General Federal Contracts — April 04, 2026

The Leland Stanford Junior University secured a definitive cost-no-fee contract under full and open competition for design, fabrication, testing, delivery, and post-launch support of the HMI flight instrument, with $181,839,613 obligated over 2002-2027.

Only $25,928,889 outlayed to date on The Leland Stanford Junior University's $181,839,613 NASA HMI contract, with ~$155.9M remaining over the performance period to 2027-09-30 and uncertain uneven outlays.

NASA's sustained funding to The Leland Stanford Junior University for heliophysics R&D via the Solar Dynamics Observatory HMI project through 2027.

Goddard Space Flight Center's $181,839,613 cost-no-fee award to The Leland Stanford Junior University for the HMI investigation highlights enduring civilian investment in space applications R&D (PSC AR22, NAICS 541710) spanning 25 years.

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