80GSFC26C0013↗

Name: 80GSFC26C0013: Habitable Worlds Observatory System Technology Demonstrations and Mission Architecture Studies
Creator: SpendQuery
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation received this contract from Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $11.38M obligated so far for space r&d services; space flight, research and supporting activities; basic research. It runs to 2029-05-10.

Key facts · data as of Oct 23, 2026

Recipient: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contracting office: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center (80GSFC)
Obligated to date: $11.38M
Potential value: $21.24M
Ends: 2029-05-10

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 23, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80GSFC26C0013, data as of Oct 23, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80GSFC26C0013_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation: all federal awards · National Aeronautics and Space Administration: spending · Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center: what it buys

HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS AND MISSION ARCHITECTURE STUDIES

Definitive Contract · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (UEI Q11ZHUFBW741) · data as of 2026-10-23

Obligated to date$11.38M2 actions

Current value$21.24Mwith options exercised

Period2026-05-11 → 2029-05-10current end date

What it is

Product or service: Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; Basic Research (PSC AR11)
Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715)
Contracting office: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center (80GSFC)
Competition: Full and open competition · 11 offers received
Pricing: Firm fixed price
How it was bought: Standalone contract
Solicitation: 80GSFC26R00230001
Where the work is: Loudoun, VA · district VA-10

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2026$11.38M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subcontractors: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

2 actions since 2026-05-11. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Modification	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2026-09-09	P00001	Funding only	$3.01M	INCREMENTAL FUNDING ON HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS AND MISSION ARCHITECTURE STUDIES
2026-05-11	0		$8.37M	HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS AND MISSION ARCHITECTURE STUDIES

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-23). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗

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