a $146,333.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Casfer Aero Systems Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for CASFER AERO SYSTEMS STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY (SOFIA) AIR DATA AND INDICATOR UPGRADES. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and was awarded on February 10, 2017 with a completion date of March 30, 2017. The work will be performed in Boise, Idaho. The SOFIA...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center awarded a $304,411 firm fixed price delivery order to Bastion Technologies, Inc. for safety and mission support services related to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program. Under this one year contract set to run from February 2021 through February 2022, Bastion Technologies will provide support services at the Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California in support of NASA's airborne...
This federal contract award to Cornell University, a private research university, is for the High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES) instrument that will be provided to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program. The HIRMES instrument offers sensitivity and spectral resolution capabilities that enable unique observations of planetary system evolution and other astrophysical phenomena. This $87,521.34 grant-funded contract has a completion date of June 30,...
This is a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the U.S. Army European Command to Coplan-Merrick JV LLP, a foreign-owned, for-profit partnership based in Colorado. The contract supports the "Design for Construct Squadron Operations/Operation Alert Facility (SOF) at Graf Ignatievo Air Base in Bulgaria" under the Department of Defense's Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) acquisition program. This $147,333.24 contract is a task order issued under a larger $49 million...
This federal contract award is a grant for research given by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to develop the HIRMES spectrometer. The HIRMES instrument is designed to detect key chemicals like oxygen, water, and hydrogen that are involved in planetary formation and evolution. The grant, valued at $231,829.87, will enable CUA to leverage its expertise in instrument design, building upon its prior work on the James Webb Space...
This $153,731.41 grant from NASA to the University of California, Berkeley is funding work to aggregate, analyze, and document the in-situ data from the HELIOS 1 and 2 solar missions, which collected unprecedented measurements of the inner heliosphere over 11 years. The goal is to create a comprehensive public archive of this valuable dataset to support planning for the upcoming Solar Orbiter (SOLO) and Solar Probe Plus (SPP) missions. Key tasks include carefully analyzing and reprocessing the...