High-Value Federal Grants ($5M+) β April 04, 2026
This digest covers a single high-value federal grant totaling $181,839,613 in obligations, entirely civilian (NASA) with zero defense-related contracts. The dominant agency is NASA via Goddard Space Flight Center, funding The Leland Stanford Junior University's Solar Dynamics Observatory Project Heliospheric and Magnetic Imager (HMI) investigation. The highest-conviction signal is neutral (4/10 strength), reflecting a long-term (25-year) cost-no-fee R&D commitment in space science/applications under full and open competition. Only $25,928,889 has been outlayed to date against a base + all options value of $186,336,824, implying an annual revenue estimate of ~$7.3 million. Key risk/watch item: outlay progress beyond current levels and performance toward the 2027-09-30 end date amid low pricing risk.