NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Earth Science Division, Washington, selected several California institutions for grants to support the agency’s Advanced Information Systems Technology Program. The main purpose of the program is to invest in research and development of new and innovative information technologies. The program focuses on creating mature technologies leading to smaller, less resource-intensive and less expensive flight systems that can be built quickly and efficiently, and on more-efficient ground-based processing and modeling systems that improve the use of Earth science data. Institutions and maximum grant values:

  • Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, $1,060,371
  • Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, $1,499,945
  • NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, $711,385
  • NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, $4,904,941
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, $1,000,000
  • University of Southern California, Marina Del Rey, $1,489,891

The research also supports the Vision for Space Exploration, NASA’s long- term plan to return astronauts to the moon and extend exploration to Mars and beyond.

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