March 29, 2022<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Solicitation<\/a> Released
April 12, 2022<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Amendment <\/a>Published
May 5, 2022<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Amendment\u00a002<\/a>\u00a0Published
May 27, 2022<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Proposals Due
Oct 11,\u00a02022<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Source Selection Statement<\/a> Posted | Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n
Solicitation Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n NASA released a solicitation under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to seek industry led capability studies to explore and demonstrate future enhancements and innovative communication capabilities needed for NASA\u2019s communication and navigation missions. These studies and demonstrations are intended to inform NASA and its stakeholders on industry\u2019s telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) capabilities and future innovations and concepts that would enable a commercial TT&C marketplace where NASA is one of many customers. The primary objectives of the upcoming Appendix O to the NextSTEP-2 BAA are as follows: (1) understand innovations and advancements in Radio Frequency (RF) compatibility testing that will lead to efficiencies of Near Space Network radio frequency architectures; (2) address\u00a0industry best practices, tools, and capabilities related to mission planning and scheduling; (3)\u00a0understand the barriers, challenges, and solutions associated with integration of optical communications ground terminals into the Near Space Network architecture; and (4) understand innovations and advancements in implementation of software defined radios and cloud computing assets into the Near Space Network architecture.\u00a0<\/p>\n