Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Spacecraft Camera Requirements for Diverse Mission Applications
Deadline: 23 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 08 Jul 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 144714628
Document Ref. No.: JSL-2651-6222026
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The California Institute of Technology-s (Caltech-s) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), located at 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, is issuing the subject RFI to obtain information from spacecraft operators, mission planners, and system integrators regarding camera requirements for space missions. This information will inform the development of flexible, modular spacecraft camera architectures and support subsequent vendor engagement.
This RFI is to also gather information of potential qualified sources and to obtain your business size relative to the following NAICS code: 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing with a size standard of 1, 350 employees. Responses to this RFI may be used by JPL to make appropriate decisions regarding a Small Business Set-Aside procurement.
Purpose
NASA's shift toward sustained infrastructure operations with standardized, reusable platforms at continuous cadence, exemplified by initiatives supporting permanent lunar bases, commercial transportation systems, and "Science as a Service" missions, drives the need for adaptable, high-performance imaging systems. This transition from custom, mission-specific camera designs to flexible, modular camera platforms that can serve multiple applications aims to reduce development cost and risk, leverage commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) ecosystems, and enable interoperability across diverse spacecraft systems.
The purpose of this RFI is to assess spacecraft camera requirements across a wide range of mission applications including science imaging, autonomous navigation, proximity operations and docking, stellar navigation, engineering monitoring, and other uses to inform the design of a flexible camera architecture. The insights gathered will guide camera architecture definition and may lead to an RFP soliciting camera development or procurement from qualified vendors. The focus of this RFI is on the Command an...
Notice ID: jsl-2651-6222026
Department/Ind. Agency: national aeronautics and space administration
Sub-tier: national aeronautics and space administration
Office: nasa management office -- jpl
NAICS Code: 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Inactive Dates: jul 24, 2026
Inactive Policy: manual
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