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NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Corporation of Rochester New York for the Optical Telescope Assembly OTA for the agencys Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope WFIRST mission.The total value of this cost-plus-award-fee contract is approximately 195.9 million. The period of performance runs from Nov. 30 through Dec. 1 2025. Harris Corporation will provide the personnel services materials equipment and facilities necessary to build refurbish or modify the OTA as required to meet WFIRST performance requirements. The efforts include fabricating as necessary aligning testing verifying and delivering the telescope to NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland. The contractor also will provide post-delivery support for both the observatory integration and test program as well as for in-orbit observatory checkout and commissioning.The work will be performed at the contractors facility in Rochester New York and at Goddard.