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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-04-01·LATEST ACTION2026-06-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC20C0044_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU) AND LABORATORY BASED TECHNOLOGIES AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE EARTH SYSTEMS.

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

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In plain English

NASA contract for scientific research services developing space and field-deployed technologies to observe Earth systems.

Sub-sectors
earth-observationnasa-research-servicesclimate-monitoring
Why this matters

Earth observation data underpins climate modeling, disaster response, and environmental monitoring critical to U.S. climate and national security strategy.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains a specialized ecosystem of aerospace contractors and research institutions providing satellite and sensor technologies for Earth science missions.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. Earth observation capabilities compete with China's expanding satellite constellation; maintaining advanced remote-sensing technology is strategically important.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002892.

Period of performance
Start
2020-04-01
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 92 days
Sources

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