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$200,000,000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to RAYTHEON COMPANY

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-06-27·LATEST ACTION2026-05-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC24CA038_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

PROVIDE THREE LANDIS FLIGHT INSTRUMENT UNITS AND RELATED SERVICES, INCLUDING THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING ANALYSES, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT, TEST, EVALUATION, DELIVERY, AND SUPPORT FOR THE LANDIS

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In plain English

Latest obligation on a 2024 NASA contract for three LANDIS flight instrument units, including design, fabrication, integration, and testing through 2031.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-instrumentssatellite-payloadongoing-contract-modification
Why this matters

LANDIS is a key Earth-observation payload; this $200M increment sustains critical climate and environmental monitoring capabilities over the next five years.

Supply-chain signal

Raytheon's instrument production and integration work anchors a supply chain of optical, electronics, and aerospace-grade component vendors supporting NASA's Earth-science missions.

U.S.–China competition angle

Advanced Earth-observation satellites are strategically important for climate science and disaster response; U.S. leadership in sensor technology faces competition from Chinese remote-sensing programs.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-21. Cost: $0.003130.

Period of performance
Start
2024-06-27
End
2031-03-10
Status
activein 1734 days
Sources

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