NASA Contract Award to Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

• •NASA awarded a contract valued at $1.91 million to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC.
• •The contract covers aerospace research, development, and engineering support (ARDES) for all NASA mission directorates.
• •Work will be performed based on specific task orders issued by a contracting officer.
• •The scope includes technical advice, studies, and reports of investigations to support NASA programs.
• •Contract activities include technology transfer, partnering, and commercialization efforts.
• •Task orders are divided into two categories: Essential Research Capability of Space Systems Engineering and Other Aerospace Research, Development, and Engineering Support.
• •Essential Research Capability tasks focus on preserving capabilities for robotic space missions throughout their full life cycle.
• •Other Aerospace 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, or payloads.
• •The contractor is responsible for hardware, software, systems engineering, scientific analysis, and project management.

This contract provides $1.91 million in federal funding to support NASA's robotic space missions and aerospace research capabilities through technical engineering and scientific analysis.

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