National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contracts in Arizona

Agency State Spending Overview

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has obligated $2,897,902,991 in federal contract spending performed in Arizona across 28 contract awards. Of these awards, 100% were competitively bid, meaning multiple companies submitted proposals for the work. Small businesses account for 0% of the agency's contract awards in the state. The top contractor receiving National Aeronautics and Space Administration dollars in Arizona is General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. with $1.2B. This spending represents a significant portion of the federal government's economic activity in Arizona and supports jobs across multiple industry sectors.

Overview

Total Spending: $2,897,902,991

Contract Count: 28

Average Contract Size: $103.5M

Competition Rate: 100%

Small Business Rate: 0%

Top Contractors

Companies receiving the most National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract dollars in Arizona, ranked by total obligated value.

1. General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. — $1.2B (1 contracts)
2. University of Arizona — $777.7M (7 contracts)
3. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation — $569.5M (1 contracts)
4. Arizona State University — $159.3M (3 contracts)
5. Kinetx Inc — $57.7M (2 contracts)
6. Katalyst Space Technologies, LLC — $29.8M (1 contracts)
7. Moog Inc — $17.3M (1 contracts)
8. Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. — $15.4M (1 contracts)
9. Honeywell International Inc. — $8.7M (2 contracts)
10. Litespar Inc — $4.0M (1 contracts)
11. Planetary Science Institute — $3.2M (1 contracts)
12. Intuitive Machines, LLC — $2.6M (1 contracts)
13. Paragon Space Development Corporation — $1.4M (1 contracts)
14. Advent Diamond, Inc. — $910.0K (1 contracts)
15. Polycharge America, Inc — $838.4K (1 contracts)
16. World View Enterprises Inc — $722.6K (1 contracts)
17. Sentinel Aerospace, LLC — $274.9K (1 contracts)
18. Battel Engineering Inc — $72.0K (1 contracts)

Spending by Sector

How National Aeronautics and Space Administration's contract spending in Arizona is distributed across industry sectors.

• IT: $1.3B (2 contracts)
• R&D: $1.1B (21 contracts)
• Other: $587.1M (3 contracts)
• Defense: $2.6M (1 contracts)
• Transportation: $722.6K (1 contracts)

Contracts

• THE SPACE NETWORK (SN) CONSISTS OF A SPACE SEGMENT COMPRISED OF THE TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITES (TDRSS), AND A GROUND SEGMENT (SNGS). THE SN PROVIDES THE CAPABILITY FOR GLOBAL SPACE-TO-GROUND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TRACKING COVERAGE FOR LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) AND NEAR-EARTH SPACEFLIGHT MISSIONS, INCLUDING BOTH ROBOTIC AND HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. THE SNGS INCLUDES FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS LOCATED AT THE WHITE SANDS COMPLEX (WSC) AT LAS CRUCES, NM THE GUAM REMOTE GROUND TERMINAL (GRGT) AT GUAM AND SPACE NETWORK EXPANSION (SNE) EAST AT BLOSSOM POINT, MD. THE PURPOSE OF THE SGSS PROJECT IS TO IMPLEMENT A MODERN GROUND SEGMENT THAT WILL ENABLE THE SN TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY SERVICES TO THE SN COMMUNITY, MEET STAKEHOLDER REQUIREMENTS, AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE REQUIRED OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE RESOURCES. — $1.2B
• JOINT POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEM-2 SPACECRAFT. GD-300HP CORE SPACECRAFT INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SOURCE CODE, MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE JPSS-2 SPACECRAFT MISSION. — $569.5M
• NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE NIRCAM THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, SERVICES, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NEEDED TO MANAGE AND PERFORM PHASES A THROUGH E OF THE SELECTED NEAR-INFRARED CAMERA (NIRCAM) INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INVESTIGATION. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CONTRACT ARE MET. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WITHIN EACH PHASE: PHASE A: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE THE NIRCAM SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, SCIENCE PAYLOAD, AND MISSION OPERATIONS AND DATA SYSTEMS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DOCUMENT ITS FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT THAT IT SHALL PREPARE AND DELIVER TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE AND REFINE ITS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN DURING PHASE A. PHASES B-D: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, CALIBRATE, INTEGRATE, TEST AND DELIVER THE NIRCAM SCIENCE INSTRUMENT TO NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER'S (GSFC) JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) PROJECT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR THE MISSION OPERATIONS PHASE DURING PHASES B-D. THIS SHALL INCLUDE DEVELOPING AN OPERATIONS AND CALIBRATION STRATEGY, DEFINING AND PLANNING THE GUARANTEED TIME OBSERVATIONS (GTO) SCIENCE PROGRAM, PREPARING AND TESTING GROUND SOFTWARE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS CENTER, AND PARTICIPATING IN MISSION SIMULATIONS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL EXECUTE ITS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH (E/PO) PLAN DURING PHASES B-D. PHASES E: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, SERVICES, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NEEDED TO PERFORM MISSION OPERATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS (MO&DA) ACTIVITIES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DIRECT THE EXECUTION OF ITS GTO SCIENCE PROGRAM DURING PHASE E. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONTINUE TO EXECUTE ITS E/PO PLAN DURING PHASE E. — $486.7M
• OSIRIS - REX ASTEROID SAMPLE RETURN MISSION. 1.1 OSIRIS - REX DEPUTY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, HEATHER ENOS, OSIRIS - REX BUSINESS MANAGER, DR. DRAKE AND DR. LAURETTA WILL HAVE THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF THE OSIRIS - REX PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT. THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS DELINEATED IN PART II OF THE STATEMENT OF WORK. 1.2 THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROPOSED LEVEL 1 SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS, CRITERIA FOR FULL MISSION SUCCESS SATISFYING THE BASELINE SCIENCE MISSION AND CRITERIA FOR MINIMUM MISSION SUCCESS SATISFYING THE THRESHOLD SCIENCE MISSION. 1.3 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE GSFC AND LM MANAGEMENT TEAMS TO REFINE THE PROPOSED OSIRIS - REX MISSION COSTS. THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH GSFC PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND LM TO ASSESS THE ROBUSTNESS AND FEASIBILITY OF THE COST AND SCHEDULES. THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL HAVE THE LEAD FOR THE COST SECTION OF THE REPORT. 1.4 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS SUCH AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS AND ITAR LICENSES. 1.5 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL OVERSEE THE PHASE A CONTRACT WITH INSTRUMENT LEAD, DR. PHIL CHRISTENSEN, ASU. 1.6 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL PROVIDE INPUTS AND VALIDATION SUPPORT TO THE GSFC INTEGRATED MASTER SCHEDULER. 1.7 DEPUTY PI, DR. LAURETTA, WILL LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE E/PO AND STUDENT COLLABORATION PLANS. 1.8 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (UA) WILL SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX SITE VISIT AT LOCKHEED MARTIN, LITTLETON, CO. — $132.5M
• THE ROBOTIC LUNAR EXPLORATIONLUNAR PRECURSOR ROBOTIC PROGRAM (RLEPLPRP) CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF ROBOTIC LUNAR EXPLORATION MISSIONS TO PREPARE FOR AND TO SUPPORT FUTURE HUMAN EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ROBOTIC PREPARATION IS TO REDUCE RISK, ENHANCE MISSION SUCCESS, AND REDUCE THE COST OF FUTURE HUMAN MISSIONS. THE LRO PAYLOAD USED TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION OBJECTIVES CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING SIX INSTRUMENTS: 1. LUNAR ORBITER LASER ALTIMETER (LOLA) MEASUREMENT INVESTIGATION SHALL DETERMINE THE GLOBAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LUNAR SURFACE AT HIGH RESOLUTION, MEASURE LANDING SITE SLOPES AND SEARCH FOR POLAR ICES IN SHADOWED REGIONS; 2. LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CAMERA (LROC) SHALL ACQUIRE TARGETED IMAGES OF THE LUNAR SURFACE CAPABLE OF RESOLVING SMALL-SCALE FEATURES THAT COULD BE LANDING SITE HAZARDS, AS WELL AS WIDE-ANGLE IMAGES AT MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS OF THE LUNAR POLES TO DOCUMENT CHANGING ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES; 3. LUNAR EXPLORATION NEUTRON DETECTOR (LEND) SHALL MAP THE FLUX OF NEUTRONS FROM THE LUNAR SURFACE TO SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF WATER ICE AND PROVIDE MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPACE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT WHICH CAN BE USEFUL FOR FUTURE HUMAN EXPLORATION; 4. DIVINER LUNAR RADIOMETER EXPERIMENT (DLRE) SHALL MAP THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ENTIRE LUNAR SURFACE AT 300 METER HORIZONTAL SCALES TO IDENTIFY COLD-TRAPS AND POTENTIAL ICE DEPOSITS; 5. LYMAN-ALPHA MAPPING PROJECT (LAMP) SHALL OBSERVE THE ENTIRE LUNAR SURFACE IN THE FAR ULTRAVIOLET TO SEARCH FOR SURFACE ICES AND FROSTS IN THE POLAR REGIONS AND TO PROVIDE IMAGES OF PERMANENTLY SHADOWED REGIONS ILLUMINATED ONLY BY STARLIGHT; 6. COSMIC RAY TELESCOPE FOR THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION (CRATER) SHALL INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS ON TISSUE-EQUIVALENT PLASTICS AS A CONSTRAINT ON MODELS OF BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO BACKGROUND SPACE RADIATION. EACH INSTRUMENT WILL BE MANAGED BY A PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI), WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING THE FLIGHT INSTRUMENT TO THE LRO PROJECT, AS WELL AS PRODUCING THE INSTRUMENT'S DATA PRODUCTS AND DELIVERING THEM TO THE PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM (PDS) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR DATA PRODUCT SPECIFICATION DOCUMENT. — $92.8M
• NEAR EARTH OBJECT SURVEILLANCE MISSION — $48.8M
• IGF::CL,CT::IGF PSYCHE: JOURNEY TO A METAL WORLD THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN SUPPORT OF THE PHASE A CONCEPT DEFINITION PORTION OF THE NASA DISCOVERY PROGRAM 2014 ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) (NNH14ZDA014O) SOLICITATION DATED NOVEMBER 5, 2014. THE MISSION PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI), DR. LINDA ELKINS-TANTON, OF THE SCHOOL OF EARTH AND SPACE EXPLORATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU), IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS AND SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY OF THE MISSION. AS SUCH, THE PI SHALL LEAD THE PROJECT, MANAGE PROJECT RESOURCES, AND DIRECT ALL ACTIVITIES OF THE SCIENCE TEAM CARRIED OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION. SPECIFICALLY, DURING PHASE A, THE PI WILL LEAD THE MISSION TEAM IN CONDUCTING THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT AND ASSOCIATED SITE VISIT. SHOULD THE MISSION BE SELECTED TO CONTINUE INTO PHASE B, THE PI WILL LEAD THE TEAM THROUGH THE INITIATION OF THE PHASE B EFFORT WITH A TRANSITION PHASE BETWEEN NOTIFICATION OF AWARD AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHASE B CONTRACT. THE PI IS ASSISTED BY A DEPUTY PI, DR. JAMES BELL AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL) IS THE MISSION MAJOR PARTNER FOR SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT AND MISSION IMPLEMENTATION, AND SHALL SUPPORT THE PI WITH A PROJECT TEAM EXPERIENCED IN MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, MISSION DESIGN, PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE, NAVIGATION, AND MISSION OPERATIONS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES TO ADDRESS THE PHASE A CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES ARE: - PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THE PHASE A CONTRACT - CONDUCT AND SUPPORT OF PHASE A PROJECT REVIEWS - PHASE B/C/D/E SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT AND MISSION PLANNING - PHASE B/C/D/E COST ESTIMATES - CONCEPT STUDY REPORT PREPARATION - ORALS/SITE VISIT SUPPORT BY KEY PERSONNEL THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN SUPPORT OF THE PHASE A CONCEPT DEFINITION PORTION OF THE NASA DISCOVERY PROGRAM 2014 ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) (NNH14ZDA014O) SOLICITATION DATED NOVEMBER 5, 2014. THE MISSION PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI), DR. LINDA ELKINS-TANTON, OF THE SCHOOL OF EARTH AND SPACE EXPLORATION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU), IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS AND SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY OF THE MISSION. AS SUCH, THE PI SHALL LEAD THE PROJECT, MANAGE PROJECT RESOURCES, AND DIRECT ALL ACTIVITIES OF THE SCIENCE TEAM CARRIED OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION. SPECIFICALLY, DURING PHASE A, THE PI WILL LEAD THE MISSION TEAM IN CONDUCTING THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT AND ASSOCIATED SITE VISIT. SHOULD THE MISSION BE SELECTED TO CONTINUE INTO PHASE B, THE PI WILL LEAD THE TEAM THROUGH THE INITIATION OF THE PHASE B EFFORT WITH A TRANSITION PHASE BETWEEN NOTIFICATION OF AWARD AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHASE B CONTRACT. THE PI IS ASSISTED BY A DEPUTY PI, DR. JAMES BELL AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL) IS THE MISSION MAJOR PARTNER FOR SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT AND MISSION IMPLEMENTATION, AND SHALL SUPPORT THE PI WITH A PROJECT TEAM EXPERIENCED IN MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, MISSION DESIGN, PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE, NAVIGATION, AND MISSION OPERATIONS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES TO ADDRESS THE PHASE A CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES ARE: - PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR THE PHASE A CONTRACT - CONDUCT AND SUPPORT OF PHASE A PROJECT REVIEWS - PHASE B/C/D/E SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT AND MISSION PLANNING - PHASE B/C/D/E COST ESTIMATES - CONCEPT STUDY REPORT PREPARATION - ORALS/SITE VISIT SUPPORT BY KEY PERSONNEL — $45.5M
• THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS TO DESIGN, CODE, INTEGRATE AND TEST THE OSIRIS-REX FLIGHT DYNAMICS SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX LAUNCH AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO RETRIEVE A SAMPLE OF THE NEO AND RETURN THE SAMPLE TO EARTH. AFTER LAUNCH, KINETX SHALL PROVIDE OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR 30 DAYS. THE SCOPE OF THIS SOW COVERS PHASE C/D OF THE OSIRIS-REX LIFE CYCLE. THIS WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT AND ALL ATTACHMENTS TO THE CONTRACT. — $40.1M
• THE ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS-REX) MISSION'S PRIMARY GOAL IS AN EARTH RETURN OF REGOLITH SAMPLE FROM A TYPE-B NEAR EARTH OBJECT (NEO) ASTEROID. THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION WILL GATHER THIS SAMPLE THROUGH A SPACECRAFT CONSISTING OF A SCIENCE INSTRUMENT SUITE, A TOUCH-AND-GO SAMPLE ACQUISITION MECHANISM (TAGSAM) AND A SAMPLE RETURN CAPSULE (SRC). THE SPACECRAFT WILL RENDEZVOUS WITH THE NEO, OBSERVE, CHARACTERIZE AND MAP THE ASTEROID, AND FINALLY DESCEND, PERFORM A TOUCH-AND-GO MANEUVER, RETRIEVE A REGOLITH SAMPLE AND DEPART FROM THE ASTEROID. THE OSIRIS-REX SPACECRAFT WILL THEN NAVIGATE BACK TOWARDS EARTH AND JETTISON THE SRC FOR A LANDING IN THE UTAH DESERT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MISSION ARE TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINS OF PLANETARY MATERIALS AND THE INITIAL STAGES OF PLANETARY FORMATION; IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND OTHER PREBIOTIC CHEMICALS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE ON EARTH; EXPLORE A NEO TO GAIN A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL RESOURCES; AND ENABLE THE LONG TERM PREDICTION OF THE DYNAMICS OF NEOS THAT POSE AN IMPACT HAZARD TO EARTH. OCAMS IS A SUITE OF THREE IMAGERS WITH AN INTERFACE AND HOUSEKEEPING ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY OPTIMIZED TO SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION. EACH IMAGER COVERS A SPECIFIC SET OF OPERATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS SPANNING THE PERIOD FROM ASTEROID INITIAL ACQUISITION DURING CRUISE TO THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE SAMPLING HEAD AFTER ACQUISITION. EACH IMAGER ALTHOUGH TARGETED FOR A SPECIFIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS DOES HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF BACKING UP THE KEY ASSIGNMENTS OF THE OTHER IMAGERS UNDER MODIFIED OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS IMPROVING THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE SYSTEM. OCAMS WILL BE DESIGNED, BUILT, AND TESTED TO THE REQUIREMENTS SPELLED OUT UNDER NASA NPR 8705.4 FOR A CLASS B MISSION AND PAYLOAD. ADDITIONALLY THE INSTRUMENT WILL ALSO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE GSFC GOLD RULES AS WELL AS THE AGREED TO GODDARD MISSION ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CORRESPONDING RISK CLASSIFICATION. THE SCOPE OF WORK SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED, TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. MANAGE THE OCAMS TEAM THROUGH PHASE B/C/D OF THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION. 2. DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, DESIGN, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, AND DELIVER A FLIGHT QUALIFIED OSIRIS-REX CAMERA SYSTEM TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OCAMS CONSISTENT WITH LEVEL-1 REQUIREMENTS. 3. GENERATE THE DELIVERABLES AS DEFINED IN THE DELIVERABLE LIST. 4. VALIDATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INSTRUMENT IN AGREEMENT WITH LEVEL 1 AND MISSION REQUIREMENTS. 5. IMPLEMENT AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS (MAR) AND GENERATE A MISSION ASSURANCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (MAIP). 6. DEVELOP AND DELIVER THE CONTRACT DATA REQUIREMENTS AS DEFINED IN THE INSTRUMENT DELIVERABLE LIST (CDRL). 7. ESTABLISH, IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS (ITAR) AND EXPORT CONTROL DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY FOR WORKING WITH ANY INTERNATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS. 8. PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL INTEGRATION, GROUND TESTING, AND END-TO-END SYSTEM TEST SUPPORT INVOLVING THE CAMERA. 9. SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OCAMS STANDARD DATA PROCESSING PIPELINE SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR THE SPOC. 10. PROVIDE FLIGHT SYSTEM OPERATOR AND ENGINEERING TRAINING FOR FLIGHT OPERATIONS OF OCAMS. 11. PROVIDE FLIGHT OPERATIONS ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR THE SPOC AND FLIGHT SYSTEM FOR 30 DAYS AFTER LAUNCH. 12. PRESENT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION DESIGN REVIEW, THE MISSION LEVEL PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW, AND THE MISSION LEVEL CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW. 13. SUPPORT COMBINED SPACECRAFT AND GROUND SYSTEM TESTING, OSIRIS-REX END-TO-END TESTING AND INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS PLANNING BEFORE LAUNCH. 14. SUPPORT INSTRUMENT FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND PLANNING FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER LAUNCH. — $39.1M
• SBIR PHASE III - 80NSSC25C0510 - SWIFT SALVO — $29.8M
• IGF::OT::IGF THE GAL-XGAL U-LDB SPECTROSCOPIC-STRATOSPHERIC TERAHERTZ OBSERVATORY (GUSTO) IS PROPOSED JOINTLY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (UA) AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) IN RESPONSE TO NASA'S SECOND STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON 2) PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX (PEA) N (NNH12ZDA006O-APEXMO2) AS AN ASTROPHYSICS EXPLORER MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY. THE NASA EXPLORERS PROGRAM OFFICE IS THE PROJECTS LEAD ORGANIZATION. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WILL DESIGN AND DEVELOP THE SCIENTIFIC PAYLOAD. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) WILL DESIGN AND DEVELOP THE BALLOON-BORNE GONDOLA AND WILL PERFORM DAY-TO-DAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PI. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES TO PRODUCE THE GUSTO PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) THAT ENCOMPASSES: 1. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM OFFICE. 2. INSTRUMENT SYSTEM ENGINEERING, INCLUDING INSTRUMENT MISSION ASSURANCE. 3. DESIGN OF A FLIGHT QUALIFIED GUSTO INSTRUMENT MEETING MISSION AND SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. 4. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF INTEGRATION AND TEST OF THE GONDOLA-INSTRUMENT FLIGHT SYSTEM. 5. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF ESSENTIAL FIELD OPERATIONS 6. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF LAUNCH OPERATIONS, FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND POSSIBLE RECOVERY. 7. DEVELOP PLANS FOR AND LEAD THE GUSTO SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS THE GENERATION OF RESULTING DATA PRODUCTS. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL BRIEF THE GUSTO SCIENCE AND SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT THE PHASE A SITE VISIT. THE UA SHALL SUPPORT PLANNING MEETINGS, WORKING GROUPS, REVIEWS AND OTHER MEETINGS AT NASA, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND OTHER LOCATIONS AS REQUIRED. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATION CHART DEFINING UA ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, REPORTING PROCEDURES, AND LINES OF AUTHORITY. PARTICIPATE IN DEFINING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE UA AND APL GUSTO PROJECT OFFICE AND THE PI PROGRAM OFFICE AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE NASA BALLOON PROGRAM OFFICE AND NASA EXPLORER PROGRAM OFFICE. — $25.6M
• CLOSELY ASSOCIATED ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS-REX) SCIENCE PROCESSING AND OPERATIONS CENTER (SPOC) PHASE B - C - D EFFORT. THE ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS- REX) MISSION S PRIMARY GOAL IS AN EARTH RETURN OF REGOLITH SAMPLE FROM A TYPE-B NEAR EARTH OBJECT (NEO) ASTEROID. THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION WILL GATHER THIS SAMPLE THROUGH A FLIGHT SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A SCIENCE INSTRUMENT SUITE, A TOUCH-AND-GO SAMPLE ACQUISITION MECHANISM (TAGSAM), AND A SAMPLE RETURN CAPSULE (SRC). THE FLIGHT SYSTEM WILL RENDEZVOUS WITH THE NEO, OBSERVE, CHARACTERIZE AND MAP THE ASTEROID, AND FINALLY APPROACH, PERFORM A TOUCH-AND-GO MANEUVER, RETRIEVE A REGOLITH SAMPLE AND DEPART FROM THE ASTEROID. THE OSIRIS-REX FLIGHT SYSTEM WILL THEN NAVIGATE BACK TO EARTH AND JETTISON THE SRC FOR A LANDING AT THE UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE (UTTR). THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MISSION ARE TO RETURN A PRISTINE SAMPLE OF THE ASTEROID, UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINS OF PLANETARY MATERIALS AND THE INITIAL STAGES OF PLANETARY FORMATION; IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND OTHER PREBIOTIC CHEMICALS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE ON EARTH; EXPLORE A NEO TO GAIN A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL RESOURCES; AND ENABLE THE LONG TERM PREDICTION OF THE DYNAMICS OF NEOS THAT POSE AN IMPACT HAZARD TO EARTH. THE NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) MANAGES THE OSIRIS-REX PROJECT FOR NASA AND FOR THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, LUNAR AND PLANETARY LABORATORY (LPL) IN TUCSON, AZ. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS TO DESIGN, CODE, INTEGRATE AND TEST THE OSIRIS-REX SPOC TO SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX LAUNCH. AFTER LAUNCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE THE FACILITIES, GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND SCIENCE OPERATION FOR 30 DAYS. THE SCOPE COVERS PHASES B/C/D OF THE OSIRIS-REX LIFE CYCLE. — $24.5M
• IGF::OT::IGF NASA IS SOLICITING PROPOSALS FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS THAT MIGHT REVEAL ANSWERS ABOUT LUNAR RESOURCES THAT COULD SUPPORT THE AGENCY'S JOURNEY TO MARS. NASA WOULD SPONSOR THE INSTRUMENTS TO FLY ON A LUNAR ORBITER DESIGNED BY THE KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (KARI). THE SPACECRAFT, THE KOREA PATHFINDER LUNAR ORBITER (KPLO), IS SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH IN DECEMBER 2018, AND IS PART OF KARI'S KOREA LUNAR EXPLORATION PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO ROBOTICALLY EXPLORE THE MOON THROUGH A SERIES OF ORBITER AND LANDER MISSIONS, STARTING WITH THE KPLO. KARI, HEADQUARTERED IN DAEJEON, SOUTH KOREA, PROVIDED NASA WITH ABOUT 33 POUNDS (15 KILOGRAMS) OF PAYLOAD MASS ABOARD THE KPLO, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH INTO LUNAR ORBIT IN DECEMBER 2018. IN SEPTEMBER 2016, NASA ISSUED A SOLICITATION SEEKING SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS THAT COULD INCREASE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF VOLATILES, SUCH AS WATER, INCLUDING THE MOVEMENT OF SUCH RESOURCES TOWARD PERMANENTLY SHADOWED REGIONS AND HOW THEY BECOME TRAPPED THERE. SHADOWCAM WILL MAP THE REFLECTANCE WITHIN THE PERMANENTLY SHADOWED REGIONS TO SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF FROST OR ICE DEPOSITS. THE INSTRUMENT'S OPTICAL CAMERA IS BASED ON THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER NARROW ANGLE CAMERA, BUT IS 800 TIMES MORE SENSITIVE, ALLOWING IT TO OBTAIN HIGH-RESOLUTION, HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE IMAGING OF THE MOON'S PERMANENTLY SHADOWED REGIONS. SHADOWCAM WILL OBSERVE THE PSRS MONTHLY TO DETECT SEASONAL CHANGES AND MEASURE THE TERRAIN INSIDE THE CRATERS, INCLUDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF BOULDERS. NASA'S ADVANCED EXPLORATION SYSTEMS DIVISION (AES) LED THE PAYLOAD SOLICITATION AND SELECTION FOR THE NASA INSTRUMENT ON KPLO. A DIVISION OF THE HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE, AES USES INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS, ADVANCE KEY CAPABILITIES, AND VALIDATE OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE HUMAN MISSIONS BEYOND EARTH ORBIT. THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH KARI, AES IS ADDRESSING KEY LUNAR SKGS WHILE COMPLEMENTING KARI'S PRIMARY MISSION OBJECTIVES AND INSTRUMENTS. — $21.0M
• MARS SCOUT MISSION — $20.7M
• LUCY FLIGHT DYNAMICS SYSTEMS NAVIGATIONAL PHASE B/C/D/E — $17.6M
• VOLATILES INVESTIGATING POLAR EXPLORATION ROVER (VIPER) ROVER INTEGRATED AVIONICS UNIT (IAU) — $17.3M
• ONE-METER CLASS DRILLING FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION — $15.4M
• DEVELOPMENT OF FLIGHT-LIKE ADVANCED MATERIAL REACTOR (FLAMR) UNIT FOR THE HYDROGEN RECOVERY BY CARBON VAPOR INFILTRATION TECHNOLOGY — $6.2M
• LASER TRANSMITTERS FOR SMALLSATS IN SUPPORT OF AOS MISSION — $4.0M
• THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CAPTURE INSTRUMENT REQUIREMENTS IN A PRELIMINARY INSTRUMENT FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT, INITIATE LONG-LEAD MATERIALS PROCUREMENT AND HOLD A HERITAGE REQUIREMENTS REVIEW. — $3.2M

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does National Aeronautics and Space Administration spend on contracts in Arizona?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has $2.9B in federal contracts performed in Arizona across 28 awards.

What is the competition rate for National Aeronautics and Space Administration contracts in Arizona?

100% of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's contracts in Arizona were competitively awarded.

Which contractors win the most National Aeronautics and Space Administration work in Arizona?

The top contractors include General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc., University of Arizona, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation.

What industries receive National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract dollars in Arizona?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's spending spans IT, R&D, Other.

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