NASA Contract Award to Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

• •NASA awarded a contract valued at $57.39 million to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC.
• •The contract covers the Van Allen Probe Phase E extended mission.
• •The contractor will perform work designated in specific task orders issued by a NASA contracting officer.
• •The scope of work includes aerospace research, development, and engineering support (ARDES) for all NASA mission directorates.
• •Tasks include providing technical advice, conducting studies, and producing reports of investigations.
• •The contract supports technology transfer, partnering, and commercialization activities.
• •Task orders are categorized into 'Essential Research Capability of Space Systems Engineering' and 'Other Aerospace Research, Development, and Engineering Support'.
• •Essential research tasks aim to preserve capabilities for robotic space missions throughout their full life cycle.
• •Other research tasks cover a broad base of scientific and technical capabilities relevant to NASA assignments.
• •Task orders may involve autonomous deep-space or Earth-orbiting spacecraft, subsystems, experiments, or instruments.
• •The contractor is responsible for hardware, software, systems engineering, scientific analysis, and project management.

This contract provides $57.39 million in federal funding to support NASA's ongoing robotic space missions and aerospace research capabilities through the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

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