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Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense): NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 2 LAUNCH SERVICES PROCUREMENT
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Rule: awards from Department of the Air Force in the last 5 years with the same product/service code family (V12) or NAICS group (4812), space work by the same rule as the radar, to anyone but the incumbent. Ordered by number of related awards, then obligated value. Coverage is the same as the radar's: full history for the companies we track, the last 120 days for everyone else, so a small business with older related awards can be missing.
| Company | Related awards | Obligated | Latest | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLCCompany profilee.g. FA881126FB017, FA881126FB015, FA881126FB014 | 70 | $3.67B |
Everything else SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. holds that ends soon: incumbent page.
As reported to USAspending.gov and observed by SpaceNexus on Sep 24, 2026.
| May 22, 2026 |
| product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |
| BLUE ORIGIN, LLCCompany profilee.g. FA881126FB016, FA881126FB012, FA881125FB011 | 8 | $313.9M | May 28, 2026 | product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |
| BLUE ORIGIN WASHINGTON, LLCCompany profilee.g. FA881124FB003, FA881124F0020, FA881124F0019 | 5 | $5.8M | Feb 15, 2024 | product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |
| STOKE SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Company profilee.g. FA881125FB006, FA881125DB006, FA881825FB006 | 5 | $5.5M | Mar 28, 2025 | product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |
| ROCKET LAB USA INCCompany profilee.g. FA881125DB007, FA881824FB016, FA881823F0023 | 3 | $14.8M | Mar 27, 2025 | product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONCompany profilee.g. FA881823F0038, FA881822F0001 | 2 | $90.2M | May 24, 2023 | product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |
| LONG WALL COMPANYCompany profilee.g. FA881823CB001, FA881823F0024 | 2 | $16M | Sep 15, 2023 | product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |
| ASTRA SPACE OPERATIONS, LLCCompany profilee.g. FA881823F0025, FA881823F0036 | 2 | $10.1M | Jul 18, 2023 | product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |
| STARFISH SPACE INC.Company profilee.g. FA881126CB001 | 1 | $48.5M | Jan 30, 2026 | NAICS group 4812 |
| ROCKET LAB NATIONAL SECURITY LLCCompany profilee.g. FA881125FB007 | 1 | $5M | Mar 28, 2025 | product/service code family V12 and NAICS group 4812 |