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 'Aerospace Research, Development, and Engineering Support' (ARDES).
• •Work is performed via task orders issued by a NASA contracting officer.
• •The scope includes supporting all NASA mission directorates.
• •Contract activities include technical advice, studies, reports, technology transfer, and commercialization.
• •Task orders are divided into two categories: Essential Research Capabilities (space systems engineering, testing, IT, simulation) and Other Aerospace Research, Development, and Engineering Support.
• •Essential Research Capabilities tasks are intended to preserve the nation's ability to perform robotic space missions throughout their full life cycle.
• •Task orders may involve autonomous deep-space or Earth-orbiting spacecraft, subsystems, experiments, or instruments.
• •The contract includes requirements for program management, administration, hardware, and software development.

This contract directs $57.39 million in federal funding toward the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to provide technical support and research for NASA's ongoing and future space missions.

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