NASA, NOAA Select Southwest Research Institute for $55M QuickSounder Spacecraft Project
Southwest Research Institute has been awarded a potential six-year, $54.9 million contract to build and operate the QuickSounder spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NASA announced Monday that it granted the firm-fixed-price delivery order to SRI for the vehicle's development, integration, shipment, launch and mission operations and eventual decommissioning.