(AGENPARL) – ven 23 giugno 2023 June 22, 2023 
CONTRACT RELEASE C23-021
*NASA Awards Contract for Earth Radar Data Operations, Management*
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NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Alaska,
for the continued development and operation of the Synthetic Aperture Radar
Distributed Active Archive Center for NASA’s Earth Observing System Data
and Information System.
The total value of this cost-no-fee completion contract is approximately $70
million. The period of performance is for five years beginning Saturday, July
1. The work will be performed primarily in Fairbanks.
The University of Alaska will continue to develop and maintain the
capabilities to perform systems engineering, operations and maintenance,
development, user services, product generation, data and information
management, data archival and distributing a wide variety of space-borne and
airborne radar data, including synthetic aperture radar data. In carrying out
these responsibilities, the center will communicate regularly with Earth
research science and instrument teams, as well as lead efforts in the SAR
community on data formats, strategic data services, data interoperability,
data usability, and data capabilities.
For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
*https://www.nasa.gov* [1]
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