Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2013-10-01 to 2017-09-08
Current total value of award: $13365775
Description: USRA RESEARCH AND SUPPORT UNDER THIS CONTRACT, USRA WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE EARTH SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS AREAS FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1) SHORT-TERM PREDICTION AND RESEARCH TRANSITION (SPORT)2) LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSOR (LIS) 3) REGIONAL VISUALIZATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM (SERVIR) 4) GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE R SERIES (GOES-R) 5) GAMMA RAY BURST MONITOR (GBM) 6) ADVANCED MICROWAVE PRECIPITATION RADIOMETER (AMPR) 7) HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS AND 8) ADVANCED EXPLORATION SYSTEMS (AES). THE TECHNICAL AREAS NOTED ARE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER SEVERAL YEARS. USRA'S UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE AND SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES MAKE THEM THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE.