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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration
aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-09·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC19C0072_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

FLIGHT DYNAMICS SUPPORT SERVICES III (FDSS). THIS CONTRACT IS FOR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SUPPORT, FLIGHT DYNAMICS FACILITY OPERATIONS SUPPORT, FLIGHT DYNAMICS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT&CONJUNCTION ASSESSMENTS.

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

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Confidence: high
In plain English

Software engineering and operations support for NASA's Flight Dynamics Facility, including systems engineering and conjunction assessments.

Sub-sectors
space-operationsflight-dynamicsmission-support
Why this matters

Ensures reliable orbital mechanics and collision avoidance capabilities critical to NASA's space mission safety and operational continuity.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for specialized aerospace software engineering and flight operations expertise supporting NASA's space infrastructure.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. space operations independence requires robust domestic flight dynamics capabilities to maintain autonomous mission control without foreign reliance.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001344.

Period of performance
Start
2019-11-01
End
2027-04-30
Status
activein 350 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_80GSFC19C0072_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-.

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