# Autonomous Space-Based Situational Awareness Software - Starling Mission Follow-On

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/80arc026r0004

- Solicitation number: 80ARC026R0004
- Notice type: Justification (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Eradrive, Inc.
- Department: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Contracting office: NASA Ames Research Center (80ARC0)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications.
- Place of performance: Palo Alto, California
- County: Santa Clara County (FIPS 06085). https://abierto.us/counties/santa-clara-county-ca-06085
- City: Palo Alto. https://abierto.us/cities/palo-alto-ca-0655282
- First posted: April 13, 2026
- Last posted: June 4, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/16bfab4bd8f44a19be4b3e70a126adaf/view

## Description

This justification provides the rationale for contracting by other than full and open competition to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to EraDrive, Inc. for commercial software development and on-orbit testing services supporting the NASA Starling formation-flying mission. The effort is a follow-on that extends the autonomous, space-based situational awareness capabilities of the existing flight software baseline operating on four 6U CubeSats in low Earth orbit.

The period of performance is approximately seven months from date of award through January 20, 2027, and is bounded by the scheduled Starling mission end-of-life. The statutory authority for this action is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, only one responsible source.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Eradrive, Inc. (UEI PLUQPL2X6CN3)
- Contract: 80ARC026P0002, purchase order
- Obligated: $420,000.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number 80ARC026P0002 equals the contract number; same awarding office 80ARC0 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80ARC026P0002_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- April 13, 2026: Presolicitation, due April 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT. Notice 8310db477454411eab6d1f9508de7647. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8310db477454411eab6d1f9508de7647/view
- April 26, 2026: Presolicitation, due April 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT. Notice 93ceb2271b924ca98c127c9ee3739b9e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/93ceb2271b924ca98c127c9ee3739b9e/view
- June 4, 2026: Justification. Notice 16bfab4bd8f44a19be4b3e70a126adaf. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/16bfab4bd8f44a19be4b3e70a126adaf/view

## Points of contact

- Joshua Taggart, joshua.d.taggart@nasa.gov

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