This federal contract award is for an analysis of solar flare X-ray time profiles and the development of a hard X-ray (>10 keV) solar-dedicated CubeSat called the Experiment for X-Ray Characterization and Timing (EXACT). The contract, valued at $135,000.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, a non-profit organization and 1862 land grant college, on September 1, 2018. The contract has a completion date of August 31, 2021 and is a Training Grant. No set-aside was used for this award.