80MSFC21F0224↗

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC received this contract from Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $215.85M obligated so far for space r&d services; space flight, research and supporting activities; basic research. It runs to 2028-01-31.

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
$215.85M
Potential value
$409.44M
Ends
2028-01-31

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

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80MSFC21F0224, data as of Oct 23, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80MSFC21F0224_8000_80MSFC20D0004_8000

INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD

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$215.85M20 actions
Current value$407.71Mwith options exercised
Potential value$409.44Mif every option is used
Period2021-07-21 → 2028-01-31current end date
Passed on$98.54Mto 36 subcontractors

Up for re-bid: ends 2028-01-31. Recompete brief → · NextSTEP-3 Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations ↗

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$79.08M
FY2024$92.72M
FY2025$36.68M
FY2026$7.37M

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

Subcontractors: where the money went next

85 subawards totaling $98.54M (45.7% 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
University System of New Hampshire$62.93M10NH2022-12-132025-03-04
Southwest Research Institute$20.60M14TX2022-12-192026-01-29
The Regents of the University of Colorado$4.60M5CO2022-12-132024-10-11
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.$4.10M6WA2022-10-072023-08-08
Sierra Space Corp$1.47M2CO2023-03-022023-10-23
Sierra Nevada Company, LLC$1.11M3CO, NV2022-12-142024-03-06
Microchip Technology Inc$337.8K4AZ2023-05-082024-04-29
Ai Convoy Topco & Cy S.C.A.$312.9K2CO2022-11-292023-06-11
Erie Engineered Products, Inc.$298.1K1NY2023-05-312023-05-31
Dunmore International Corp$293.5K2PA2024-08-292025-02-12
SSC Space US Inc.$272.5K1PA2022-11-232022-11-23
Ip Datasystems Inc$254.2K4MD2022-10-072023-08-03
L3Harris Technologies, Inc$195.4K3CA, WA2023-09-052024-09-10
Glenair, Inc.$173.9K2CA2023-01-062023-05-22
Kratos S1, Inc.$155.7K2CO2023-11-212023-12-13
Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC$153.8K2PA2024-05-222026-01-09
Vertex Aerospace, LLC$150.0K1MD2023-12-132023-12-13
Vantage Systems, Inc.$145.0K2MD2023-07-182025-01-23
Tapemation Machining Inc.$106.0K1CA2022-12-072022-12-07
Minco Products Inc$87.5K2MN2024-01-302024-02-14
Ansys Inc$82.3K1PA2025-06-202025-06-20
Francisco Partners Management, L.P.$75.4K1TX2024-06-032024-06-03
Dell Technologies Inc.$75.4K1TX2023-08-152023-08-15
Zyci LLC$71.9K1GA2023-01-302023-01-30
Electronic Controls Design, Inc.$62.4K1OR2022-10-062022-10-06

The 25 largest of 36; the rest are on USAspending.gov.

The largest single subawards
DateToAmountFor
2024-07-22University System of New Hampshire$29.91MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2024-01-22University System of New Hampshire$26.71MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2024-06-03Southwest Research Institute$5.28MCOMPLETE ELECTRONICS BOX
2024-12-10Southwest Research Institute$3.60MENGINEERING SERVICES
2023-02-01Southwest Research Institute$3.04MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2022-12-13University System of New Hampshire$2.50MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2025-04-01Southwest Research Institute$2.34MHARDWARE
2023-05-04University System of New Hampshire$1.80MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2023-05-10The Regents of the University of Colorado$1.40MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2025-07-02Southwest Research Institute$1.37MHARDWARE
2022-12-13The Regents of the University of Colorado$1.35MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2023-03-02Sierra Space Corp$1.12MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2023-03-01Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.$1.11MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2023-06-07Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.$1.02MSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2024-09-18Southwest Research Institute$970.7KENGINEERING SERVICES
2024-10-11The Regents of the University of Colorado$948.3KSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2022-11-20Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.$942.9KSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2025-01-14Southwest Research Institute$905.5KHARDWARE
2024-04-09Southwest Research Institute$805.5KSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2023-11-07University System of New Hampshire$750.0KSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2023-03-15The Regents of the University of Colorado$729.4KSUBCONTRACT FUNDING
2024-08-15Southwest Research Institute$701.7KHARDWARE INSTRUMENT
2022-12-14Sierra Nevada Company, LLC$600.1KINCREMENTAL FUNDING
2023-12-18Southwest Research Institute$563.2KTESTING AND FABRICATION
2025-03-04University System of New Hampshire$533.3KHARDWARE

Every action

20 actions since 2022-11-01. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateModificationKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-03-19P00025Funding only$3.44MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2026-01-28P00024Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$3.00MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2026-01-13P00023Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$923.9KINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2025-11-20P00022Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2025-09-02P00021Funding only$2.72MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2025-07-23P00020Funding only$8.28MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2025-07-14P00019Funding only$101.0KINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2025-05-01P00018Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$15.99MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2025-01-23P00017Funding only$9.59MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2024-09-17P00016Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$655.0KINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2024-08-19P00015Funding only$24.95MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2024-05-16P00014Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2024-05-09P00013Funding only$936.3KINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2024-02-13P00012Funding only$38.00MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2023-10-19P00011Funding only$28.18MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2023-08-30P00010Funding only$8.40MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2023-05-24P00009Funding only$10.69MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2023-02-13P00008Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2023-02-02P00007Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$49.99MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD
2022-11-01P00006Funding only$10.00MINTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD

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 ↗