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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$58,585,443

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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ACTION DATE2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_80NSSC23M0230_080
Award description

APPLICATION FOR A RENEWAL OF THE ARC-CREST COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.#NNX12AD05A

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Renewal of ARC-CREST cooperative agreement for Earth science research and environmental monitoring at NASA Ames Research Center.

Sub-sectors
nasa-researchearth-sciencecooperative-agreement
Why this matters

Sustains long-term NASA Earth observation and climate research capabilities critical for understanding planetary systems and climate change.

Supply-chain signal

Supports continued demand for satellite instrumentation, data processing systems, and environmental monitoring technology from aerospace and tech suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. Earth science satellite and climate monitoring leadership; China developing competing Earth observation capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002135.

Period of performance
Start
2023-10-01
End
2028-09-30
Status
activein 869 days
Sources

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