$1,224,555,500

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ACTION DATE—·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNG10XA05C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-

Award description

ENGINEERING SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO THE DELIVERY OF THE VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGER RADIOMETER (VIRS) INSTRUMENT AND SUPPORT.

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In plain English

Engineering and development of the VIRS infrared imaging instrument for space-based Earth observation missions.

Sub-sectors

space-instrumentsearth-observationremote-sensing

Why this matters

VIRS is critical for climate monitoring, weather forecasting, and environmental data collection from orbit.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains Raytheon's position as a prime contractor for NASA space instrument systems and their supply chain of optical and sensor components.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. maintains technological lead in advanced space-based remote sensing; China developing competing Earth observation capabilities.

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Period of performance

Start

2010-09-22

End

2029-03-01

Status

activein 1022 days

Recipient

Sources

USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →
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