National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Total awarded · trailing 12 months
$32.0B
$245for every U.S. household÷ 131M U.S. households
In perspective
45%of all $71.2B in tracked awards
48separate awards, trailing 12 months
National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded $32.0B across 48 federal contracts of $1M or more on record.
Data as of July 22, 2026. Source: USAspending.gov, prime contract awards $1M+. Federal spending data lags and has known gaps — this is not a real-time or complete record.
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Where this agency’s dollars go.
All awards
| Contractor | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| THE BOEING COMPANY | INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION | $22,440,930,497 |
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | WORK REQUIRED FOR THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, TEST, LAUNCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) INTEGRATED LANDER. | $3,055,729,526 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | MARS SAMPLE RETURN (MSR) PROGRAM - PHASE A 40-108270 | $1,605,134,076 |
| PERATON INC. | THE EXPLORATION AND SPACE COMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS DIVISION (ESC) IS A NATIONAL RESOURCE LOCATED AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) WHICH ENABLES SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND SPACE EXPLORATION BY PROVIDING INNOVATIVE AND MISSION-EFFECTIVE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION SOLUTIONS TO A LARGE COMMUNITY OF DIVERSE CUSTOMERS. ESC MANAGES OPERATIONAL GEOSTATIONARY COMMUNICATIONS RELAY SATELLITES AND GROUND SYSTEMS FOR THE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION (SCAN) PROGRAM AT NASA HEADQUARTERS. TODAY, SCAN NETWORK SYSTEMS CONSIST OF THE SPACE NETWORK (SN), THE NEAR EARTH NETWORK (NEN), AND THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK (DSN). THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT OF THESE THREE NETWORKS IS CURRENTLY NOT FULLY CONSISTENT. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO UNIFY THE SN AND NEN WHERE PRACTICABLE UNDER THIS CONTRACT USING INTEGRATED, COMMON MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND NETWORK SOLUTIONS. | $1,503,404,163 |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | TAS::80 0122::TAS DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING AND SUPPORT TO WEATHER OBSERVING INSTRUMENT | $1,036,291,804 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | NEAR EARTH OBJECT SURVEYOR (NEO SURVEYOR) PROJECT (71-107722) | $887,370,046 |
| SYNCOM SPACE SERVICES LLC | IGF::OT::IGF SYNERGY-ACHIEVING CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, COST PLUS INCENTIVE FEE, CORE WORK | $391,753,857 |
| PERATON INC. | NSROC IV CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, & PERFORM FLIGHT QUALIFICATION TESTING OF SUB-ORBITAL PAYLOADS, PROVIDE LAUNCH VEHICLES & ASSOCIATED HARDWARE, & PROVIDE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSEQUENT MISSION LAUNCH OPERATIONS | $158,599,367 |
| YULISTA SOLUTIONS, LLC | THE PURPOSE OF CHARLES IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR AIRCRAFT AT JSC, BASED AT ELLINGTON FIELD IN HOUSTON, AND AT EL PASO, TEXAS | $155,036,287 |
| ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | KENNEDY EXPLORATION GROUND SYSTEMS (EGS) PROGRAM (LX) SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT THREE (KLXS III). | $117,950,981 |
| SYNCOM SPACE SERVICES LLC | SYNERGY-ACHIEVING CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, COST PLUS INCENTIVE FEE - INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY | $106,855,106 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | TAS::80 0120::TAS THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE TASKS NECESSARY TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, EVALUATE AND SUPPORT LAUNCH OF THE EUVS XRS IRRADIANCE SENSORS (EXIS), SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND SUPPORT THE SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (SOCC). THE EXIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A NON-PRIMARY INSTRUMENT SUITE ON THE GOES-R SATELLITE AND HAS A RISK CLASSIFICATION OF B. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, DELIVER AND SUPPORT UNDER THE BASIC CONTRACT: A) PARTS AND MATERIALS FOR 4 FLIGHT MODELS B) ONE EXIS FLIGHT MODEL (FM) C) THREE SETS OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TEST EQUIPMENT (ESTE) D) TWO EXIS EMULATORS (EXISES) E) TWO FLIGHT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS (FSDES) F) ONE GROUND PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (GPDS) G) SPARES FOR THE FOUR FMS H) ALL ADDITIONAL EXIS MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (MGSE AND EGSE) CALLED OUT ELSEWHERE IN THIS DOCUMENT I) ALL ITEMS AND DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED IN ALL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, DELIVER AND SUPPORT: A) OPTION 1 FOR AN ADDITIONAL FLIGHT MODEL (FM-2) B) OPTION 2 FOR AN ADDITIONAL FLIGHT MODEL (FM-3) C) OPTION 3FOR AN ADDITIONAL FLIGHT MODEL (FM-3) | $105,260,132 |
| MCCALLIE ASSOCIATES, INC. | MISSION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND PAYLOAD AND INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SERVICES AS WELL AS GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEMS SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL (GN&C) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEMS | $67,088,581 |
| ASRC FEDERAL SYSTEM SOLUTIONS LLC | RESEARCH FACILITIES AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES (RF&ESS) | $64,128,357 |
| THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | NASA-WIDE SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING, EVALUATION AND TEST SERVICES (NSEETS). | $53,880,797 |
| HITT CONTRACTING, INC. | PHASE IA -APPLIED SPACEFLIGHT FABRICATION FACILITY (ASFF) PROJECT | $30,259,198 |
| CIVIL WORKS CONTRACTING LLC | THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL LABOR, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL AND RELATED ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO REPAIR/UPGRADE INDUSTRIAL WATER PUMPING STATION, BLDG. J7-1388 AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA. | $29,379,125 |
| UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC | CENTAUR UPPER STAGE FOR SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) TO BE PROVIDED IN SUPPORT OF THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM TO MEET NASA SLS PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. | $26,000,000 |
| MACLEAN ENGINEERING & APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. | SIMULATION AND ADVANCED SOFTWARE SERVICES II (SASS II) TASK ORDER | $24,239,504 |
| AEGIS AEROSPACE INC | DEEP SPACE LOGISTICS ENGINEERING SUPPORT (LENS) TASK ORDER ISSUED UNDER THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) ONE ACQUISITION SOLUTION FOR INTEGRATED SERVICES (OASIS). | $19,353,920 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ELECTRIC PROPULSION SUPPORT TO THE ADVANCED ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM (AEPS) ACQUISITION AND DELIVERY 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 PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NMO) CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA - SPONSORED WORK: JPL'S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1) SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2) FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3) SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4) DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5) PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: (I) AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, (II) EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND/OR (III) GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6) BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7) JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASA S DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8) JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | $19,095,919 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE (VIIRS) ATMOSPHERE SCIENCE INVESTIGATOR-LED PROCESSING SYSTEM (SIPS) | $16,994,438 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS | THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE NASA AND OTHER U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (WORKING THROUGH NASA) WITH A DOMESTIC, NORTHERN LATITUDE, SOUNDING ROCKET LAUNCH SITE FOR CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS. | $16,293,789 |
| NEW HORIZONS AERONAUTICS, LLC | RESEARCH ENGINEERING AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS UNDER ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES (ETSS) | $13,541,358 |
| SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, VERIFY, EVALUATE, SUPPORT LAUNCH, SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND SUPPORT MISSION OPERATIONS AT NOSF. | $10,563,683 |
| BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY, LLC | PROJECT COORDINATION SUPPORT TO LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. | $9,367,035 |
| ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC. | THIS TASK ORDER PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE ENTRY SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION. THESE TASKS INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS. | $9,049,842 |
| ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC. | THIS TASK ORDER PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE ENTRY SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION. THIS TASK INCLUDES REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS. | $8,541,617 |
| ASTRO DIGITAL US INC | MINIMUM GUARANTEED | $6,950,873 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NASA'S VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) STATIONS. | $6,233,621 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | THIS IS A FFP CONTRACT FOR NEXTSTEP2 APPENDIX R: LUNAR LOGISTICS AND MOBILITY STUDIES. | $4,990,832 |
| OPTICAL SCIENCES, LLC | SPECIALIZED REAL-TIME DATA ANALYSIS AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS | $4,830,087 |
| ALLIUM US HOLDING LLC | NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD SYSTEMS | $4,818,818 |
| BLUE ORIGIN, LLC | THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEVELOP AND ASSESS A VARIETY OF END-TO-END LOGISTICS AND MOBILITY ARCHITECTURES. THE ASSESSMENTS WILL INCLUDE FIGURES OF MERIT THAT NASA CAN USE FOR SHAPING BUDGETS AND PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES. | $4,387,006 |
| EMPIRICAL SYSTEMS AEROSPACE INC | THIS TASK ORDER IS ISSUED IN SUPPORT OF MOD III WING&SYSTEM INTEGRATION. WORK SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHED PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT ENTITLED: "MOD III WING&SYSTEM INTEGRATION FOLLOW-ON" DATED 30 MAY 2019. | $3,825,503 |
| BRIMROSE TECHNOLOGY CORP | NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH BRIMROSE TO DEVELOP A SMALL, LOW-POWER POINT SPECTROMETER TO BE INCLUDED INTO THE NEAR INFRARED VOLATILES SPECTROMETER (NIRVSS) INSTRUMENT. THROUGH AN STTR CONTRACT, BRIMROSE SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED A DUAL-CHANNEL ACOUSTO-OPTIC TUNABLE FILTERS (AOTF) SPECTROMETER THAT OPERATES ACROSS 1300 AND 4000NM. AN AOTF IS AN ALL SOLID-STATE, TUNABLE FILTER WITH NO MOVING PARTS. THE AOTF IS A HIGH THROUGHPUT AND HIGH-SPEED, PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE CAPABLE OF ACCESSING WAVELENGTHS AT RATES OF 100 KHZ. INITIAL WORK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED VIA A SBIR PHASE III TO DEMONSTRATE THE AOTF SPECTROMETER WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT PERFORMANCE TO MEET INSTRUMENT MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. FOLLOWING THIS DEMONSTRATION, PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK WAS BEGUN WITH BRIMROSE AS PART OF THE CURRENT PHASE II-X STTR CONTRACT. THIS WORK LEAD TO THE DELIVERY OF A FULLY FUNCTIONAL SPECTROMETER ENGINEERING TEST UNIT (ETU) THAT IS VERY FLIGHT-FORWARD IN DESIGN. THIS ETU HAS BECOME THE BASELINE SPECTROMETER FOR THE NIRVSS INSTRUMENT. ALSO PART OF THIS PHASE III EFFORT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BIFURCATED MULTI-FIBER OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WHICH INTEGRATES THE SPECTROMETER TO THE NIRVSS OBSERVATION BRACKET ASSEMBLY. BRIMROSE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH THE SPECTROMETER AND THE BIFURCATED OPTICAL FIBER CABLE. THE NIRVSS INSTRUMENT WAS SELECTED AS A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PAYLOAD VIA THE NASA PROVIDED LUNAR PAYLOAD (NPLP) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO FLY TO THE MOON USING U.S. COMMERCIAL LANDING DELIVERY SERVICES (CLPS). THE CLPS FLIGHT UNIT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS TO BE DELIVERED IN LATE SPRING, 2020. ACCOMMODATION OF THE NIRVSS INSTRUMENT ONTO CLPS LUNAR LANDED SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL OCCUR ONCE THE LANDER PROVIDERS ARE SELECTED (EXPECTED MAY, 2019). THIS SOW DESCRIBES THE NECESSARY TASKS AND DELIVERABLES IN SUPPORT OF THE CLPS FLIGHT UNIT. AS PART OF THIS ACCOMMODATION THE EXACT DIMENSIONS OF THE BIFURCATED MULTI-FIBER OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WILL BE DEFINED. THEREFORE, A LATER SOW MODIFICATION IS ANTICIPATED ONCE THESE DIMENSIONS ARE DEFINED. | $3,317,448 |
| CONCURRENT REAL-TIME, INC. | THE CONCURRENT REAL-TIME ANNUAL IT MAINTENANCE/WARRANTY RENEWAL COVERS 635 EXISTING CONCURRENT IT UNITS OWNED BY NASA FOR 12 MONTHS. | $3,241,134 |
| CAYUSE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC | STENNIS SPACE CENTER - LABORATORY SERVICE CONTRACT | $3,055,385 |
| CGI FEDERAL INC. | THE PURPOSE OF THIS PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) IS TO SET FORTH THE CONSOLIDATED PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES (CPSS) PROGRAM, PLANNING, & CONTROL (PP&C) AND PROGRAMMATIC SUBJECT | $2,770,270 |
| RELIABLE ROBOTICS CORPORATION | PHASE III 80NSSC26C0071 AIR-TO-AIR RADAR (ATAR) FLIGHT TESTING AND DATA COLLECTION | $2,449,766 |
| BRYCE SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC | BPA CALL ORDER 2 UNDER CMSS SUPPORT SERVICES MULTIPLE AWARD BPAS FOR CMSS CYBERSECURITY POLICY. | $2,375,176 |
| SIKICH CPA LLC | THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2026 SUBJECT TO THE OVERSIGHT OF NASA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG). | $2,221,851 |
| HX5 LLC | GEARS INTERN PROGRAM MSFC TO 0578 | $1,926,880 |
| PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | THE BUILD, TEST, AND DELIVERY OF 60 BPA BLADDERS. | $1,834,655 |
| 1 - 8A ISO9001 FEDSYNC-BFS, LLC | ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES MCASS - SSC TASK ORDER FOR FY26 (CY1 PER ATTACHMENT 4.15 FBR IDIQ PRICING TABLE) | $1,186,408 |
| AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL, LLC | FLIGHT AND PAYLOAD INTEGRATION SERVICES FOR THE T0373 STRATOSPHERIC PROJECTILE EXPERIMENT OF ENTRY DYNAMICS (SPEED-2) PAYLOAD | $1,181,963 |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | DAVINCI+ SCIENCE SUPPORT | $1,069,393 |
| LANTERIS SPACE LLC | EDGE SPACECRAFT CONCEPT STUDY PHASE A | $1,049,927 |