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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2004 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2004-04-21·LATEST ACTION2026-05-22·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNG04EB99C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

TAS::80 0120::TAS AS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) INSTITUTION FOR THE MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE (MMS) INSTRUMENT SUITE SCIENCE TEAM (ISST), THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THE SOLVING MAGNETOSPHERIC ACCELERATION RECONNECTION AND TURBULENCE (SMART) TEAM THROUGH ALL MISSION PHASES. THE SCOPE OF WORK SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED, TO THE FOLLOWING: - MANAGE THE SMART TEAM THROUGH PHASES B THROUGH E OF THE MMS MISSION, - DEFINING SCIENCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES - ASSIST THE MMS PROJECT AND HQ SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION IN THE PREPARATION OF LEVEL 1 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MMS MISSION - FLOW-DOWN OF TOP-LEVEL MISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITE - DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, CALIBRATION, TESTING AND DELIVERY OF FOUR FULLY QUALIFIED, FLIGHT INSTRUMENT SUITES TO OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T) PLUS SPARES - DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND TESTING OF THE SOC - SUPPORT OBSERVATORY-LEVEL I&T ACTIVITIES - PROVIDE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING AND I&T SUPPORT OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITES AFTER DELIVERY TO NASA - RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ON-ORBIT OPERATION, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITES - RESPONSIBILITY FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE SOC POST-LAUNCH - ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING SUBCONTRACTS WITH INSTRUMENT SUITE TEAM MEMBERS - ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS (ITAR) AND EXPORT CONTROL DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY FOR WORKING WITH ITS INTERNATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS - IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EPO PROGRAM FOR THE MMS MISSION

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the 22-year Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, funding Southwest Research Institute's leadership of the SMART science team and instrument suite operations through 2026.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-sciencemagnetosphere-researchinstrument-development
Why this matters

MMS is a flagship NASA heliophysics mission studying magnetic reconnection in Earth's magnetosphere; sustained funding ensures continuity of critical space-weather science and on-orbit operations.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing subcontracting with international instrument-suite partners; ITAR compliance and export-control documentation required for international collaboration.

U.S.–China competition angle

Space-weather monitoring and magnetosphere research underpin U.S. resilience to solar storms and geomagnetic hazards; international ITAR restrictions reflect technology-control posture.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-18. Cost: $0.003566.

Period of performance
Start
2004-04-21
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 92 days
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