National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contract Opportunities
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has 118 open contract opportunities today, 44 posted in the last 7 days and 37 due within a week. Most are for space research and technology, guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing and engineering services. In the last 12 months it awarded $16.3 billion in contracts; the biggest winner was California Institute Of Technology with $2.2 billion.
What NASA is buying now
- Space Research and Technology 35
- Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing 7
- Engineering Services 6
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) 6
- Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing 5
- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing 4
- Software Publishers 4
- Industrial Building Construction 4
- Testing Laboratories and Services 2
- Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing 2
Where the NASA work is
Florida (12), Texas (10), Virginia (8), California (8), Maryland (4), Ohio (4), Alabama (3), Mississippi (2)
NASA small business set-asides
40 of the 118 open notices are reserved for a kind of small business: NONE 24, Small business 14, 8(a) sole source 2. See the set-aside pages for every agency.
NASA buying offices with open notices
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: 37 open
- NASA Shared Services Center: 34 open
- NASA Johnson Space Center: 11 open
- NASA Kennedy Space Center: 8 open
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: 5 open
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 5 open
- NASA Headquarters: 4 open
- NASA Management Office -- Jpl: 4 open
17 of the open notices are sources sought or presolicitation notices. Answering them tells the contracting officer you exist before the bid comes out, and can shape whether it is set aside.
Who won NASA contracts in the last 12 months
NASA obligated $16.3 billion in contracts from Oct 18, 2025 to Oct 18, 2026, across about 8,442 contract awards. The ten companies that received the most:
- California Institute Of Technology: $2.2 billion
- The Boeing Company: $1.0 billion
- Blue Origin, LLC: $854.3 million
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.: $716.5 million
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC: $573.9 million
- Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC: $505.1 million
- Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation: $489.9 million
- KBR Wyle Services, LLC: $427.4 million
- Lockheed Martin Corp: $400.4 million
- Amentum Technology, Inc.: $388.7 million
The trades it spent the most on: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) ($6.0 billion), Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing ($3.3 billion), Engineering Services ($848.6 million), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) ($827.4 million), Facilities Support Services ($678.4 million), Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation ($602.2 million).
Award figures: contract obligations reported to USAspending.gov, read Oct 18, 2026.
Open NASA contract opportunities
The 40 newest of 118. The trade pages above list all of them.
How to bid on NASA contracts
Register your business in the federal contractor system at SAM.gov under the NAICS codes you work in; the ones NASA posts the most under right now are 927110, 336414, 541330, 541715, 334519. If you qualify for a set-aside, check its certification: 40 of NASA's 118 open notices are set aside. Then read each notice in full on its official page before the deadline. Our guide how to get government contracts walks through it step by step.
NASA contract questions
How many NASA contracts are open right now?
118 on Oct 18, 2026, 44 of them posted in the last 7 days and 37 due within a week.
Who wins the most NASA contracts?
In the last 12 months the biggest winners were California Institute Of Technology ($2.2 billion), The Boeing Company ($1.0 billion) and Blue Origin, LLC ($854.3 million), out of $16.3 billion in NASA contracts.
What does NASA buy?
Right now its open notices are mostly for space research and technology, guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing and engineering services. By dollars over the last year: research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology), guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing and engineering services.