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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to PERATON INC.

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-06-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC22CA019_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NASA BALLOON FACILITY

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

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In plain English

Funds ongoing operations and management of NASA's balloon facility through September 2027.

Sub-sectors
nasa-operationsballoon-facility-m&oscientific-infrastructure
Why this matters

Balloon platforms enable high-altitude scientific research and technology testing at lower cost than satellites or aircraft.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for specialized aerospace support services, ground infrastructure maintenance, and scientific instrumentation suppliers.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-23. Cost: $0.002669.

Period of performance
Start
2022-06-01
End
2027-09-30
Status
activein 457 days
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