Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
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: 2015-10-23 to 2016-04-30
Current total value of award: $325514.35
Description: SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING, EVALUATION AND TEST SERVICES (SEETS II) LIDAR TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE EARTH SCIENCE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO UPDATE THE 2006 WORKING GROUP REPORT ON LIDAR TECHNOLOGIES IN ADVANCE OF THE 2017 NRC EARTH SCIENCES DECADAL SURVEY. THIS ASSESSMENT WILL BE LED BY THE EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE (ESTO).    THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT A SURVEY OF CURRENT LASER, OPTICAL DETECTION, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY STATE-OF-THE-ART AND TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) AS THEY PERTAIN TO FUTURE LIDAR MEASUREMENT AND DATA HANDLING/DISTRIBUTION NEEDS FOR THE EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITY.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSESS REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS FOR THE NEXT TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS IN ORDER TO ENABLE EARTH SCIENCE MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.   THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPORT THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) CENTER SITE VISITS AND A COMMUNITY FORUM THAT THE EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE ESTO WILL CONVENE TO INFORM THE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSIST THE EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE (ESTO) LEAD WITH COORDINATION OF ALL ACTIVITIES CONNECTED TO THE SUBJECT TASK.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSIST WITH PREPARATION OF THE FINAL REPORT DESCRIBING THE FINDINGS OF THE ASSESSMENT STUDY THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED BY THE EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE (ESTO).    THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPLY DOCUMENTATION FOR THE FINAL REPORT ON THE TASKS FINDINGS.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPLY A MONTHLY COST PHASING PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF THIS STUDY. THIS MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT SHALL BE DUE TO THE EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE (ESTO) BY THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH.  THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE SHALL BE FROM DATE OF AWARD THRU APRIL 30, 2016.