$220,065,715
to PERATON INC.
IGF::CT::IGF OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NASA BALLOON FACILITY
Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.
What the model surfaced from this award
Operations and management of NASA's high-altitude balloon research facility and related infrastructure.
Sustains critical U.S. scientific research platform for atmospheric and astrophysical observations independent of orbital assets.
Indicates sustained demand for specialized aerospace support services, materials handling, and ground operations expertise.
Maintains U.S. leadership in stratospheric research capabilities and scientific instrumentation platforms.
Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-13. Cost: $0.001226.
- —THE EXPLORATION AND SPACE COMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS DIVISION (ESC) IS A NATIONAL RESOURCE LOCATED AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) WHICH ENABLES SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SPACE EXPLORATION BY PROVIDING INNOVATIVE AND MISSION-EFFECTIVE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SOLUTIONS TO A LARGE COMMUNITY OF DIVERSE CUSTOMERS. ESC MANAGES OPERATIONAL GEOSTATIONARY COMMUNICATIONS RELAY SATELLITES AND GROUND SYSTEMS FOR THE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION (SCAN) PROGRAM AT NASA HEADQUARTERS. TODAY, SCAN NETWORK SYSTEMS CONSIST OF THE SPACE NETWORK (SN), THE NEAR EARTH NETWORK (NEN), AND THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK (DSN). THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT OF THESE THREE NETWORKS IS CURRENTLY NOT FULLY CONSISTENT. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO UNIFY THE SN AND NEN WHERE PRACTICABLE UNDER THIS CONTRACT USING INTEGRATED, COMMON MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND NETWORK SOLUTIONS.$1.5B
- —OPERATIONAL PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT SERVICES (OPIAS) BASE AWARD.$809.0M
- —SITEC 3 EOM PROVIDES USSOCOM WITH O&M SERVICES TO MAINTAIN NETOPS, MAINTAIN SYSTEMS & NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDE END USER & COMMON DEVICE SUPPORT, PROVIDE CONFIGURATION, CHANGE, LICENSE, & ASSET MGMT. CONDUCT TRAINING AND PERFORM IMACS SERVICES.$698.8M
- —THE ETIS III CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TEST AND INTEGRATION RELATED SERVICES FOR NASA GSFC ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE (ETD) MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DIVISION AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE FORMULATION, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, VERIFICATION, AND OPERATIONS OF SPACEFLIGHT AND GROUND SYSTEM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE FUTURE SPACE AND SCIENCE MISSIONS.$338.3M
- —OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NASA BALLOON FACILITY$163.5M
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