$118,767,276

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ACTION DATE2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC19C0022_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-

Award description

DRAGONFLY RELOADABLE LANDER TO EXPLORE TITAN'S PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY AND HABITABILITY ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY NNH16ZD011O

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In plain English

Develop a reloadable lander spacecraft to explore Titan's chemistry and potential habitability as part of NASA's Dragonfly mission.

Sub-sectors

nasa-space-explorationplanetary-sciencetitan-mission

Why this matters

Dragonfly is a flagship NASA mission to search for signs of prebiotic chemistry and life on Saturn's moon Titan, advancing astrobiology and planetary science.

Supply-chain signal

Large contract signals demand for advanced robotics, aerospace engineering, and specialized components from suppliers supporting deep-space exploration systems.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. leadership in autonomous planetary exploration and astrobiology research; China has lunar ambitions but Titan exploration remains a U.S.-led domain.

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Period of performance

Start

2018-12-17

End

2028-08-04

Status

activein 810 days

Recipient

HONEYBEE ROBOTICS LLC

UEI Q66XJ43E51L7

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Sources

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