Exelis Wins NASA Climate Sensor Contract Potentially Worth $208M, Another from JAXA

摘要

Exelis Geospatial Systems nabbed a pair of contracts, one of them potentially worth more than $200 million, to provide climate-monitoring sensors for NASA and the Japanese space agency, JAXA. According to a May 16 NASA press release, the Rochester, New York-based company will build the Radiation Budget Instrument that will fly on the Joint Polar Satellite System 2 weather satellite, tentatively slated to launch in 2021. The cost-plus-award-fee contract, with a maximum potential value of $208 million, includes options for as many as two additional sensors, plus associated parts and support, NASA said.