80MSFC20F0178↗

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC received this contract from Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $5.63M obligated so far for space r&d services; space flight, research and supporting activities; basic research. It runs to 2028-09-30.

Key facts · data as of Oct 23, 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
$5.63M
Potential value
$11.30M
Ends
2028-09-30

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

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80MSFC20F0178, data as of Oct 23, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80MSFC20F0178_8000_80MSFC20D0004_8000

THERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)

Delivery Order · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (UEI C1HBCJ9RMBV3) · data as of 2026-10-23

Obligated to date$5.63M16 actions
Current value$11.30Mwith options exercised
Period2020-08-01 → 2028-09-30current end date
Passed on$176.1Kto 3 subcontractors

Up for re-bid: ends 2028-09-30. Recompete brief →

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 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

FY2023$1.28M
FY2024$1.26M
FY2025$1.71M
FY2026$1.38M

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

Subcontractors: where the money went next

4 subawards totaling $176.1K (3.1% 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.

SubcontractorAmountSubawardsWhereFirstLast
SSC Space US Inc$70.7K1PA2023-09-062023-09-06
Stromasys LLC$64.8K2NC2023-02-152023-03-17
Ip Datasystems, Inc.$40.7K1MD2022-12-292022-12-29
The largest single subawards
DateToAmountFor
2023-09-06SSC Space US Inc$70.7KCONTINUATION OF TIMED MONITORING
2022-12-29Ip Datasystems, Inc.$40.7KPOWEREDGE R640
2023-03-17Stromasys LLC$34.8KSOFTWARE LICENSE
2023-02-15Stromasys LLC$30.0KSOFTWARE LICENSE

Every action

16 actions since 2022-10-13. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateModificationKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-03-31P00027Funding only$1.08MTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2025-12-17P00026Funding only$300.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2025-09-23P00025Funding only$390.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2025-07-11P00024Funding only$277.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2025-04-10P00023Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$394.9KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2025-02-11P00022Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0THERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2024-12-06P00021Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$264.1KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2024-10-22P00020Funding only$367.9KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06T
2024-10-09P00019Funding only$20.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06T
2024-07-19P00018Funding only$356.2KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2024-04-17P00017Funding only$300.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2023-12-21P00016Funding only$300.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2023-10-11P00015Funding only$303.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2023-08-28P00014Funding only$19.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2023-01-25P00013Funding only$931.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)
2022-10-13P00012Funding only$327.0KTHERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION PHASE E (FOLLOW ON FROM ARDES I BASIC NNN06AA01C TASK ORDER NNN13AA06C)

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 ↗