Indefinite Delivery Contract 80AFRC24DA003

This is a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) to Aerostar International, Inc., a subsidiary of Raven Industries, Inc. The $45 million contract supports the NASA Flight Opportunities program by providing high-altitude and suborbital flight services and payload integration support for technology demonstrations. Aerostar, a specialized aerospace and defense company, has previously supplied protective equipment and payload integration services to various federal agencies.

A sample task order under this IDC has a firm fixed price of $25,000 for minimum guaranteed flight services, with a period of performance through February 2029. The original solicitation, which was not a request for proposals, sought feedback from industry on the reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement to acquire commercial space flight slots and associated integration services for NASA's technology payloads and potential spaceflight participants. This IDC allows NASA and other government agencies to place orders for these specialized aerospace services as needed to advance technology readiness.