80MSFC20F0155↗
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC received this contract from Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $12.60M obligated so far for r&d- space: operations, tracking and data acquisition (basic research). It runs to 2026-11-30.
Key facts · data as of Oct 25, 2026
- Recipient
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Contracting office
- Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center (80MSFC)
- Obligated to date
- $12.60M
- Potential value
- $33.81M
- Ends
- 2026-11-30
Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 25, 2026.
Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80MSFC20F0155, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80MSFC20F0155_8000_80MSFC20D0004_8000
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC: all federal awards · National Aeronautics and Space Administration: spending · Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center: what it buys · The follow-on: recompete brief
MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004
Up for re-bid: ends 2026-11-30. Recompete brief → · NextSTEP-3 Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations ↗
What it is
- Product or service
- R&D- Space: Operations, Tracking and Data Acquisition (Basic Research) (PSC AR41)
- Industry
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715)
- Contracting office
- Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center (80MSFC)
- Competition
- Not competed
- Pricing
- Cost plus fixed fee
- How it was bought
- Single-award IDIQ · under 80MSFC20D0004
- Where the work is
- Howard, MD · district MD-03
Obligations by fiscal year
SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.
Subcontractors: where the money went next
4 subawards totaling $549.4K (4.4% of what was obligated), as The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC reported them. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; smaller ones and unreported ones aren't here.
| Subcontractor | Amount | Subawards | Where | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantage Systems, Inc. | $484.4K | 2 | MD | 2023-04-07 | 2024-01-08 |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | $65.0K | 2 | CA | 2023-02-22 | 2023-04-12 |
The largest single subawards
| Date | To | Amount | For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-08 | Vantage Systems, Inc. | $390.9K | SUBCONTRACT FUNDING |
| 2023-04-07 | Vantage Systems, Inc. | $93.5K | MEGANE THERMAL BLANKET TECHNICIAN SUPPORT |
| 2023-04-12 | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | $50.0K | SPECTROMETER |
| 2023-02-22 | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | $15.0K | SUBCONTRACT FUNDING |
Every action
14 actions since 2022-10-11. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.
| Date | Modification | Kind | Amount | What the agency wrote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | P00025 | Funding only | $1.44M | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2026-03-25 | P00024 | Funding only | $807.2K | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2025-07-22 | P00023 | Funding only | $669.7K | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2024-10-23 | P00022 | Funding only | $2.08M | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2024-09-16 | P00021 | Change order | $467.7K | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2024-08-26 | P00020 | Change order | $119.0K | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2024-03-25 | P00019 | Change order | $583.3K | MARS MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2023-12-15 | P00018 | Funding only | $771.5K | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2023-11-08 | P00017 | Supplemental agreement (work within scope) | $543.3K | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2023-09-27 | P00016 | Funding only | $804.0K | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2023-06-15 | P00015 | Funding only | $1.00M | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2023-05-04 | P00014 | Administrative change | $548.6K | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2023-02-27 | P00013 | Administrative change | $1.07M | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
| 2022-10-11 | P00012 | Funding only | $1.71M | MARS-MOON EXPLORATION WITH GAMMA RAYS AND NEUTRONS (MEGANE) PHASE C/D - TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II CONTRACT 80MSFC20D0004 |
Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-25). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗