National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contracts in Massachusetts

Agency State Spending Overview

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has obligated $1,925,824,697 in federal contract spending performed in Massachusetts across 27 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 Massachusetts is Smithsonian Institution with $1.5B. This spending represents a significant portion of the federal government's economic activity in Massachusetts and supports jobs across multiple industry sectors.

Overview

Total Spending: $1,925,824,697

Contract Count: 27

Average Contract Size: $71.3M

Competition Rate: 100%

Small Business Rate: 0%

Top Contractors

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

1. Smithsonian Institution — $1.5B (5 contracts)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — $170.4M (5 contracts)
3. Assurance Technology Corp — $133.1M (1 contracts)
4. THE Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. — $85.5M (2 contracts)
5. Textron Systems Corporation — $25.4M (1 contracts)
6. Raytheon Company — $19.2M (1 contracts)
7. Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. — $12.3M (1 contracts)
8. Trustees of Boston University — $11.2M (1 contracts)
9. Jeol USA, Inc. — $4.9M (1 contracts)
10. A10 Systems Inc — $3.4M (2 contracts)
11. Busek CO., Inc. — $3.4M (1 contracts)
12. Single Crystal Diamond Inc — $2.2M (1 contracts)
13. Physical Sciences Inc. — $850.0K (1 contracts)
14. Maglev Aero Inc — $149.8K (1 contracts)
15. Wired Informatics LLC — $113.0K (1 contracts)
16. Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer Inc. — $43.7K (1 contracts)
17. Illinois Tool Works Inc — $16.7K (1 contracts)

Spending by Sector

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

• R&D: $1.7B (21 contracts)
• IT: $138.6M (4 contracts)
• Other: $76.1M (2 contracts)

Contracts

• FOLLOW ON CONTRACT TO PROVIDE OPERATIONS AND SCIENCE SUPPORT TO THE CXO — $1.3B
• TAS::80 0122::TAS SPACE ENVIRONMENT IN-SITU (SEISS) INSTRUMENTS FOR WEATHER SATELLITES — $133.1M
• TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS) PROJECT. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE OF THE TESS MISSION. EFFORTS INCLUDED, BUT LIMITED TO, ARE AS FOLLOWS: DEVELOP DOCUMENTATION, PLANS, AND SCHEDULES DEVELOP REQUIREMENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE SYSTEMS REQUIREMENT REVIEW PERFORM THE TECHNICAL TRADE STUDIES OUTLINED IN THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT, AND ANY OTHER TRADES IDENTIFIED DURING PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE PROVIDE OVERALL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE TESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT IN COORDINATION WITH THE GSFC PROJECT SYSTEMS ENGINEER (PSE) MANAGE THE CONTRACTS OF VENDORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS AS NECESSARY DURING THE PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE ESTABLISH THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF TESS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS AS EACH DOCUMENT IS BASELINED. MAINTAIN COMPLETE TRACEABILITY AND CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF ALL TESS PROJECT REQUIREMENT DOCUMENTS. DELIVER DOCUMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. — $108.7M
• COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS)TASK ORDER CP-12 CLPS PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON — $56.9M
• SOLAR B X RAY TELESCOPE PHASE E — $46.8M
• HIGH ENERGY TRANSIENT EXPERIMENT TO DETERMINE ORIGIN & NATURE OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS — $34.5M
• "IGF::OT::IGF" OTHER FUNCTIONS - TROPOSPHERIC EMISSIONS: MONITORING OF POLLUTION (TEMPO) - THE TEMPO INVESTIGATION WAS SELECTED UNDER THE NASA SECOND STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON-2) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX J, NNH12ZDA006O-EVI1 FOR THE EARTH VENTURE INSTRUMENT-1 (EVI-1) ELEMENT OF THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER (ESSP) PROGRAM OFFICE'S EARTH VENTURE LINE. TEMPO MEASURES POLLUTION OF NORTH AMERICA, FROM MEXICO CITY TO THE CANADIAN TAR/OIL SANDS, AND FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, HOURLY AND AT HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION. TEMPO SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE ULTRAVIOLET AND VISIBLE AND PROVIDES A TROPOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT SUITE THAT INCLUDES THE KEY ELEMENTS OF TROPOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION CHEMISTRY. MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT, TO CAPTURE THE INHERENT HIGH VARIABILITY IN THE DIURNAL CYCLE OF EMISSIONS AND CHEMISTRY. A SMALL PRODUCT SPATIAL FOOTPRINT RESOLVES POLLUTION SOURCES AT SUB-URBAN SCALE. TOGETHER, THIS TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMPROVES EMISSION INVENTORIES, MONITORS POPULATION EXPOSURE, AND ENABLES EFFECTIVE EMISSION-CONTROL STRATEGIES. TEMPO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A GEOSTATIONARY (GEO) HOST SPACECRAFT TO PROVIDE A MODEST COST MISSION THAT MEASURES THE SPECTRA REQUIRED TO RETRIEVE O3, NO2, SO2, H2CO, C2H2O2, H2O, AEROSOLS, CLOUD PARAMETERS, AND UVB RADIATION. TEMPO THUS MEASURES THE MAJOR ELEMENTS, DIRECTLY OR BY PROXY, IN THE TROPOSPHERIC O3 CHEMISTRY CYCLE. MULTI-SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS PROVIDE SENSITIVITY TO O3 IN THE LOWERMOST TROPOSPHERE, REDUCING UNCERTAINTY IN AIR QUALITY PREDICTIONS BY 50%. TEMPO QUANTIFIES AND TRACKS THE EVOLUTION OF AEROSOL LOADING. IT PROVIDES NEAR-REAL-TIME AIR QUALITY PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE MADE WIDELY, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. TEMPO MAKES THE FIRST TROPOSPHERIC TRACE GAS MEASUREMENTS FROM GEO, BY BUILDING ON THE HERITAGE OF FIVE SPECTROMETERS FLOWN IN LOW-EARTH-ORBIT (LEO). THESE LEO INSTRUMENTS MEASURE THE NEEDED SPECTRA, ALTHOUGH AT COARSE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS, TO THE PRECISIONS REQUIRED FOR TEMPO AND USE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS DEVELOPED FOR THEM BY TEMPO SCIENCE TEAM MEMBERS AND CURRENTLY RUNNING IN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. THIS MAKES TEMPO AN INNOVATIVE USE OF A WELL PROVEN TECHNIQUE, ABLE TO PRODUCE A REVOLUTIONARY DATASET. TEMPO PROVIDES MUCH OF THE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY RECOMMENDED FOR GEO-CAPE IN THE 2007 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL DECADAL SURVEY, EARTH SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS FROM SPACE: NATIONAL IMPERATIVES FOR THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND. GEO-CAPE IS NOT PLANNED FOR IMPLEMENTATION THIS DECADE, HOWEVER, EUROPE (SENTINEL 4) AND ASIA (GEMS) WILL FORM PARTS OF A GLOBAL GEO CONSTELLATION FOR POLLUTION MONITORING, WITH A MAJOR FOCUS ON INTERCONTINENTAL POLLUTION TRANSPORT. TEMPO WILL LAUNCH AT A PRIME TIME TO BE A COMPONENT OF THIS CONSTELLATION. — $31.2M
• GUIDANCE,NAVIGATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ANALYSIS — $28.6M
• CEV THERMAL PROTECTION MATERIALS FOR ORION HEAT SHIELD DEVELOPMENT. — $25.4M
• PHASE C/D OF THE SOLAR B X-RAY TELESCOPE ROLL-UP THRU MOD 30 — $25.1M
• ACES — $19.2M
• COMMUNITY RESPONSE TESTING WITH THE X-59 QUIET SUPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY AIRCRAFT — $12.3M
• GRAVITY RECOVERY AND INTERIOR LABORATORY (GRAIL) MISSION THE GRAIL PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS AND SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY OF THE GRAIL 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 GRAIL MISSION. THE PI IS ASSISTED BY A DEPUTY PI AT NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER (GSFC). THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL) 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. SALLY RIDE SCIENCE SHALL SUPPORT THE PI WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRAIL EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO THE PI, THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) PERSONNEL INCLUDE STUDENT AND POST DOC PARTICIPANTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS SUPPORT STAFF. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROJECT PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT, INCLUDING: 1. SERVE AS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GRAIL MISSION TO NASA AND EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. 2. PROVIDE SCIENCE TEAM LEADERSHIP AND ESTABLISH AND MANAGE NON-GOVERNMENT (I.E., OTHER THAN JPL OR GSFC) SCIENCE TEAM CONTRACTS AND GRANTS. 3. DEVELOP SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS, SUBORDINATE SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS, AND THE SCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. 4. PARTICIPATE IN ALL PROJECT-LEVEL REVIEWS AS DESCRIBED IN THE GRAIL MASTER SCHEDULE, AND SHALL ATTEND OTHER PROJECT TECHNICAL, SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, AND E/PO REVIEWS AND MEETINGS AS NEEDED. 5. REVIEW AND CONCUR WITH THE JPL PM ON PROJECT AND ENGINEERING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT MISSION SUCCESS AND SCIENCE INTEGRITY. 6. IMPLEMENT AN EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH NASA GOALS AND POLICIES, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF THE E/PO CONTRACT TO SALLY RIDE SCIENCE. 7. COLLABORATE WITH THE LUNAR GRAVITY RANGING SYSTEM INSTRUMENT TEAM TO COMPLETE OR REFINE PLANS AND DESIGNS FOR THE TWO INSTRUMENTS. 8. PROVIDE INPUTS FOR THE MISSION OPERATIONS SYSTEM AND GROUND DATA SYSTEM (MOS/GDS) AND INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE JPL PMSR AND NASA PDR. 9. ESTABLISH AGREEMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE PARTICIPATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 10. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT (533M) IN ACCORDANCE WITH DRD 1238MA-001 FOR THE MIT CONTRACT AND ALL SUBCONTRACTORS TO NASA. 11. PERFORM OVERSIGHT OF INTEGRATED FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE JPL ACTIVITIES. 12. ESTABLISH THE INDEPENDENT GRAIL STANDING REVIEW BOARD (SRB) MEMBERSHIP FOR NASA LIFE CYCLE REVIEWS, BEGINNING WITH THE PDR, AND DEVELOP EVALUATION PLANS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF MISSION REVIEWS. — $11.5M
• TAS::80 0120::TAS LUNAR RECONAISSANCE ORBITER MEASUREMENT INVESTIGATION PHASES A/B AND BRIDGE PHASE — $11.2M
• SUPPORT FOR THE NASA SPACE GEODESY PROJECT (SGP) IN DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NASA'S VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) STATIONS, THE PROCESSING OF VLBI DATA, AND SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL VLBI SERVICE FOR GEODESY AND ASTROMETRY (IVS). — $10.2M
• THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NASA'S VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) STATIONS. — $5.4M
• ACQUISITION OF AN ABERRATION CORRECTED SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STEM FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ASTROMATERIALS — $4.9M
• THE TROPOSPHERIC EMISSIONS: MONITORING OF POLLUTION (TEMPO) CONTRACT, WILL CONDUCT THE NECESSARY RESEARCH, DEVELOP ALGORITHMS, AND PROVIDE NEAR REAL-TIME PRODUCTS FOR NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA'S) HINOD MISSION. — $3.7M
• HIGH TOTAL IMPULSE BET-MAX SYSTEM FOR SMALL-SAT DEORBITING — $3.4M
• CCRPP 80NSSC26C0027 CROSS LAYER SPECTRUM AWARE COGNITIVE CONTROL PLANE AND INTELLIGENT ROUTING ENGINE (CLAIRE) — $2.5M

Frequently Asked Questions

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has $1.9B in federal contracts performed in Massachusetts across 27 awards.

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

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

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

The top contractors include Smithsonian Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assurance Technology Corp.

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

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

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