Who buys Product and Service Code 1555 (Space Vehicles), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 30, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 0 | $0 | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 1 | $1.2M | — |
| Q3 FY2026 | 35 | $593.7M | +47474% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 1 | $660.0M | +11% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 47% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLUE ORIGIN, LLC | $660.0M | 52.6% |
| 2 | THE BOEING COMPANY | $204.2M | 16.3% |
| 3 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION | $153.3M | 12.2% |
| 4 | INTELSAT S.A. | $75.8M | 6.0% |
| 5 | VIASAT INC | $75.0M | 6.0% |
| 6 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | $57.3M | 4.6% |
| 7 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | $12.4M | 1.0% |
| 8 | SPACE MICRO INC | $8.4M | 0.7% |
| 9 | NOVAWURKS, INC | $6.3M | 0.5% |
| 10 | ANYSIGNAL INC | $1.2M | 0.1% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $660.0M | 52.6% |
| Department of Defense | $595.0M | 47.4% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | PROVIDE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, LAUNCH, AND ON ORBIT, CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATIONS IN SUPPORT OF A MARS SAMPLE RETURN (MSR) MISSION AND FUTURE MARS SURFACE, ORBITAL, AND HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSI BLUE ORIGIN, LLC · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $660.0M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2027 | LINK-182 DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATION SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · Department of Defense | $57.3M |
| May 30, 2027 | TO PROVIDE SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT & TEST OBSERVATORY I&T OBSERVATORY TESTING SHIPMENT TO THE LAUNCH SITE SUPPORT OF LAUNCH OPERATIONS ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION OPERATION OF MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER, 3 YEARS MISSION OPS&DECOMMISSIONING. GENERAL ATOMICS · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $48.0M |
| Sep 30, 2027 | DELIVER THE UNIVERSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (UWMS) FOR TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS). PROVIDE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THREE YEARS OF UWMS OPERATIONS. HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $18.4M |
| Apr 30, 2027 | DESIGN, DEMONSTRATE, AND DEPLOY A SCALABLE LINK-182 SPACE RADIO WITH A POINTING API FOR LEO/GEO COMMS BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION & ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC · Department of Defense | $12.3M |
| Apr 30, 2027 | DESIGN, DEMONSTRATE, AND DEPLOY A SCALABLE LINK-182 SPACE RADIO WITH A POINTING API FOR LEO/GEO COMMS SPACE MICRO INC · Department of Defense | $8.4M |
9 contracts of $250K or more obligated under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $0 | 0.0% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $1.1B | 100.0% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 88% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
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Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.