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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2007 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2007-09-24·LATEST ACTION2026-06-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNG07HW20C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

TAS::80 0114::TAS SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER (SUVI) INSTRUMENT. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, EVALUATE AND SUPPORT LAUNCH OF THE SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER (SUVI) INSTRUMENT, SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND SUPPORT THE SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (SOCC). THE SUVI IS CLASSIFIED AS A NON-PRIMARY INSTRUMENT ON THE GOES-R SATELLITE AND HAS A RISK CLASSIFICATION OF B. THE SUVI INSTRUMENT PROVIDES A BROADBAND IMAGING IN THE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH RANGE TO MONITOR THE ENTIRE DYNAMIC RANGE OF SOLAR FEATURES, FROM CORONAL HOLES TO FLARES, AS WELL AS THE ESTIMATE OF TEMPERATURE AND EMISSION MEASURE. THESE DATA ARE USED FOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM FORECASTS AND FORECASTS OF SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE EVENTS RELATED TO FLARES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, DELIVER AND SUPPORT UNDER THE BASIC CONTRACT: A) PARTS AND MATERIALS FOR 4 FLIGHT MODELS B) ONE SUVI FLIGHT MODEL (FM) C) THREE SETS OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TEST EQUIPMENT (ESTE) D) TWO SUVI EMULATORS (SUVIES) E) TWO FLIGHT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS (FSDES) F) ONE GROUND PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (GPDS) G) SPARES FOR THE FOUR FMS H) ALL ADDITIONAL SUVI MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (MGSE AND EGSE) CALLED OUT ELSEWHERE IN THIS DOCUMENT I) ALL ITEMS AND DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED IN ALL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2007 SUVI solar-imaging instrument contract for GOES-R satellites, supporting design, fabrication, testing, and operations through 2039.

Sub-sectors
nasa-satellite-instrumentsgoes-r-programsolar-monitoring
Why this matters

SUVI data enables geomagnetic storm and solar energetic particle forecasts critical to power grid, communications, and satellite protection.

Supply-chain signal

Lockheed Martin sustains multi-decade supply chain for flight models, ground support equipment, and software development across four satellite generations.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. solar weather monitoring capability underpins space situational awareness and resilience against geomagnetic threats; no direct China competition noted.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.003495.

Period of performance
Start
2007-09-24
End
2039-04-30
Status
activein 4687 days
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