SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Awards tracked
7
Total amount
$778.5M
Date range
2026-03-16 → 2026-05-22
Primary sector
Volume
$/month, last 24
About this recipient
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE has received $778.5M in tracked federal funding across the ingest window.
The largest single source of funding is National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which dominates the recipient's federal portfolio. We surface the full breakdown of contracts and grants below.
A longer, LLM-generated profile becomes available for the top entities by total $ awarded. We do not take editorial direction from recipients.
Portfolio by sector
Sectors classified by LLM on each award.
- aerospace18 awards$2.2B 100%
Portfolio status
Based on each award's period of performance.
Active
7
active100% of awards
Expiring (≤90d)
0
expiring · 30d0% of awards
Expired
0
expired0% of awards
No POP
0
—0% of awards
Top awarding agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$778.5M 100%
Based on 7 awards totaling $778,471,769.
Awards
Top 7 by amount
| Action date | Recipient | Agency | Amount | Description | Sector | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $384,632,648 | TAS::80 0120::TAS AS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) INSTITUTION FOR THE MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE (MMS) INSTRUMENT SUITE SCIENCE TEAM (ISST), THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THE SOLVING MAGNETOSPHERIC ACCELERATION RECONNECTION AND TURBULENCE (SMART) TEAM THROUGH ALL MISSION PHASES. THE SCOPE OF WORK SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED, TO THE FOLLOWING: - MANAGE THE SMART TEAM THROUGH PHASES B THROUGH E OF THE MMS MISSION, - DEFINING SCIENCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES - ASSIST THE MMS PROJECT AND HQ SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION IN THE PREPARATION OF LEVEL 1 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MMS MISSION - FLOW-DOWN OF TOP-LEVEL MISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITE - DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, CALIBRATION, TESTING AND DELIVERY OF FOUR FULLY QUALIFIED, FLIGHT INSTRUMENT SUITES TO OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T) PLUS SPARES - DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND TESTING OF THE SOC - SUPPORT OBSERVATORY-LEVEL I&T ACTIVITIES - PROVIDE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING AND I&T SUPPORT OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITES AFTER DELIVERY TO NASA - RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ON-ORBIT OPERATION, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITES - RESPONSIBILITY FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE SOC POST-LAUNCH - ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING SUBCONTRACTS WITH INSTRUMENT SUITE TEAM MEMBERS - ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS (ITAR) AND EXPORT CONTROL DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY FOR WORKING WITH ITS INTERNATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS - IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EPO PROGRAM FOR THE MMS MISSION | — | active |
| 2026-04-30 | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $168,112,735 | NEW HORIZON -- PLUTO MISSION PHASE B | — | active |
| 2026-05-06 | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $72,431,168 | IGF::CL,CT::IGF LUCY IS A PLANNED NASA SPACE PROBE THAT WILL TOUR FIVE JUPITER TROJANS, ASTEROIDS WHICH SHARE JUPITER'S ORBIT AROUND THE SUN, ORBITING EITHER AHEAD OF OR BEHIND THE PLANET AND ONE MAIN BELT ASTEROID. ALL TARGET ENCOUNTERS WILL BE FLY-BY ENCOUNTERS. | — | active |
| 2026-05-06 | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $42,056,990 | DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUICKSOUNDER SC AND THE QUICKSOUNDER SATELLITE, INTEGRATION OF THE ATMS EDU, SHIPMENT TO THE LAUNCH SITE SUPPORT OF LAUNCH OPS & SATELLITE ACTIVATION, 3 YRS OF MISSION OPS & PERFORM DECOMMISSIONING OPERATION | — | active |
| 2026-03-24 | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $38,048,480 | LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE OBITER MEASUREMENT INVESTIGATION PHASES A/B AND BRIDGE PHASE | aerospace | active |
| 2026-03-16 | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $37,955,490 | PHASE A/B DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUICE ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPH IGF::CT,CL::IGF THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY SELECTED THE JUPITER ICY MOONS EXPLORER (JUICE) MISSION AS THE FIRST MISSION IN ITS LARGE-CLASS MISSION PORTFOLIO UNDER THE COSMIC VISION PROGRAM. THE JUICE MISSION WILL INVESTIGATE JUPITER AND ITS ICY MOONS, COMPLETING ITS MISSION BY ORBITING GANYMEDE. THE MISSION IS PLANNED FOR LAUNCH IN 2022. THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) HAS OFFERED TO COLLABORATE IN THIS MISSION. IN 2012, NASA ISSUED PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX (PEA) K AS AN APPENDIX OF THE SECOND STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON-2)(NNH12ZDA006O-JUICE) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO)(NNH12ZDA006O) FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING PROPOSALS FOR JUICE MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY (MO) INVESTIGATIONS TO BE MANAGED UNDER THE NASA NEW FRONTIERS PROGRAM. THE JUICE ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH (JUICE-UVS) IS A COMPLETE, STAND-ALONE INSTRUMENT PROPOSED AND SELECTED UNDER THE SALMON-2 AO, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ESA JUICE PAYLOAD AS PART OF NASAS U.S. CONTRIBUTION, AND DEVELOPED BY THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SWRI) IN SAN ANTONIO, TX. THE LEADER OF THE JUICE-UVS TEAM IS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI), DR. RANDY GLADSTONE OF SWRI. THE GOALS OF THE JUICE-UVS INVESTIGATION ARE TO: 1) EXPLORE THE ATMOSPHERES, PLASMA INTERACTIONS, AND SURFACES OF THE GALILEAN SATELLITES; 2) DETERMINE THE DYNAMICS, CHEMISTRY, AND VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF JUPITERS UPPER ATMOSPHERE, FROM EQUATOR TO POLE, AS A TEMPLATE FOR GIANT PLANETS EVERYWHERE; AND 3) INVESTIGATE THE JUPITER-IO CONNECTION BY QUANTIFYING ENERGY AND MASS FLOW IN THE IO ATMOSPHERE, NEUTRAL CLOUDS, AND TORUS. THESE GOALS ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED TO THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE JUICE ASSESSMENT STUDY REPORT, AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH NASA GOALS IN THE MOST RECENT PLANETARY DECADAL SURVEY, THE EJSM STUDY REPORT, AND SMDS FORMAL GOALS DOCUMENTS. | aerospace | active |
| 2026-04-02 | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $35,234,258 | STROFIO - PHASE B IS AWARDED FROM ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) NNM08ZDA009O, STAND ALONE MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON) ISSUED BY NASA HEADQUARTERS. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SWRI) WAS SELECTED FOR "STROFIO: EXOSPHERIC SAMPLING OF MERCURY'S SURFACE COMPOSITION" WITH DR. STEFANO LIVI AS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR FUNDING AND APPROVED TO DIRECTLY ENTER PHASE B PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY COMPLETION. STROFIO WAS SELECTED BECAUSE IT IS TIMELY AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR NASA TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH THIS INVESTIGATION IN THE BEPICOLOMBO MISSION. THE ANTICIPATED OBSERVATIONS OF MERCURY'S EXOSPHERE WILL BE UNIQUE AND COMPLEMENTARY TO INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY MARINER, MESSENGER AND THE OTHER INSTRUMENTS ON BEPICOLOMBO. THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT MERCURY'S EXOSPHERE AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE MAGNETOSPHERE AND SURFACE. THE STROFIO INSTRUMENT WILL PROVIDE A VALUABLE SCIENTIFIC RETURN, ADDRESSING MANY GOALS OF NASAS PLANETARY SCIENCE PROGRAM. | aerospace | active |
Sources
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