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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-03-04·LATEST ACTION2026-03-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80MSFC22F0048_8000_80MSFC20D0004_8000
Award description

DRAGONFLY EXTENDED PHASE B MISSION UNDER 80MSFC20D0004 AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II.

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

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan, which began in 2022 and is scheduled through 2028.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-missionsplanetary-sciencedragonfly-mission
Why this matters

Dragonfly is NASA's flagship astrobiology mission to search for signs of life on Titan; this 2026 increment sustains development of a rotorcraft lander for a 2034 launch.

Supply-chain signal

Johns Hopkins APL leads systems integration; this signals sustained demand for aerospace contractors, avionics suppliers, and specialized instrumentation vendors through 2028.

U.S.–China competition angle

Dragonfly represents U.S. leadership in planetary exploration and astrobiology; China has announced competing lunar and Mars missions, making sustained funding critical to maintain technological edge.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003138.

Period of performance
Start
2022-03-04
End
2028-08-31
Status
activein 793 days
Sources

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