National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contracts in Colorado

Agency State Spending Overview

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has obligated $23,577,834,901 in federal contract spending performed in Colorado across 90 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 Colorado is Lockheed Martin Corp with $19.4B. This spending represents a significant portion of the federal government's economic activity in Colorado and supports jobs across multiple industry sectors.

Overview

Total Spending: $23,577,834,901

Contract Count: 90

Average Contract Size: $262.0M

Competition Rate: 100%

Small Business Rate: 0%

Top Contractors

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

1. Lockheed Martin Corp — $19.4B (14 contracts)
2. BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. — $2.7B (23 contracts)
3. THE Regents of the University of Colorado — $1.0B (24 contracts)
4. Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc. — $115.1M (1 contracts)
5. United Launch Alliance, L.L.C — $80.7M (1 contracts)
6. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. — $70.9M (2 contracts)
7. Advanced Space LLC — $36.1M (1 contracts)
8. Sierra Space Corp — $35.6M (3 contracts)
9. Sierra Nevada Company, LLC — $22.2M (1 contracts)
10. Coldquanta, Inc. — $20.0M (1 contracts)
11. Redwire Space Solutions, LLC — $18.8M (1 contracts)
12. Colorado State University — $17.0M (1 contracts)
13. SMI International, LLC — $16.1M (1 contracts)
14. Lockheed Martin Corporation — $12.5M (1 contracts)
15. Blue Canyon Technologies LLC — $7.8M (1 contracts)
16. United Launch Services, LLC — $6.3M (1 contracts)
17. Sachi Bioworks, Inc. — $5.8M (2 contracts)
18. Allium US Holding LLC — $4.8M (1 contracts)
19. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research — $4.3M (2 contracts)
20. Special Aerospace Services, LLC — $4.0M (1 contracts)

Spending by Sector

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

• R&D: $18.7B (54 contracts)
• Other: $3.4B (26 contracts)
• Defense: $1.5B (9 contracts)
• IT: $4.8M (1 contracts)

Contracts

• TAS::80 0124::TAS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST&EVALUATION OF PROJECT ORION — $15.5B
• THE GOVERNMENT IS PROCURING THE NEXT-GENERATION GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES (GOES) SERIES TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION THROUGH NEW REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE GOES-R LEVEL I REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT AND MISSION REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (MRD). THE FIRST SATELLITE OF THIS NEW SERIES, DESIGNATED AS GOES-R, WILL PROVIDE THE FIRST MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY SINCE GOES-I LAUNCHED IN 1994. THE GOES-R SERIES WILL INTRODUCE OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN BOTH THE SPACE AND GROUND SEGMENTS. THESE ADVANCES WILL IMPROVE THE NATION'S ABILITY TO MONITOR AND FORECAST WEATHER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PRODUCTS. ONE OF NOAA'S PRINCIPAL MISSIONS IS TO PROVIDE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES, ADJACENT WATERS AND OCEAN AREA FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. THIS MISSION REQUIRES THE CAPABILITY TO ACQUIRE, PROCESS, AND DISSEMINATE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ON AN EXTENSIVE SPATIAL RANGE (GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL) ON A VARIETY OF TIME SCALES. THESE DATA INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: GLOBAL IMAGERY; CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION PARAMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES OF TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE, WINDS, AEROSOLS, AND OZONE; SURFACE CONDITIONS CONCERNING ICE, SNOW AND VEGETATION; OCEAN PARAMETERS AND SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; AND SOLAR AND IN-SITU SPACE ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS. THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DEFINES THOSE TASKS TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, VALIDATE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, ASSEMBLE, INTEGRATE, TEST, VERIFY, EVALUATE, DELIVER GOES-R SERIES SATELLITES AND SUPPORT LAUNCH AND POST LAUNCH, SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND SUPPORT THE NOAA SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (SOCC). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES, AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DESIGN, VALIDATE, FABRICATE, ASSEMBLE, INTEGRATE, TEST, VERIFY, AND DELIVER GOES-R SERIES SATELLITES AND PROVIDE PRE-LAUNCH, LAUNCH, AND POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT AND TRAINING UNDER THE BASIC CONTRACT, AND OPTIONS WHEN EXERCISED BY THE GOVERNMENT. — $2.0B
• ENGINEERING SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO THE DELIVERY OF THE OMPS PROTOFLIGHT MODEL AND SUPPORT. — $479.0M
• ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS-REX) PHASE B EFFORT. UNDER THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO COMPLETE MISSION DESIGN AND REQUIREMENTS FLOW DOWN ACTIVITIES CULMINATING IN AN OSIRIS-REX PROJECT MISSION DESIGN REVIEW (MDR). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE OSIRIS-REX PROJECT TO DEFINE AND COMPLETE THE DEFINITION OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND THE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, TEST, VERIFICATION AND OPERATION OF A FLIGHT SYSTEM. — $437.3M
• JPSS-1 MISSION SPACECRAFT RAPID III DELIVERY ORDER #3. RAPID III PROVIDES CORE SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS IN SUPPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES DESIGN, BUILD AND TEST, PAYLOAD INTEGRATION AND TEST, LAUNCH VEHICLE INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT AND ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT AND ACCEPTANCE. — $365.7M
• DESIGN BUILD AND DELIVER 3 GEOXO SPACECRAFT — $363.4M
• THE LUCY SPACECRAFT AND MISSION OPERATIONS CONTRACT EMBODIES THE MISSION'S REQUIREMENT TO DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND OPERATE THE LUCY SPACECRAFT BUS. LUCY WILL EXPLORE SIX JUPITER TROJAN ASTEROIDS TRAPPED BY JUPITERS GRAVITY IN TWO SWARMS THAT SHARE THE PLANETS ORBIT, ONE LEADING AND ONE TRAILING JUPITER IN ITS 12-YEAR CIRCUIT AROUND THE SUN. THE TROJANS ARE THOUGHT TO BE RELICS OF A MUCH EARLIER ERA IN THE HISTORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND MAY HAVE FORMED FAR BEYOND JUPITERS CURRENT ORBIT. — $347.8M
• THE WOMA REQUIREMENT WAS ISSUED AS A FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, AND EVALUATE THE WIDE FIELD INSTRUMENT (WFI) OPTO-MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY (WOMA) FOR THE WIDE FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST) MISSION. IN ADDITION, IT DEFINES THE TASKS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE SUBSEQUENT INTEGRATION, TEST, EVALUATION, AND VALIDATION OF THE WFI. IT DEFINES THE POST-DELIVERY SUPPORT TO PAYLOAD AND OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST, AND TO PRE-LAUNCH, LAUNCH AND COMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES AT THE MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER (MOC) AND TO SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE). — $307.9M
• RISK REDUCTION AND PHASE B EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF THE MARS ATMOSPHERIC AND VOLATILE EVOLUATION (MAVEN) PROJECT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE MAVEN PROJECT TO DEFINE AND COMPLETE THE DEFINITION OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN, AND THE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, TEST, VERIFICATION AND OPERATION OF A FLIGHT SYSTEM, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE INTEGRATED SPACECRAFT AND SCIENCE PAYLOADS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK. — $301.0M
• NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL&SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT (GPM) MICROWAVE IMAGER (GMI) INSTRUMENT. THE GMI INSTRUMENT IS A 13 CHANNEL RADIOMETER WHOSE CORE SCIENCE MEASURES THE EARTH S ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WITHIN 10.65 GHZ THROUGH 183 GHZ OF THE MICROWAVE SPECTRUM. — $233.7M
• RAPID SPACECRAFT ACQUISITION MASTER CONTRACT — $209.5M
• THIS EFFORT IS THE EXTENSION OF THE DEFINITION PHASE (PHASE B) FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS) SOLAR STELLAR IRRADIANCE COMPARISON EXPERIMENT (SOLSTICE). THE OUTPUT OF THE PHASE B EXTENSION WILL BE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN COST REVIEW (CDCR). THE STATEMENT OF WORK IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE SECTIONS: INSTRUMENT, SCIENCE, AND SCIENCE COMPUTING FACILITY. THIS IS A PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) EXPERIMENT TO MAKE LONG-TERM SOLAR OBSERVATIONS WITH THE EOS SOLSTICE INSTRUMENT. THE MEASUREMENTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE VARIABLE ENERGY INPUT TO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SUN'S INFLUENCE ON THE TEMPERATURE, STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM. A FUNDAMENTAL AND SPECIFIC USE OF EOS, REPRESENTING A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE FROM PAST PRACTICE, IS THE PRODUCTION AND ARCHIVING OF DATA SETS FOR GENERAL SCIENTIFIC USE. THESE DATA SETS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE PRODUCTS. THIS EFFORT WILL INCLUDE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPLETE PROGRAM AND ITS COORDINATION. IN PHASE C/D/E, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (UC) SHALL PROVIDE THE FACILITIES, MATERIALS, SERVICES, AND PERSONNEL NECESSARY TO CONTINUE THE SORCE MISSION. UC SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSION OPERATIONS AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND THE SPACECRAFT BUS THROUGH A SUBCONTRACT ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SPACECRAFT PROVIDER (ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION). UC SHALL DEVELOP/MAINTAIN ALGORITHMS FOR PRODUCING THE SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS AS PROPOSED AND APPROVED BY NASA HQ. AFTER THE SCIENCE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN VALIDATED, THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE GSFC DATA ACHIEVE FOR ACHIEVE AND DISTRIBUTION. THE GROUND SYSTEM USED IN THE SORCE MISSION SHALL MEET ALL NASA SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. — $144.0M
• GEOXO SOUNDER INSTRUMENT — $133.6M
• NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) IS DR. BRUCE JAKOSKY, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE PHYSICS (LASP) IN BOULDER, CO. THE PI WILL HAVE OVERALL CONTROL OF THE MAVEN PROJECT. HE WILL PROVIDE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP FOR THE MAVEN MISSION AND MANAGE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. THIS EFFORT APPLIES TO LASP AND COVERS PHASES A, B, C, D, AND E OF THE MAVEN MISSION. UNDER PHASE A OF THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT, PROVIDING TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORTS, AND MISSION REVIEWS. UNDER PHASE B, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS, PROJECT PLANS, PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEWS, MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, QUARTERLY TEAM MEETINGS, E/PO ACTIVITIES, AND THE PRELIMINARY SCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. UNDER PHASES C AND D, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, QUARTERLY TEAM REVIEWS, RESPONDING TO ACTION ITEMS THAT RESULT FROM MEETINGS/REVIEWS, SUPPORTING FORMAL REVIEWS AND LAUNCH SITE ACTIVITIES, AND MANAGEMENT OF E/PO ACTIVITIES. UNDER PHASE E, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE MAVEN SCIENCE PROGRAM AND DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES, ENSURING DELIVERY OF MAVEN SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS, MISSION DOCUMENTATION, AND ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE TOOLS INTO PDS, PARTICIPATING IN ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION OF SPACECRAFT ANOMALIES, AS NECESSARY, PROVIDING OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF E/PO ACTIVITIES PER E/PO PLAN, PRESENTING SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, AND PROVIDING CONTRACT CLOSEOUT SUPPORT. — $117.3M
• IGF::CL::IGF IMAGING X-RAY POLARIMETRY EXPLORER (IXPE) PHASE A — $116.3M
• SECOND GENETATION RLV SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE DEFINITION/RISK REDUCTION FOR TECH. — $115.1M
• 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) — $105.2M
• SPACE WEATHER FOLLOW ON - LAGRANGE 1 (SWFO-L1) SPACECRAFT — $104.0M
• SPACE WEATHER NEXT LAGRANGE SERIES SPACECRAFT: SATELLITE BUS, SATELLITE INTEGRATION AND TEST SERVICES, SATELLITE LAUNCH SUPPORT AND COMMISSIONING SERVICES, MISSION OPERATIONS, DATA ACQUISITION, AND ROUTING SERVICES. — $103.1M
• RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RELATED TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE MARS ASCENT VEHICLE INTEGRATED SYSTEMCHAN — $103.1M

Frequently Asked Questions

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration has $23.6B in federal contracts performed in Colorado across 90 awards.

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

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

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

The top contractors include Lockheed Martin Corp, BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc., THE Regents of the University of Colorado.

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

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

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