Southwest Research Institute
Independent nonprofit applied R&D organization with a major space science program. Led science operations for New Horizons and Juno, and builds instruments and small spacecraft for NASA heliophysics and planetary missions. One of the top nonprofit NASA science contract recipients.
FINANCIAL HEALTH
RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS
| Date | Type | Amount | Counterparty | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2025 | Contract Award | $7.7M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Medium |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Contract Award | $30.3M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Medium |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Contract Award | $22.7M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Medium |
| May 01, 2020 | Contract Award | $6.0M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Medium |
| Apr 21, 2004 | Contract Award | $383.4M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | High |
SECTOR POSITION
RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2024 | USAspending.gov | Administration Awards $30.3M to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE for SPACE WEATHER CORONAGRAPH - EFFORTS INCLUDE INTEGRATE, TEST, CALIBRATE, EVALUATE... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | USAspending.gov | Administration Awards $22.7M to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE for JOINT EUV CORONAL DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION (JEDI) EFFORT. PHASE A WORK INCLUDES... |
| May 01, 2020 | USAspending.gov | Administration Awards $6.0M to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE for SOLAR ORBITER SPICE PHASES E/F EFFORT |
| Apr 21, 2004 | USAspending.gov | Administration Awards $384.6M to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE for TAS::80 0120::TAS AS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) INSTITUTION FOR THE MAGNETO... |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Southwest Research Institute official site — confirms space instruments division (IMAP, PUNCH, Dragonfly mass spectrometer).
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
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