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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2010 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2010-09-10·LATEST ACTION2026-06-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNG10XA01C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

ENGINEERING SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO THE DELIVERY OF THE OMPS PROTOFLIGHT MODEL AND SUPPORT.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Latest obligation on a 2010 NASA contract for engineering and delivery of the OMPS Protoflight atmospheric monitoring satellite instrument.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-systemssatellite-instrumentsongoing-contract-modification
Why this matters

OMPS is critical for continuous ozone and air-quality monitoring; this 16-year contract ensures unbroken Earth observation capability through 2029.

Supply-chain signal

BAE Systems' sustained role as prime integrator for NASA's Earth science payloads anchors a supply chain of optical, electronics, and systems-engineering subcontractors.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. atmospheric monitoring independence; China lacks equivalent long-term civilian Earth-observation commitments, giving the U.S. strategic advantage in climate and environmental intelligence.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003117.

Period of performance
Start
2010-09-10
End
2029-11-10
Status
activein 1229 days
Sources

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