← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Bae Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc.
$57,634,930
Total funding
32
Grants
Funding over time
peak $18.6M · FY2008–22$20M$15M$10M$5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NASA$57,634,930 · 32
By mechanism
—$57,634,930 · 32
Investigators at Bae Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc.
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
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Largest grants
THE ATHENA-OAWL (AEROSOL TRANSPORT, HURRICANES, AND EXTRA-TROPICAL NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION USING OPTICAL AUTOCOVARIANCE WIND LIDAR) MISSION CONC$5,937,182
· FY2015 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL OCEAN COLOR IS CRITICAL FOR MONITORING OCEAN PRODUCTIVITY AND HEALTH. HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SENSING IS REQUIRED TO RESOLV$4,544,927
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE GEO-TASO IIP BUILDS UPON THE SUCCESSFUL GEOSPEC IIP DEMONSTRATION BY DEVELOPING AN ENABLING TWO CHANNEL AIRBORNESPECTROMETER WITH HIGH SPECTRAL$4,256,120
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE REDUCED ENVELOPE MULTISPECTRAL SENSOR (REMI) REPRESENTS A NEW SENSOR ARCHITECTURE THAT MEETS ALL HERITAGE LANDSAT REQUIREMENTS (VISIBLE THROUGH THERMAL IR) IN A SINGLE PAYLOAD. LOW SIZE WEIGHT AND POWER (SWAP) IS ACHIEVED THROUGH REDUCED APERTURE (RELATIVE EDGE RESPONSE IMPROVED WITH PRECISION SCAN PATTERN THAT ELIMINATES GROUND MOTION SMEAR) COMBINED APERTURE (VISIBLE THROUGH THERMAL IR) AND NEW LOWER SWAP CALIBRATION SOURCE. THIS IS A STEP-STARE SCAN ARCHITECTURE RATHER THAN THE WHISK BROOM OR PUSH BROOM SCAN ARCHITECTURE OF PRIOR LANDSAT SENSORS. COMPATIBILITY WITH LAUNCH FROM AN ESPA RING ALSO REDUCES LAUNCH COSTS. REMI VALIDATION INCLUDES AIRBORNE FLIGHTS THAT WILL UNDER FLY LANDSAT 8 FOR DIRECT COMPARISON OF LEVEL 1B DATA AND HIGHER DATA PRODUCTS. AIRBORNE FLIGHTS WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED OVER SITES WITH VALIDATED GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS AS A SECOND INDEPENDENT CHECK OF PERFORMANCE. ONE GOAL OF THE SUSTAINED LAND IMAGING TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITY IS TO REDUCE THE RISK COST SIZE VOLUME MASS AND DEVELOPMENT TIME FOR THE NEXT GENERATION SLI INSTRUMENTS WHILE STILL MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE CURRENT LAND IMAGING PROGRAM CAPABILITIES . REMI DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THIS NEED. WHEN IMPLEMENTED IN A CONSTELLATION REMI ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADDRESS THE GOALS OF IMPROVED TEMPORAL COVERAGE WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE PROGRAM S OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ENSURING THE CONTINUITY OF LAND OBSERVATIONS INTO THE FUTURE.$3,791,652
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
GIVEN THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE OF THE PRINCIPALS AND A ROBUST MENTORSHIP MODEL THIS SLI-T WILL BE A LOW-RISK PRODUCTIVE ENDEAVOR.$3,547,186
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE LUNAR POLES ARE HIGHLY DESIRABLE TARGET REGIONS FOR BOTH SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION AND ARE THE FOCUS OF MANY RECENTLY DISCUSSED LDEP MISSION CONCEPTS. DUE TO LOW SOLAR ELEVATION AND THE RESULTING EXTREMES BETWEEN LIGHTED AND SHADOWED REGIONS THE$3,226,002
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE COMPACT INFRARED RADIOMETER IN SPACE (CIRIS) IS AN UNCOOLED IMAGING INFRARED (7.5 UM TO 13 UM) RADIOMETER DESIGNED FOR HIGH RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE FROM LEO ON A CUBESAT SPACECRAFT. THE CIRIS DESIGN IS BASED ON A BALL AIRCRAFT-MOUNTED INSTRUMENT WITH MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE RADIOMETRIC UNCERTAINTY IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT. A HIGH-EMISSIVITY BLACKBODY SOURCE COATED WITH CARBON NANOTUBES REDUCES ERROR IN ON-BOARD CALIBRATION. ALGORITHMS COMPENSATE THE DETECTOR SIGNAL FOR CHANGING EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES ADDRESSING ANOTHER SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY. THE CIRIS MISSION WILL ENABLE CONSTELLATIONS OF SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE CUBESATS TO REPLACE LARGER MORE COMPLEX INSTRUMENTS FOR MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT.$3,205,545
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF AN OPTICAL AUTOCOVARIANCE DIRECT DETECTION WIND LIDAR -PI DR.CHRI$3,136,392
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE SUSTAINABLE LAND IMAGING (SLI) PROGRAM WILL INFORM THE ACQUISITION OF LANDSAT-LIKE MEASUREMENTS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO DECADES. TO IMPROVE ON CURRENT LAND IMAGING CAPABILITIES SLI AIMS TO DEVELOP A NEW GENERATION OF SMALLER MORE CAPABLE AND LESS COSTLY INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN MEET OR EXCEED CURRENT IMAGING CAPABILITIES. THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS A COMPACT HYPERSPECTRAL PRISM SPECTROMETER (CHPS) A VISIBLE-TO-SHORTWAVE (VSWIR) PRISM IMAGING SPECTROMETER THAT OFFERS A PATH TO ENHANCED SCIENCE WHILE MAINTAINING CONTINUITY WITH LEGACY LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS. CHPS INNOVATIVE PRISM SPECTROMETER DESIGN AVOIDS THE STRAYLIGHT SHORTCOMINGS OF OTHER IMAGING SPECTROMETER FORMS AND ACCOMMODATES FULL APERTURE FULL OPTICAL PATH CALIBRATION TO ENSURE THE HIGH RADIOMETRIC ACCURACY REQUIRED TO MEET THE SLI MEASUREMENT OBJECTIVES. THIS PROPOSAL LEVERAGES BALL S INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT SLI. A BALL-FUNDED CHPS PROTOTYPE SPECTROMETER WAS DESIGNED BUILT ALIGNED AND TESTED IN THE LABORATORY SPECIFICALLY TO FIND A BETTER APPROACH TO SLI. IN ADDITION BALL HAS AN IN-DEPTH APPRECIATION OF LANDSAT REQUIREMENTS FROM ITS SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDSAT-8/OLI AND THE ON-GOING OLI-2 PROGRAMS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO MATURE THE CHPS IMAGING SPECTROMETER TECHNOLOGY FOR INFUSION INTO THE LANDSAT PROGRAM. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AIRBORNE DEMONSTRATION DATA PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH SCIENCE COLLABORATORS AND MATURATION OF THE INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACEBORNE DEMONSTRATION. WE PROPOSE A THREE YEAR PROGRAM THAT BEGINS AT TRL-3 AND EXITS AT TECHNOLOGY READINESS OF TRL-6. THE 2013 NRC REPORT LANDSAT AND BEYOND: SUSTAINING AND ENHANCING THE NATIONS LAND IMAGING PROGRAM RECOMMENDED THAT THE NATION SHOULD MAINTAIN A SUSTAINED SPACE-BASED LAND-IMAGING PROGRAM WHILE ENSURING THE CONTINUITY OF 42-YEARS OF MULTISPECTRAL INFORMATION. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT OUR PROPOSAL PROVIDES A PATH TO THIS ACHIEVE THIS GOAL WHILE ENABLING NEW SCIENCE MEASUREMENTS AND REDUCING THE COST SIZE AND VOLUME OF THE VSWIR INSTRUMENT.$3,010,708
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THE SPACEBORNE LCS ARE TO PROVIDE A SINGLE SENSOR THAT HAS APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION BOTH SPATIALLY AND SPECTRALLY$2,923,382
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION LIDAR (HSRL) FOR AEROSOLS WINDS AND CLOUDS USING THE OPTICAL AUTOCOVARIANCE WIND LIDAR (HAWCOAWL) IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE$2,731,919
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
"AN ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE FLASH LIDAR"THE DECADAL SURVEY STATES: TROPOSPHERIC WINDS ARE THE NUMBE$2,413,610
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
21-IIP21-0030.QUANTUM PARAMETRIC MODE SORTING (QPMS) LIDAR$2,290,531
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE COMPACT INFRARED RADIOMETER IN SPACE (CIRIS) IS AN UNCOOLED IMAGING INFRARED (7.5 UM TO 13 UM) RADIOMETER DESIGNED FOR HIGH RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE FROM LEO ON A CUBESAT SPACECRAFT. THE CIRIS DESIGN IS BASED ON A BALL AIRCRAFT-MOUNTED INSTRUMENT WITH MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE RADIOMETRIC UNCERTAINTY IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT. A HIGH EMISSIVITY BLACKBODY SOURCE COATED WITH CARBON NANOTUBES REDUCES ERROR IN ON-BOARD CALIBRATION. ALGORITHMS COMPENSATE THE DETECTOR SIGNAL FOR CHANGING EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES ADDRESSING ANOTHER SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY. THE CIRIS MISSION WILL ENABLE CONSTELLATIONS OF SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE CUBESATS TO REPLACE LARGER MORE COMPLEX INSTRUMENTS FOR MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT.$1,654,747
· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ULTRA ULTRA-STABLE TELESCOPE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS IS A PROPOSAL FOCUSED ON A SYSTEM ENGINEERING STUDY FOR A SEGMENTED 10M OBSERVATORY WITH A HIGH CONTRAST CORONAGRAPH APPLICABLE FOR THE HABEX AND LUVOIR MISSIONS. THE KEY OUTPUTS OF THIS STUDY WILL INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF ARCHITECTURE TRADES IDENTIFICATION OF TECHNOLOGY GAPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PATHS FORWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ALL BASED ON MODELING TOOLS AND ENGINEERING WORK VALIDATED ON THE WORLDS ONLY OPTICAL DEPLOYABLE SEGMENTED SPACE TELESCOPE THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE JWST. THE EFFORT WILL USE CAPABILITIES AND TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED FOR CORONAGRAPH AND SEGMENTED TELESCOPES TO COMPLETE AN ARCHITECTURE STUDY AND END TO END SIMULATION OF DIRECT IMAGING OBSERVING SCENARIOS COMPRISING A FULL OBSERVATORY SIMULATION. THE STUDY INCLUDES AN ERROR BUDGET BASED ASSESSMENT AND AN ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR TECHNOLOGY PATHS OF THE FUTURE. IMPORTANTLY ULTRA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF MORE THAN 20 PLUS YEARS OF INDUSTRIAL AND UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE IN ANALYTICAL MODELING AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT APPLIED TO EXOPLANET DIRECT IMAGING OBSERVATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE TRL OF ULTRA-STABLE TELESCOPE ARCHITECTURES UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE HABEX AND LUVOIR MISSION STUDY TEAMS IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2020 ASTROPHYSICS DECADAL SURVEY.$1,179,021
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE REDUCED ENVELOPE MULTISPECTRAL SENSOR (REMI) REPRESENTS A NEW SENSOR ARCHITECTURE THAT MEETS ALL HERITAGE LANDSAT REQUIREMENTS (VISIBLE THROUGH T$1,040,004
· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF DISTRIBUTED SPACE-BASED SENSOR SYSTEMS HAS LED TO EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN LARGE-SCALE DATA EXTRACTION SOFTWARE AND SYNT$977,565
· FY2015 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE SUSTAINABLE LAND IMAGING (SLI) PROGRAM WILL INFORM THE ACQUISITION OF LANDSAT-LIKE MEASUREMENTS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO DECADES. TO IMPROVE ON$948,325
· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL LIDAR MEASUREMENTS TO IDENTIFY AND CHARACTERIZE MARINE DEBRIS USING TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE$915,456
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE DECADAL SURVEY IDENTIFIES THE 3D-WINDS MISSION AS CRITICAL TO IMPROVING BOTH GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE OBSERVATIONS AND WEATHER AND AIR QUALITY FOREC$851,769
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration