Justification, first published as special notice
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Sensors
80ARC025DA009
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Ames Research Center. All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
Awarded
$0.00 obligated so far on USAspending, July 10, 2025, contract 80ARC025D0007
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC) has awarded a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract 80ARC025D0007 for remote sensing and sensor validation missions by providing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payloads and related data services. This award was made to Aloft Sensing, Inc. on July 9, 2025, under the authority of 10 U.S.C.
3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), which states that full and open competition is not required when supplies or services required by the Agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy the Agency requirements. The ordering period is from July 11, 2025, through April 17, 2030, with a minimum guaranteed quantity of $10,000 and a maximum order limitation of $5,000,000. A redacted Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) is attached to this notice.
The contract, on USAspending
Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.
- Recipient
- Aloft Sensing, Inc.
- UEI
- DLVNBWZKQVX3
- CAGE
- 8FPY6
- Vendor location
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Contract
- 80ARC025D0007
- Obligated
- $0.00, potential $5,000,000
- Actions
- 2 between July 9, 2025 and June 25, 2026
- Competition
- Not Competed, 1 offer received
- Set-aside reported
- No Set Aside Used.
- Described as
- Purchase of Synthetic Aperture Radar (Sar) and Provision of Technical and Operational Support for Its Integration, Modification, Testing, and Operation on High-Altitude Long-Endurance (Hale) Platforms, as Detailed in Attachment 1 - Sow
- Match
- award number 80ARC025D0007 equals the contract number; same awarding office 80ARC0 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
Points of contact
- Joshua Taggartjoshua.d.taggart@nasa.gov6506040790
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