COST NO FEENO SET ASIDE USED.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - R&D EFFORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL LYMAN-ALPHA IMAGERS OF THE DYNAMIC EXOSPHERE (GLIDE) INSTRUMENT. GLIDE IS TO REVEAL THE GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF THE TERRESTRIAL EXOSPHERE USING LYMAN-ALPHA IMAGERS ON A SPACECRAFT.

PIID: 80GSFC20C0054Solicitation ID: NNH17ZDA004O-HPSMO

Signed Date: Dec 22, 2025Effective Date: Apr 15, 2020End Date: Closed on Feb 28, 2026

Award $

$4.5M

Vendor

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

NAICS

541715

Signed Date

Dec 22, 2025

Key Details

Dollars Obligated

$4.5M

Base & All Options

Awarding Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Awarding Sub-Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAICS Code

541715 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)

Product Service Code

AJ92 - R&D- GENERAL SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: OTHER (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT)

Extent Competed

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Number of Offers

Place of Performance

URBANA, IL, 618013620, CD-IL-13

Description

R&D EFFORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL LYMAN-ALPHA IMAGERS OF THE DYNAMIC EXOSPHERE (GLIDE) INSTRUMENT. GLIDE IS TO REVEAL THE GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF THE TERRESTRIAL EXOSPHERE USING LYMAN-ALPHA IMAGERS ON A SPACECRAFT.

Context & Analysis

On Dec 22, 2025, National Aeronautics and Space Administration obligated $4,535,567 to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS for r&d effort for the development of global lyman-alpha imagers of the dynamic exosphere (glide) instrument. glide is to reveal the global dynamics of the terrestrial exosphere using lyman-alpha imagers …. The award is classified under NAICS 541715 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) and issued as a cost no fee contract. Competition extent: full and open competition with 20 offers received. The procurement used a NO SET ASIDE USED. set-aside. Performance is located in URBANA, IL.