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This is a Statement of Work for a research contract focused on space weather and geospace science. The contractor shall conduct event-driven studies of magnetospheric substorms using existing satellite and ground-based observational data to support the future Links multi-scale geospace mission, identified as the highest priority Living With a Star (LWS) mission by the Heliophysics Decadal Survey. The work encompasses four primary deliverables: identifying candidate substorm events that feature alignment of THEMIS and MMS satellite data with comprehensive ground-based observational coverage from missions including ELFIN, POES/MetOp, and Swarm; producing detailed studies of current sheet formation and disruption in the near-Earth magnetotail to calculate reconnection rates and compare small-scale energy conversion signatures to macro- and meso-scale phenomena; analyzing magnetotail activity in relation to near-Earth particle injections, ionospheric particle precipitation, and other ionospheric responses; and developing an artificial intelligence and machine learning-assisted event workflow prototype to support event organization, feature extraction across datasets, and Links-relevant data analysis planning.

The contract period of performance runs from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. No specific pricing terms, federal agencies, contract vehicles, or response deadlines are identified in this Statement of Work document.