MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS) PROJECT. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE OF THE TESS MISSION. EFFORTS INCLUDED, BUT LIMITED TO, ARE AS FOLLOWS: DEVELOP DOCUMENTATION, PLANS, AND SCHEDULES DEVELOP REQUIREMENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE SYSTEMS REQUIREMENT REVIEW PERFORM THE TECHNICAL TRADE STUDIES OUTLINED IN THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT, AND ANY OTHER TRADES IDENTIFIED DURING PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE PROVIDE OVERALL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE TESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT IN COORDINATION WITH THE GSFC PROJECT SYSTEMS ENGINEER (PSE) MANAGE THE CONTRACTS OF VENDORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS AS NECESSARY DURING THE PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE ESTABLISH THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF TESS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS AS EACH DOCUMENT IS BASELINED. MAINTAIN COMPLETE TRACEABILITY AND CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF ALL TESS PROJECT REQUIREMENT DOCUMENTS. DELIVER DOCUMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NASA'S VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) STATIONS.

NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) HAS A NEED TO OBTAIN SUPPORT IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF THE SPACE GEODESY PROJECT (SGP). THE GOALS OF THIS ACTIVITY ARE RELATED TO THE STUDY OF THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH AND HOW IT ROTATES. THIS EFFORT WILL BE A FOLLOW-ON TO NASA GSFC CONTRACT NNG10HP00C WITH MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)/HAYSTACK OBSERVATORY (HO) FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STATE-OF-THE-ART NEXT GENERATION VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) SYSTEMS IN SUPPORT OF THE NASA SGP. UNDER THIS CONTRACT EFFORT MIT HAYSTACK OBSERVATORY SHALL PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE SIGNAL CHAINS FOR THREE NEXT GENERATION GEODETIC VLBI ANTENNAS AND VALIDATION OF THE COMPLETED SYSTEMS OPERATIONS SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF CORRELATION OF GEODETIC VLBI DATA, OPERATION OF THE WESTFORD ANTENNA, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR THE NASA GEODETIC NETWORK AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEODETIC VLBI SYSTEMS. THE HO SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NASA GSFC IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF THE SGP. THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS LIMITED TO FIVE SPECIFIC AREAS (CALLED TASKS): 1. BUILDING VLBI GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS (VGOS) 2. VGOS SYSTEM VALIDATION 3. OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINING ENGINEERING 4. FORWARD LOOKING DEVELOPMENT 5. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

PHYSICS-INFORMED PARTICLE IMPACT IGNITION MODEL

W3C AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP ANNUAL RENEWAL

EXERCISE OPTION YEAR

ESA ORDER FOR 15 STUDENTS ATTENDING MIT DURING SPRING 2026.

VLBI OBSERVATIONS

MIT MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

ESA ORDER FOR 27 STUDENTS ATTENDING MASSACHUSETTTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DURING SPRING 2026.

W3C AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD 1 WEB ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE (WAI) WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM (W3C)

SPRING 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.

MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION, AND OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS