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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-05-29·LATEST ACTION2026-03-16·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC20C0059_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THIS PROCUREMENT PROVIDES FOR THE LABOR, TRAVEL AND ASSOCIATED BURDENS NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) AND BRIDGE PHASE B OPTION REQUIREMENTS OF NASA'S COMPETITIVELY SELECTED DAVINCI+ MISSION.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Support for Lockheed Martin's Phase B development of NASA's DAVINCI+ Venus mission, which began in 2020.

Sub-sectors
planetary-sciencenasa-missionmission-design
Why this matters

Advances U.S. planetary science leadership and Venus astrobiology research amid global space exploration competition.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains Lockheed Martin's aerospace engineering capability and deep-space mission supplier networks.

U.S.–China competition angle

Advances U.S. space exploration capabilities amid broader U.S.-China competition for technological and space leadership.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-15. Cost: $0.012888.

Period of performance
Start
2020-05-29
End
2026-10-31
Status
activein 110 days
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