NASA Research Contract Award to Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
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The Frame
This contract directs $1.01 million in federal funding toward technical research and engineering support for NASA's robotic space missions and aerospace technology development.
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
The organization is contractually obligated to perform research and engineering services in exchange for the $1.01 million award.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The agency is responsible for issuing task orders and overseeing the research and development work performed by the contractor.
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Summary
Key Facts
- NASA awarded a contract valued at $1.01 million to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC.
- The contract covers aerospace research, development, and engineering support (ARDES).
- Work will be performed based on specific task orders issued by a contracting officer.
- The scope includes technical advice, studies, reports, and advanced technology development for NASA mission directorates.
- Task orders fall into two categories: Essential Research Capability of Space Systems Engineering and Other Aerospace Research, Development, and Engineering Support.
- The work supports robotic space missions throughout their full life cycle, from concept to data analysis.
- Contract activities may include technology transfer, partnering, and commercialization efforts.
- Task orders may involve autonomous deep-space and Earth-orbiting spacecraft, subsystems, instruments, or payloads.
- The contractor is expected to provide hardware, software, systems engineering, scientific analysis, and project management services.
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Why It Matters
This contract directs $1.01 million in federal funding toward technical research and engineering support for NASA's robotic space missions and aerospace technology development.
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Focus on Robotic Mission Lifecycle
The contract explicitly emphasizes preserving capabilities for robotic space missions across the entire lifecycle, from concept to data analysis.
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