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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| REFURBISHING OF 6U CUBESAT FLIGHT READY SPACECRAFT | VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | $139,230 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR92 | Mar 10, 2020 | Mar 10, 2020 | Mar 9, 2022 | ||
| THE AEROSPACE FLIGHT SYSTEMS DIVISION OF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERS (MSFC) ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE FLIGHT IMAGING, LAUNCH MONITORING, REAL-TIME SYSTEM (FILMRS) CAMERAS IN SUPPORT OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS). FOR THIS DELIVERY ORDER (DO) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MANUFACTURE, ASSEMBLE, TEST AND DELIVER SIX (6) FILMRS UNITS. THESE SIX (6) UNITS ARE IDENTICAL OTHER THAN THE PART MARKINGS. | RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC | $128,568 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Mar 16, 2018 | Mar 14, 2018 | Jan 19, 2019 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THIS PROCUREMENT WAS REQUESTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) RESEARCH INTEGRATION OFFICE (OZ) OF THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (JSC) AS A FOLLOW-ON EFFORT TO A PREVIOUSLY COMPETED DELIVERY ORDER (NNM15AC60D). THIS EFFORT IS FOR THE FABRICATION AND DELIVERY OF 11 ADDITIONAL ADVANCED COMBUSTION VIA MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS (ACME) BOTTLES TO JSC ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 | KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC | $152,835 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Apr 13, 2017 | Apr 13, 2017 | Jul 31, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THIS CPFF DELIVERY ORDER TO TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING (TBE) IS IN SUPPORT OF THE RING-SHEARED DROP PROJECT. | TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. | $2,949,660 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Sep 30, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Sep 10, 2021 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE AEROSPACE FLIGHT SYSTEMS DIVISION OF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERS (MSFC) ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE FLIGHT IMAGING, LAUNCH MONITORING, REAL-TIME SYSTEM (FILMRS) CAMERAS IN SUPPORT OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS). FOR THIS DELIVERY ORDER (DO) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MANUFACTURE, ASSEMBLE, TEST AND DELIVER SIX (6) FILMRS UNITS. THESE SIX (6) UNITS ARE IDENTICAL OTHER THAN THE PART MARKINGS. | RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC | $145,137 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Sep 2, 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 | Nov 17, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACQUISITION IS TO ACQUIRE A GRB GROUND STATION THAT SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING NASA/MSFC/SPORT SCIENCE AND OBSERVING OBJECTIVES: 1. THE ABILITY TO INGEST THE COMPLETE REAL-TIME LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 DATA STEAM FROM ALL 6 INSTRUMENTS ON GOES-R, S, T SERIES FOR A SATELLITE THAT IS POSITIONED IN THE RANGE FROM 70 TO 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE. 2. PARTICIPATE IN PRE-OPERATIONAL INSTRUMENT CHECKOUT ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING NOAA PROVING GROUND ACTIVITIES 3. CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH USING REAL-TIME DATA STREAMS SUPPORTING RESEARCH TO OPERATION (R2O) ACTIVITIES OF THE SCIENCE OFFICE | TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. | $687,736 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Jul 29, 2016 | Jul 29, 2016 | Mar 13, 2019 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF SAP DEVELOP AN ENGINEERING DESIGN SPECIFICATION IN SUPPORT OF THE RING-SHEARED DROP (RSD) PROJECT CONCEPT STUDY. | TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. | $23,641 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Jul 12, 2016 | Jul 12, 2016 | Aug 10, 2021 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF DEVELOPMENT OF TO A HIGH PRESSURE LATCHING ISOLATION VALVE FOR FUTURE INTERPLANETARY SPACEFLIGHT MISSIONS. | TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. | $609,937 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Jun 13, 2016 | Jun 13, 2016 | Oct 31, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) VEHICLE OFFICE (OB) OF THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (JSC) IS ASKING THE PRIME CONTRACTORS TO UTILIZE THEIR COMMERCIAL APPROACHES DEFINED TO DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, VERIFY, AND DELIVER THE AIR SAVE PUMP AND VESTIBULE DEPRESS/REPRESS HARDWARE TO NASA. | KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC | $1,940,084 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Apr 7, 2016 | Apr 7, 2016 | Aug 1, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE GAL-XGAL U-LDB SPECTROSCOPIC-STRATOSPHERIC TERAHERTZ OBSERVATORY (GUSTO) IS PROPOSED JOINTLY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (UA) AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) IN RESPONSE TO NASA'S SECOND STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON 2) PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX (PEA) N (NNH12ZDA006O-APEXMO2) AS AN ASTROPHYSICS EXPLORER MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY. THE NASA EXPLORERS PROGRAM OFFICE IS THE PROJECTS LEAD ORGANIZATION. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WILL DESIGN AND DEVELOP THE SCIENTIFIC PAYLOAD. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) WILL DESIGN AND DEVELOP THE BALLOON-BORNE GONDOLA AND WILL PERFORM DAY-TO-DAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PI. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES TO PRODUCE THE GUSTO PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) THAT ENCOMPASSES: 1. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM OFFICE. 2. INSTRUMENT SYSTEM ENGINEERING, INCLUDING INSTRUMENT MISSION ASSURANCE. 3. DESIGN OF A FLIGHT QUALIFIED GUSTO INSTRUMENT MEETING MISSION AND SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. 4. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF INTEGRATION AND TEST OF THE GONDOLA-INSTRUMENT FLIGHT SYSTEM. 5. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF ESSENTIAL FIELD OPERATIONS 6. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF LAUNCH OPERATIONS, FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND POSSIBLE RECOVERY. 7. DEVELOP PLANS FOR AND LEAD THE GUSTO SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS THE GENERATION OF RESULTING DATA PRODUCTS. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL BRIEF THE GUSTO SCIENCE AND SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT THE PHASE A SITE VISIT. THE UA SHALL SUPPORT PLANNING MEETINGS, WORKING GROUPS, REVIEWS AND OTHER MEETINGS AT NASA, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND OTHER LOCATIONS AS REQUIRED. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATION CHART DEFINING UA ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, REPORTING PROCEDURES, AND LINES OF AUTHORITY. PARTICIPATE IN DEFINING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE UA AND APL GUSTO PROJECT OFFICE AND THE PI PROGRAM OFFICE AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE NASA BALLOON PROGRAM OFFICE AND NASA EXPLORER PROGRAM OFFICE. | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | $25,701,794 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Mar 3, 2016 | Mar 3, 2016 | Jun 30, 2025 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC) SPACE SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT, PROJECT ENGINEERING BRANCH HAS A DETAILED REQUIREMENT TO GENERATE A POWER PROFILE MODEL FOR THE ISAT PROGRAM. MSFC IS SEEKING A VENDOR THAT CAN PERFORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS AND PROVIDE A DELIVERABLE(S) ON A FIRM SCHEDULE. | TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. | $62,258 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Sep 4, 2015 | Sep 4, 2015 | Mar 31, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200548958 THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE SUBSA HARDWARE WILL REQUIRE BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPDATES TO RESTORE THE HARDWARE TO A FLIGHT READY STATE. THE PRIME CONTRACTOR WILL UTILIZE THEIR COMMERCIAL APPROACH TO PROVIDE BOTH THE INTEGRATION AND MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR SUSBA. | TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. | $1,103,748 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Jun 30, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | Nov 30, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC) SPACE SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT, SENSORS, IMAGING&OPTICS BRANCH IS SEEKING A VENDOR TO DEVELOP PRE-PHASE-A DESIGNS AND THE SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR ULTRAVIOLET/OPTICAL/NEAR-INFRARED (UVOIR) MIRROR CONCEPTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIMARY MIRROR SUBSTRATE DESIGNS BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE ADVANCED MIRROR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (AMTD) PROJECT. THE AMTD PROJECT HAS THE GOAL OF MATURING THE TECHNICAL READINESS LEVEL (TRL) OF KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PRIMARY MIRROR OF POTENTIAL LARGE-APERTURE COSMIC ORIGIN UVOIR SPACE TELESCOPES. | TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. | $830,640 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Jun 17, 2015 | Jun 17, 2015 | Jun 16, 2020 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) RESEARCH INTEGRATION OFFICE (OZ) OF THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (JSC) IS SEEKING TO COMMERCIALIZE THE DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, AND OPERATIONS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF RESEARCH PAYLOADS FOR USE ON THE ISS. THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC) IS SEEKING AN OFFEROR TO DEVELOP AND DELIVER TO THE ISS PROGRAM OFFICE A COMMERCIAL APPROACH (CA) USING CORPORATE BEST PRACTICES FOR ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION, CERTIFICATION AND DELIVERY OF SIMPLE PAYLOAD FLIGHT HARDWARE TO THE LAUNCH SITE FOR PROCESSING AND/OR OPERATIONS ON THE ISS, WHILE ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISSION SUCCESS OF THE PROVIDED SERVICE. IN THE COMMERCIAL APPROACH, THE OFFERORS SHALL DEFINE THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING THEIR CORPORATE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR ALL PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE PAYLOAD MISSIONS AND THEIR APPROACH FOR HANDING THOSE PRODUCTS OVER TO NASA. | KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC | $141,148 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Apr 2, 2015 | Apr 2, 2015 | Mar 14, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROCUREMENT IS TO ACQUIRE A COMPOSITES FOR EXPLORATION UPPER STAGE (CEUS) TOOLING CAPABLE OF INTERFACING WITH THE NASA MSFC AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT CELL, A TRIM STAND AND ALL ASSOCIATED DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND MANUFACTURING, | RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC | $1,257,377 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Mar 31, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 | Dec 15, 2015 | ||
| THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS TO ACQUIRE SUPPLIES IN SUPPORT OF THE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND TEST FACILITY (SITF) AND SYSTEMS INTEGRATION LABORATORY (SIL) IN SUPPORT OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) PROGRAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, PROCURE PARTS, FABRICATE, ASSEMBLE, TEST, AND DELIVER PANELS AND CABLES IN SUPPORT OF THE SITF/SIL LABORATORIES. IGF::OT::IGF | RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC | $71,496 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Dec 19, 2014 | Dec 19, 2014 | Apr 16, 2015 | ||
| THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACQUISITION IS TO ACQUIRE AN ENGINEERING SUPPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACECRAFT CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS (CONOPS) TO SUPPORT MISSION CONCEPTS AND FORMULATION STUDIES FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE SCIENCE AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY FLIGHT MISSION PROJECTS. IGF::OT::IGF | RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC | $29,999 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Aug 25, 2014 | Aug 25, 2014 | Mar 14, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE (ESTO) 2013 INSTRUMENT INCUBATOR PROGRAM (IIP)- THIS IS AN NRA AWARD FOR PROPOSAL TITLED: WIDE-SWATH SHARED APERTURE CLOUD RADAR (WISCR) THE GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (NGES) SEEK TO ADVANCE KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEXT GENERATION MULTI-FREQUENCY SPACE-BORNE RADAR FOR CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS. THE EARTH SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY (DS) AEROSOL, CLOUD AND ECOSYSTEMS (ACE) MISSION CALLS FOR A DUAL-FREQUENCY CLOUD RADAR (W BAND 94 GHZ AND KA-BAND 35 GHZ) FOR GEOSPATIAL MEASUREMENTS OF CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES. MEANWHILE, A TRI-FREQUENCY SPACEBORNE RADAR CONCEPT (W BAND 94 GHZ, KA-BAND 35 GHZ, AND KU-BAND 14 GHZ) IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION SCIENCE COMMUNITIES. WE ENVISION A WIDE-SWATH SHARED APERTURE CLOUD RADAR (WISCR) THAT WILL PROVIDE UNPRECEDENTED, SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION AND THEIR INTERACTION ON EARTH CLIMATE CHANGE. ESTO S INSTRUMENT INCUBATOR PROGRAM (IIP-2010) ENABLED OUR INVESTIGATION TEAM TO SUCCESS-FULLY DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF A SHARED, LARGE APERTURE ANTENNA TO ACHIEVE WIDE SWATH IMAGING AT KA-BAND AND NADIR PROFILING AT W-BAND. OUR APPROACH EMPLOYS A PARABOLIC CYLINDRICAL REFLECTOR WITH A KA-BAND ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY (AESA) LINE FEED TO ACHIEVE A SWATH EXCEEDING 120 KM. A LOW-LOSS REFLECTARRAY SURFACE IS APPLIED TO THE PRIMARY REFLECTOR TO PROVIDE A FOCUSED W-BAND BEAM. WE PROPOSE TO ADVANCE THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO ADDRESS THE EMERGING NEEDS FOR SPACEBORNE ATMOSPHERIC RADAR. WE WILL ADVANCE THE TECHNOLOGY READINESS OF WISCR THROUGH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: (1) DESIGN/DEVELOP THE KA BAND AESA MODULE INCLUDING THE GAN POWER AMPLIFIER MMIC, THE GAAS MULTI-FUNCTION MMIC, THE GAAS LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER MMIC, THE POWER CONTROLLER/GATE REGULATOR ASIC, AND THE TRANSMIT/RECEIVE CIRCULATOR (2) DEVELOP THROUGH AIRBORNE DEMONSTRATION A MULTI-CHANNEL ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR (MAGW), A MULTI-CHANNEL FREQUENCY CONVERSION MODULE (MFCM) AND A NOVEL FREQUENCY DIVERSITY PULSE PAIR (FDPP) TECHNIQUE (3) INVESTIGATE ARCHITECTURES THAT EXTEND OUR DUAL-BAND APERTURE TECHNOLOGIES TO PROVIDE TRI-FREQUENCY SHARED APERTURE CAPABILITY. | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | $4,124,209 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Aug 13, 2014 | Aug 13, 2014 | Dec 31, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACQUISITION IS TO PURCHASE THE FABRICATION AND DELIVERY OF TEN (10) CROSS CHANNEL DATA LINK (CCDL) MONITORS. | RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC | $63,923 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Mar 11, 2014 | Mar 11, 2014 | May 29, 2014 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF LAUNCH VEHICLE/STAGES ADAPTER | TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. | $228,572,881 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Jan 31, 2014 | Feb 1, 2014 | Sep 30, 2027 | ||
| IGF::CL::IGF , INVESTIGATION OF INEQUIVALENCE OF BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE EXTEND | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $220,000 | FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION | FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION | — | 541711 | AR92 | Sep 10, 2013 | Sep 10, 2013 | Sep 9, 2015 | ||
| BASE PERIOD | THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND | $643,054 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA) | — | 541712 | AR92 | Dec 10, 2012 | Dec 11, 2012 | Dec 9, 2013 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS. "SEARCHING FOR MORE RADIO MILLISECOND PULSARS IN FERMI UNASSOCIATED SOURCES". THE FERMI GUEST INVESTIGATOR (GI) PROGRAM SOLICITS PROPOSALS FOR BASIC RESEARCH RELEVANT TO THE FERMI MISSION. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS MISSION IS TO PERFORM 20 MEV TO>300 GEV GAMMA-RAY MEASUREMENTS OVER THE ENTIRE CELESTIAL SPHERE, WITH SENSITIVITY A FACTOR OF 30 OR MORE GREATER THAN THAT OBTAINED BY EARLIER SPACE MISSIONS. A SECONDARY GOAL INCLUDES THE STUDY OF TRANSIENT GAMMA-RAY SOURCES WITH ENERGIES EXTENDING FROM 8 KEV UP TO 300 GEV. THE FERMI GI PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE SCIENTIFIC PARTICIPATION BY PROVIDING FUNDING TO CARRY OUT INVESTIGATIONS USING FERMI DATA, TO CONDUCT CORRELATIVE OBSERVATIONS AT OTHER WAVELENGTHS, TO DEVELOP DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO THE FERMI DATA, AND TO CARRY OUT THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FERMI OBSERVATIONS. INVESTIGATORS MAY APPLY FOR RADIO, OPTICAL, OR X-RAY OBSERVING TIME THROUGH JOINT PROGRAMS WITH THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NRAO), THE NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NOAO), OR THE SUZAKU GUEST INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM. THEY MAY ALSO APPLY FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING RESOURCES. INVESTIGATORS MAY PROPOSE FERMI POINTED OBSERVATIONS, BUT SUCH OBSERVATIONS WILL REQUIRE SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION THROUGH SIMULATIONS AND EXPOSURE CALCULATIONS BECAUSE DEFAULT SURVEY MODE OBSERVATIONS WILL SATISFY THE SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF MOST STUDIES. NEW FOR CYCLE 5: ADDITIONAL LAT DATA PRODUCTS, WHICH PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT NEW ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES FOR SHORT DURATION TRANSIENTS SUCH AS GAMMA-RAY BURSTS AND SOLAR FLARES, WILL BE AVAILABLE. THESE PROVIDE ENHANCED ACCEPTANCE, ESPECIALLY AT LOW ENERGIES, BUT WITH HIGH BACKGROUND CONTAMINATION. FERMI IS AN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTIAGENCY OBSERVATORY-CLASS MISSION THAT STUDIES THE COSMOS IN THE<10 KEV TO>300 GEV ENERGY RANGE. THE PRIMARY INSTRUMENT, THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE (LAT), HAS A PEAK EFFECTIVE AREA (>8000 CM2), ANGULAR RESOLUTION (<3.5 AT 100 MEV,<0.15 ABOVE 10 GEV), FIELD-OF-VIEW (>2 SR), AND DEADTIME (<100 S PER EVENT) THAT PROVIDES A FACTOR OF 30 OR MORE ADVANCE IN SENSITIVITY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS MISSIONS. THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY BURST MONITOR (GBM) ALSO PROVIDES THE CAPABILITY FOR STUDYING TRANSIENT PHENOMENA, WITH A FIELD-OF-VIEW LARGER THAN THE LAT AND A SPECTRAL RANGE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE LAT S LOWER LIMIT DOWN TO LESS THAN 10 KEV. ALTHOUGH POINTED OBSERVATIONS ARE POSSIBLE, THE OBSERVATORY PRIMARILY SCANS THE SKY CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE LAT S LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW. IN SURVEY MODE - THE MAIN MODE OF OPERATION - FERMI PROVIDES NEARLY UNIFORM SKY EXPOSURE EVERY ~3 HOURS. | ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC | $90,439 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR92 | Sep 26, 2012 | Sep 26, 2012 | Sep 30, 2014 | ||
| IGF::CT::IGF CRITICAL FUNCTIONS - DECIPHERING CLUSTER OBSERVABLES: TRACING THE BARYONS IN CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES TO PROVIDE OBSERVATIONS OF MODERATE-REDSHIFT OPTICALLY-SELECTED CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES. THIS PROPOSAL REQUESTS FUNDING FOR TWO( 2) SUZAKU AO-5 OBSERVATIONS OF MODERATE-REDSHIFT OPTICALLY-SELECTED CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES. THESE OBSERVATIONS HAVE THREE (3) MAIN OBJECTIVES. THE FIRST IS TO QUANTIFY SYSTEMATIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WELL MATCHED (IN REDSHIFT AND VELOCITY DISPERSION) X-RAY AND OPTICALLY SELECTED CLUSTER SAMPLES. WE WILL MEASURE THE X-RAY LUMINOSITIES AND TEMPERATURES OF THESE CLUSTERS, ALLOWING US TO COMPARE THE PROPERTIES OF THESE OBJECTS WITH STANDARD CLUSTER SCALING RELATIONS. WE ALSO EXPECT TO OBTAIN ROUGH MASSES AND ABUNDANCE MEASUREMENTS. OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO COMPARE X-RAY AND DYNAMICAL MASS ESTIMATES OF OUR TARGETS. DYNAMICAL MASSES WILL BE DERIVED FROM IN-HAND VELOCITY DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS. FINALLY, WE WILL ALSO USE THESE DATA TO CALIBRATE OPTICAL RICHNESS AS A MASS OBSERVABLE AND INVESTIGATE ITS SCATTER. THE TOTAL TIME FOR THE TWO OBSERVATIONS IS 134 KSEC. UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BARYONS IN GALAXY CLUSTERS AND UNDERLYING DARK MATTER DISTRIBUTIONS IS CRUCIAL FOR USING CLUSTERS AS COSMOLOGICAL PROBES. RECENT WORK INDICATES MASSIVE LOW-LX CLUSTERS AT ALL REDSHIFTS, IN CONFLICT WITH SELF-SIMILARITY PREDICTIONS. THE ONLY WAY TO QUANTIFY THESE FINDINGS IS TO OBSERVE A SAMPLE CHOSEN INDEPENDENTLY OF X-RAY PROPERTIES. WE PROPOSE TO STUDY 13 CLUSTERS AT 0.15<Z<0.45, FOR WHICH ROBUST VELOCITY DISPERSIONS ARE MEASURED SUZAKU'S SUPERIOR THROUGHPUT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE LOW-DISPERSION, HIGH-Z SIDE OF THE DISTRIBUTION. WE PROPOSE XIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMAINING TWO (2) TARGETS, ALLOWING US TO RIGOROUSLY ASSESS BARYON CONTENT IN AN UNBIASED SAMPLE OF CLUSTERS. CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES ARE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNDERLYING COSMOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSE. THE GOAL IS TO CHART THE EVOLUTION OF THE CLUSTER MASS FUNCTION, THEREBY PROVIDING VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE PROGRESSION OF LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE FORMATION. | EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC. | $15,933 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 561110Office Administrative Services | AR92 | May 31, 2012 | May 31, 2012 | May 30, 2013 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF AEHF SV5/6 PRODUCTION - UCA PARTS | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | $248,118,174 | DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA) | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 336414Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing | AR92 | May 15, 2012 | May 15, 2012 | Jun 30, 2021 |