Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.
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: 2005-03-22 to 2017-10-31
Current total value of award: $234732209
Description: NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL&SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT (GPM) MICROWAVE IMAGER (GMI) INSTRUMENT. THE GMI INSTRUMENT IS A 13 CHANNEL RADIOMETER WHOSE CORE SCIENCE MEASURES THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WITHIN 10.65 GHZ THROUGH 183 GHZ OF THE MICROWAVE SPECTRUM.