$1,499,571,495
to PERATON INC.
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.
Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.
What the model surfaced from this award
Modification to the 2019 Peraton contract managing NASA's unified space communications and navigation networks for scientific missions.
Consolidates management of NASA's three critical satellite relay networks (Space, Near Earth, Deep Space) to improve operational consistency and mission support.
Peraton's role as integrator of NASA's communications infrastructure signals continued reliance on prime contractors for network operations and ground systems.
Deep Space Network modernization under this contract supports U.S. lunar and Mars exploration capabilities in competition with China's expanding space program.
Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003189.
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