University of Arizona Contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Relationship Overview
Total Contract Value: $777,711,081
Contract Count: 7
Average Contract Size: $111.1M
Sole Source Rate: 0%
Small Business Rate: 0%
Spending by Sector
- R&D: $777.7M (7 contracts)
Contracts
- NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE NIRCAM THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, SERVICES, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NEEDED TO MANAGE AND PERFORM PHASES A THROUGH E OF THE SELECTED NEAR-INFRARED CAMERA (NIRCAM) INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INVESTIGATION. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CONTRACT ARE MET. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WITHIN EACH PHASE: PHASE A: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE THE NIRCAM SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, SCIENCE PAYLOAD, AND MISSION OPERATIONS AND DATA SYSTEMS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DOCUMENT ITS FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT THAT IT SHALL PREPARE AND DELIVER TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE AND REFINE ITS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN DURING PHASE A. PHASES B-D: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, CALIBRATE, INTEGRATE, TEST AND DELIVER THE NIRCAM SCIENCE INSTRUMENT TO NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER'S (GSFC) JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) PROJECT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR THE MISSION OPERATIONS PHASE DURING PHASES B-D. THIS SHALL INCLUDE DEVELOPING AN OPERATIONS AND CALIBRATION STRATEGY, DEFINING AND PLANNING THE GUARANTEED TIME OBSERVATIONS (GTO) SCIENCE PROGRAM, PREPARING AND TESTING GROUND SOFTWARE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS CENTER, AND PARTICIPATING IN MISSION SIMULATIONS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL EXECUTE ITS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH (E/PO) PLAN DURING PHASES B-D. PHASES E: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, SERVICES, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NEEDED TO PERFORM MISSION OPERATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS (MO&DA) ACTIVITIES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DIRECT THE EXECUTION OF ITS GTO SCIENCE PROGRAM DURING PHASE E. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONTINUE TO EXECUTE ITS E/PO PLAN DURING PHASE E. — $486.7M
- OSIRIS - REX ASTEROID SAMPLE RETURN MISSION. 1.1 OSIRIS - REX DEPUTY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, HEATHER ENOS, OSIRIS - REX BUSINESS MANAGER, DR. DRAKE AND DR. LAURETTA WILL HAVE THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF THE OSIRIS - REX PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT. THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS DELINEATED IN PART II OF THE STATEMENT OF WORK. 1.2 THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROPOSED LEVEL 1 SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS, CRITERIA FOR FULL MISSION SUCCESS SATISFYING THE BASELINE SCIENCE MISSION AND CRITERIA FOR MINIMUM MISSION SUCCESS SATISFYING THE THRESHOLD SCIENCE MISSION. 1.3 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE GSFC AND LM MANAGEMENT TEAMS TO REFINE THE PROPOSED OSIRIS - REX MISSION COSTS. THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH GSFC PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND LM TO ASSESS THE ROBUSTNESS AND FEASIBILITY OF THE COST AND SCHEDULES. THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL HAVE THE LEAD FOR THE COST SECTION OF THE REPORT. 1.4 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS SUCH AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS AND ITAR LICENSES. 1.5 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL OVERSEE THE PHASE A CONTRACT WITH INSTRUMENT LEAD, DR. PHIL CHRISTENSEN, ASU. 1.6 THE UA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL PROVIDE INPUTS AND VALIDATION SUPPORT TO THE GSFC INTEGRATED MASTER SCHEDULER. 1.7 DEPUTY PI, DR. LAURETTA, WILL LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE E/PO AND STUDENT COLLABORATION PLANS. 1.8 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (UA) WILL SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX SITE VISIT AT LOCKHEED MARTIN, LITTLETON, CO. — $132.5M
- NEAR EARTH OBJECT SURVEILLANCE MISSION — $48.8M
- THE ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS-REX) MISSION'S PRIMARY GOAL IS AN EARTH RETURN OF REGOLITH SAMPLE FROM A TYPE-B NEAR EARTH OBJECT (NEO) ASTEROID. THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION WILL GATHER THIS SAMPLE THROUGH A SPACECRAFT CONSISTING OF A SCIENCE INSTRUMENT SUITE, A TOUCH-AND-GO SAMPLE ACQUISITION MECHANISM (TAGSAM) AND A SAMPLE RETURN CAPSULE (SRC). THE SPACECRAFT WILL RENDEZVOUS WITH THE NEO, OBSERVE, CHARACTERIZE AND MAP THE ASTEROID, AND FINALLY DESCEND, PERFORM A TOUCH-AND-GO MANEUVER, RETRIEVE A REGOLITH SAMPLE AND DEPART FROM THE ASTEROID. THE OSIRIS-REX SPACECRAFT WILL THEN NAVIGATE BACK TOWARDS EARTH AND JETTISON THE SRC FOR A LANDING IN THE UTAH DESERT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MISSION ARE TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINS OF PLANETARY MATERIALS AND THE INITIAL STAGES OF PLANETARY FORMATION; IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND OTHER PREBIOTIC CHEMICALS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE ON EARTH; EXPLORE A NEO TO GAIN A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL RESOURCES; AND ENABLE THE LONG TERM PREDICTION OF THE DYNAMICS OF NEOS THAT POSE AN IMPACT HAZARD TO EARTH. OCAMS IS A SUITE OF THREE IMAGERS WITH AN INTERFACE AND HOUSEKEEPING ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY OPTIMIZED TO SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION. EACH IMAGER COVERS A SPECIFIC SET OF OPERATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS SPANNING THE PERIOD FROM ASTEROID INITIAL ACQUISITION DURING CRUISE TO THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE SAMPLING HEAD AFTER ACQUISITION. EACH IMAGER ALTHOUGH TARGETED FOR A SPECIFIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS DOES HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF BACKING UP THE KEY ASSIGNMENTS OF THE OTHER IMAGERS UNDER MODIFIED OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS IMPROVING THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE SYSTEM. OCAMS WILL BE DESIGNED, BUILT, AND TESTED TO THE REQUIREMENTS SPELLED OUT UNDER NASA NPR 8705.4 FOR A CLASS B MISSION AND PAYLOAD. ADDITIONALLY THE INSTRUMENT WILL ALSO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE GSFC GOLD RULES AS WELL AS THE AGREED TO GODDARD MISSION ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CORRESPONDING RISK CLASSIFICATION. THE SCOPE OF WORK SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED, TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. MANAGE THE OCAMS TEAM THROUGH PHASE B/C/D OF THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION. 2. DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, DESIGN, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, AND DELIVER A FLIGHT QUALIFIED OSIRIS-REX CAMERA SYSTEM TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OCAMS CONSISTENT WITH LEVEL-1 REQUIREMENTS. 3. GENERATE THE DELIVERABLES AS DEFINED IN THE DELIVERABLE LIST. 4. VALIDATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INSTRUMENT IN AGREEMENT WITH LEVEL 1 AND MISSION REQUIREMENTS. 5. IMPLEMENT AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS (MAR) AND GENERATE A MISSION ASSURANCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (MAIP). 6. DEVELOP AND DELIVER THE CONTRACT DATA REQUIREMENTS AS DEFINED IN THE INSTRUMENT DELIVERABLE LIST (CDRL). 7. ESTABLISH, IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS (ITAR) AND EXPORT CONTROL DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY FOR WORKING WITH ANY INTERNATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS. 8. PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL INTEGRATION, GROUND TESTING, AND END-TO-END SYSTEM TEST SUPPORT INVOLVING THE CAMERA. 9. SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OCAMS STANDARD DATA PROCESSING PIPELINE SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR THE SPOC. 10. PROVIDE FLIGHT SYSTEM OPERATOR AND ENGINEERING TRAINING FOR FLIGHT OPERATIONS OF OCAMS. 11. PROVIDE FLIGHT OPERATIONS ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR THE SPOC AND FLIGHT SYSTEM FOR 30 DAYS AFTER LAUNCH. 12. PRESENT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION DESIGN REVIEW, THE MISSION LEVEL PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW, AND THE MISSION LEVEL CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW. 13. SUPPORT COMBINED SPACECRAFT AND GROUND SYSTEM TESTING, OSIRIS-REX END-TO-END TESTING AND INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS PLANNING BEFORE LAUNCH. 14. SUPPORT INSTRUMENT FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND PLANNING FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER LAUNCH. — $39.1M
- IGF::OT::IGF THE GAL-XGAL U-LDB SPECTROSCOPIC-STRATOSPHERIC TERAHERTZ OBSERVATORY (GUSTO) IS PROPOSED JOINTLY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (UA) AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) IN RESPONSE TO NASA'S SECOND STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON 2) PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX (PEA) N (NNH12ZDA006O-APEXMO2) AS AN ASTROPHYSICS EXPLORER MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY. THE NASA EXPLORERS PROGRAM OFFICE IS THE PROJECTS LEAD ORGANIZATION. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WILL DESIGN AND DEVELOP THE SCIENTIFIC PAYLOAD. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (APL) WILL DESIGN AND DEVELOP THE BALLOON-BORNE GONDOLA AND WILL PERFORM DAY-TO-DAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PI. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES TO PRODUCE THE GUSTO PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) THAT ENCOMPASSES: 1. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM OFFICE. 2. INSTRUMENT SYSTEM ENGINEERING, INCLUDING INSTRUMENT MISSION ASSURANCE. 3. DESIGN OF A FLIGHT QUALIFIED GUSTO INSTRUMENT MEETING MISSION AND SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. 4. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF INTEGRATION AND TEST OF THE GONDOLA-INSTRUMENT FLIGHT SYSTEM. 5. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF ESSENTIAL FIELD OPERATIONS 6. DEVELOP PLANS IN SUPPORT OF LAUNCH OPERATIONS, FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND POSSIBLE RECOVERY. 7. DEVELOP PLANS FOR AND LEAD THE GUSTO SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS THE GENERATION OF RESULTING DATA PRODUCTS. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL BRIEF THE GUSTO SCIENCE AND SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT THE PHASE A SITE VISIT. THE UA SHALL SUPPORT PLANNING MEETINGS, WORKING GROUPS, REVIEWS AND OTHER MEETINGS AT NASA, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND OTHER LOCATIONS AS REQUIRED. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATION CHART DEFINING UA ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, REPORTING PROCEDURES, AND LINES OF AUTHORITY. PARTICIPATE IN DEFINING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE UA AND APL GUSTO PROJECT OFFICE AND THE PI PROGRAM OFFICE AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE NASA BALLOON PROGRAM OFFICE AND NASA EXPLORER PROGRAM OFFICE. — $25.6M
- CLOSELY ASSOCIATED ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS-REX) SCIENCE PROCESSING AND OPERATIONS CENTER (SPOC) PHASE B - C - D EFFORT. THE ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS- REX) MISSION S PRIMARY GOAL IS AN EARTH RETURN OF REGOLITH SAMPLE FROM A TYPE-B NEAR EARTH OBJECT (NEO) ASTEROID. THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION WILL GATHER THIS SAMPLE THROUGH A FLIGHT SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A SCIENCE INSTRUMENT SUITE, A TOUCH-AND-GO SAMPLE ACQUISITION MECHANISM (TAGSAM), AND A SAMPLE RETURN CAPSULE (SRC). THE FLIGHT SYSTEM WILL RENDEZVOUS WITH THE NEO, OBSERVE, CHARACTERIZE AND MAP THE ASTEROID, AND FINALLY APPROACH, PERFORM A TOUCH-AND-GO MANEUVER, RETRIEVE A REGOLITH SAMPLE AND DEPART FROM THE ASTEROID. THE OSIRIS-REX FLIGHT SYSTEM WILL THEN NAVIGATE BACK TO EARTH AND JETTISON THE SRC FOR A LANDING AT THE UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE (UTTR). THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MISSION ARE TO RETURN A PRISTINE SAMPLE OF THE ASTEROID, UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINS OF PLANETARY MATERIALS AND THE INITIAL STAGES OF PLANETARY FORMATION; IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND OTHER PREBIOTIC CHEMICALS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE ON EARTH; EXPLORE A NEO TO GAIN A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL RESOURCES; AND ENABLE THE LONG TERM PREDICTION OF THE DYNAMICS OF NEOS THAT POSE AN IMPACT HAZARD TO EARTH. THE NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) MANAGES THE OSIRIS-REX PROJECT FOR NASA AND FOR THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, LUNAR AND PLANETARY LABORATORY (LPL) IN TUCSON, AZ. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS TO DESIGN, CODE, INTEGRATE AND TEST THE OSIRIS-REX SPOC TO SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX LAUNCH. AFTER LAUNCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SHALL PROVIDE THE FACILITIES, GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND SCIENCE OPERATION FOR 30 DAYS. THE SCOPE COVERS PHASES B/C/D OF THE OSIRIS-REX LIFE CYCLE. — $24.5M
- MARS SCOUT MISSION — $20.7M
Frequently Asked Questions
How many contracts does University of Arizona have with National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
University of Arizona has 7 contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration worth a combined $777.7M.
What is the average contract size between University of Arizona and National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The average contract size is $111.1M.
What percentage of University of Arizona's contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration are sole-source?
0% of the contracts are sole-source awards.