National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contracts in Texas

Agency State Spending Overview

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has obligated $58,385,649,781 in federal contract spending performed in Texas across 195 contract awards. Of these awards, 100% were competitively bid, meaning multiple companies submitted proposals for the work. Small businesses account for 0% of the agency's contract awards in the state. The top contractor receiving National Aeronautics and Space Administration dollars in Texas is THE Boeing Company with $22.8B. This spending represents a significant portion of the federal government's economic activity in Texas and supports jobs across multiple industry sectors.

Overview

Total Spending: $58,385,649,781

Contract Count: 195

Average Contract Size: $299.4M

Competition Rate: 100%

Small Business Rate: 0%

Top Contractors

Companies receiving the most National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract dollars in Texas, ranked by total obligated value.

1. THE Boeing Company — $22.8B (4 contracts)
2. United Space Alliance, LLC — $12.8B (3 contracts)
3. KBR Wyle Services, LLC — $2.7B (5 contracts)
4. Lockheed Martin Corporation — $2.3B (3 contracts)
5. Leidos Inc — $2.2B (9 contracts)
6. Amentum Technology, Inc. — $1.9B (1 contracts)
7. PAE Applied Technologies LLC — $1.5B (5 contracts)
8. Southwest Research Institute — $1.5B (21 contracts)
9. Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. — $1.4B (1 contracts)
10. Lockheed Martin Services, LLC — $1.0B (2 contracts)
11. Barrios Technology, LLC — $886.2M (5 contracts)
12. Raytheon Company — $561.5M (3 contracts)
13. Aegis Aerospace Inc — $480.9M (5 contracts)
14. Science Applications International Corporation — $478.9M (5 contracts)
15. Lockheed Martin Space Operations Company — $446.1M (1 contracts)
16. Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, LLC — $438.5M (2 contracts)
17. Axiom Space Inc — $436.5M (3 contracts)
18. Firefly Aerospace Inc — $423.7M (6 contracts)
19. Peraton Inc. — $383.5M (2 contracts)
20. Intuitive Machines, LLC — $361.9M (6 contracts)

Spending by Sector

How National Aeronautics and Space Administration's contract spending in Texas is distributed across industry sectors.

• Defense: $22.9B (7 contracts)
• R&D: $18.5B (51 contracts)
• Other: $15.3B (93 contracts)
• IT: $790.5M (18 contracts)
• Engineering Services: $367.6M (3 contracts)
• Construction: $255.4M (15 contracts)
• Energy: $146.5M (7 contracts)
• Transportation: $88.0M (1 contracts)

Contracts

• INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION — $22.4B
• SPACE PROGRAM OPERATIONS CONTRACT (SPOC) — $8.5B
• SPACE FLIGHT OPERATIONS — $3.9B
• CONSOLIDATED SPACE OPERATIONS CONTRACT PHASE 2. — $2.2B
• ENGINEERING SCIENCE CONTRACT — $1.9B
• BIOASTRONAUTICS CONTRACT-ACTIVITIES FOR THE HEALTH &PRODUCTIVITY OF CREWS WORKING AND LIVING IN SPACE — $1.5B
• EXTRAVEHICULAR SPACE OPERATIONS CONTRACT (ESOC) — $1.4B
• THE FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT(FDOC) SPECIFIES TECHNICAL, MANAGERIAL, AND ADMINSTRATIVE WORK NEEDED TO ENSURE THE AVAILABLITITY, INTEGRITY, AND RELIABILITY OF MISSIONOPERATIONS FACILITES SUPPORTING NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT (HSF) PROGRAMS REQUIRING MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO CONSOLIDATE EFFORTS ACROSS THE FACILITIES COVERED UNDER FODOC IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE SYNERGY FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, MODIFICATION, SUSTAINING. MAINTENANCE, RECONFIGURATION, AND OPERATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING COST WITHOUT COMPROMISING FACILITY FUNCTIONALITY AND PERFORMANCE. NASA WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON DEVELOPING PROCEDURAL AND TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS THAT IMPROVE QUALITY, ENSURE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND REDUCE COST. MISSION OPERATIONS FACILITIES CURRENTLY SUPPORT THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAMAND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRA, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL PARTNER AND COMMMERCIAL VISITING VEHICLES. MISSION OPERATIONS FACILITIES SUPPORTING THE CNSTELLATION PROGRAM(CXP) ARE CONTINUOUSLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN CONCERT WITH CXP FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION. FDOC APPLIES TO THE FACILITIES OF THESE THREE PROGRAMS, AND ANY OTHER HSF PROGRAM REQUIRING MISSION OPERATIONS FACILITY SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, FUTURE MISSION OPERATIONS FACILITIES AND CAPABILITIES ARE WITHIN THE TECHNICAL SCOPE OF THIS SOW, AND FDOC WORLK ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FACILITIES WILL BE ENABLED THROUGH IDIQ. — $1.3B
• IGF::CT::IGFMSOC FPDS-NG MISSION SYSTEMS OPERATIONS CONTRACT (MSOC) — $1.0B
• SEAT/SCIENCE ENGINEERING,ANALYSIS, AND TEST — $983.9M
• FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES TAS::80 0130::TAS — $819.1M
• MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS (MOSC) — $446.1M
• INTEGRATED MISSION OPERATIONS CONTRACT (IMOC) PROVIDES SUPPORT AND PRODUCTS FOR THE MISSION OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE (MOD) AND FLIGHT CREW OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE (FCOD) GROUND-BASED HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION. THIS INCLUDES THE SUPPORT TO MISSION PREPARATION (PLAN), CREW AND FLIGHT CONTROLLER TRAINING (TRAIN), AND REAL-TIME MISSION EXECUTION (FLY) ACTIVITIES RELATED TO EXPLORATION OPERATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) OPERATIONS (POST SHUTTLE RETIREMENT). OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IS REQUIRED FROM THE CONTRACTOR AS NASA DEFINES OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGING PROGRAMS FOR THE EXPLORATION INITIATIVES (PRIMARILY THE CONSTELLATION PROGRAM, BUT TO A LESSER EXTENT THE LUNAR PRECURSOR ROBOTIC PROGRAM, THE HUMAN RESEARCH PROGRAM, THE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, AND THE COMMERCIAL CREW AND CARGO PROGRAM). INITIALLY, THE IMOC CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT EXCLUSIVE OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (SSP) AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM (ISSP). POST SHUTTLE RETIREMENT, THIS CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SUPPORT AND PRODUCTS FOR THE ISS PLAN-TRAIN-FLY (PTF) MISSION OPERATIONS. THE IMOC WILL INITIALLY PROVIDE NASA CONSTELLATION PROGRAM (CXP) PTF SUPPORT THAT FULLY REPLACES THE NASA CXP SUPPORT TASKS PERFORMED UNDER THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) SECTION 1.10, CONSTELLATION SUPPORT PROVISIONING, OF THE SPACE PROGRAM OPERATIONS CONTRACT (SPOC). UPON COMPLETION OF THE NASA WORK FOR THE SSP MISSIONS, THE IMOC WILL TAKE OVER THE NASA ISS SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED UNDER THE SPOC CONTRACT. THE GOVERNMENT WILL LEAD AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSION EXECUTION AND REQUISITE MISSION PREPARATION TASKS, NEW CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, NON-MISSION SPECIFIC PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT TASKS, AND DISPOSITION OF ANOMALIES. THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, AND RELEVANT PERSPECTIVES GAINED THROUGH OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE GOVERNMENT, USING SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT, WILL DEFINE REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS FOR FUTURE USE. THE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PREPARE, OR ASSIST IN PREPARING, WORK STATEMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS, OR REQUIREMENTS TO BE USED IN COMPETITIVELY ACQUIRING SERVICES, OR TO PROVIDE MATERIAL LEADING DIRECTLY, PREDICTABLY, AND WITHOUT DELAY TO SUCH WORK STATEMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS, OR REQUIREMENTS UNLESS THE INTENDED PROCUREMENT IS A SOLE SOURCE TO THE CONTRACTOR, THE CONTRACTOR HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN WORK, OR UNLESS MORE THAN ONE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN PREPARING THE WORK STATEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EVALUATE ITS CONTRACTUAL PERFORMANCE OR PRODUCTS OR THAT OF ITS COMPETITORS. — $416.6M
• ISS CARGO MISSION CONTRACT (CMC) — $406.2M
• TAS::80 0120::TAS AS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) INSTITUTION FOR THE MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE (MMS) INSTRUMENT SUITE SCIENCE TEAM (ISST), THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THE SOLVING MAGNETOSPHERIC ACCELERATION RECONNECTION AND TURBULENCE (SMART) TEAM THROUGH ALL MISSION PHASES. THE SCOPE OF WORK SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED, TO THE FOLLOWING: - MANAGE THE SMART TEAM THROUGH PHASES B THROUGH E OF THE MMS MISSION, - DEFINING SCIENCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES - ASSIST THE MMS PROJECT AND HQ SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION IN THE PREPARATION OF LEVEL 1 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MMS MISSION - FLOW-DOWN OF TOP-LEVEL MISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITE - DESIGN, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, CALIBRATION, TESTING AND DELIVERY OF FOUR FULLY QUALIFIED, FLIGHT INSTRUMENT SUITES TO OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T) PLUS SPARES - DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND TESTING OF THE SOC - SUPPORT OBSERVATORY-LEVEL I&T ACTIVITIES - PROVIDE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING AND I&T SUPPORT OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITES AFTER DELIVERY TO NASA - RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ON-ORBIT OPERATION, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE INSTRUMENT SUITES - RESPONSIBILITY FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE SOC POST-LAUNCH - ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING SUBCONTRACTS WITH INSTRUMENT SUITE TEAM MEMBERS - ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS (ITAR) AND EXPORT CONTROL DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY FOR WORKING WITH ITS INTERNATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS - IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EPO PROGRAM FOR THE MMS MISSION — $383.4M
• ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SERVICES — $378.6M
• IGF::OT::IGF THE MISSION AND PROGRAM INTEGRATION (MAPI) CONTRACT PROVIDES PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT MISSION AND PROGRAM INTEGRATION AND NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS FUNCTIONS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) — $370.9M
• SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE SUPPORT SERVICES — $366.1M
• HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT TECHNICAL INTEGRATION CONTRACT (HSFTIC) — $344.9M
• COSS/CENTER OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICESS — $316.3M

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does National Aeronautics and Space Administration spend on contracts in Texas?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has $58.4B in federal contracts performed in Texas across 195 awards.

What is the competition rate for National Aeronautics and Space Administration contracts in Texas?

100% of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's contracts in Texas were competitively awarded.

Which contractors win the most National Aeronautics and Space Administration work in Texas?

The top contractors include THE Boeing Company, United Space Alliance, LLC, KBR Wyle Services, LLC.

What industries receive National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract dollars in Texas?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's spending spans Defense, R&D, Other.

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