# OL-2026-000003: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award 80NM0018F0615 (CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY): $2,985,859,581 Obligated vs $2,458,948,528 Disbursed (82.3%)

- **Canonical URL**: https://outcomeledger.org/record/OL-2026-000003/
- **Registry**: Outcome Ledger (`outcomeledger.org`)
- **License**: CC-BY-4.0
- **Entity**: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (`Corporate_Contractor`, `US-Federal`)
- **T+0 Date**: 2018-10-01
- **Lifecycle Stage**: `T365_AUDITED` (`ACTIVE_DISBURSEMENT`)
- **Primary Statutory Source**: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80NM0018F0615_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000
- **Primary Payload SHA-256**: `b616138d158d39c5ef624bee1985910ac4d14fa46b85eaca772eb72d5c3562b9`

## Executive Summary
Federal contract 80NM0018F0615 awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY with obligated ceiling $2,985,859,580.98 and verified cumulative Treasury outlays of $2,458,948,527.78 (82.3%). Scope: EUROPA CLIPPER PROJECT THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NASA AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-CONTRACTOR, A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER-FFRDC KNOWN AS THE JET P

## Verbatim Primary-Document Excerpt
> EUROPA CLIPPER PROJECT THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NASA AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-CONTRACTOR, A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION

## Cross-Silo Identifiers (Dark Keys)
- `awarding_agency`: `National Aeronautics and Space Administration`
- `usaspending_award_id`: `80NM0018F0615`
- `usaspending_internal_id`: `CONT_AWD_80NM0018F0615_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000`

## Quantitative Metrics
- `disbursement_pct`: `82.35`
- `obligated_usd`: `2985859580.98`
- `outlayed_usd`: `2458948527.78`

## Bi-Temporal Revision Ledger
- `2026-11-15T04:21:33Z` | `INITIAL_CAPTURE` | `ACTIVE_DISBURSEMENT` — Initial notarized capture from www.usaspending.gov (SHA-256 b616138d158d).

## Longitudinal Verification Probes (T+90 / T+180 / T+365 / T+1095)
- `T+180` due `2026-11-16`: `PENDING`
- `T+90` due `2026-11-16`: `PENDING`
- `T+1095` due `2026-11-22`: `PENDING`
- `T+365` due `2026-11-22`: `PENDING`