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2027 Space Recompete Outlook

Which federal space contracts reach the end of their period of performance in 2027, what has been obligated on them, and who holds them, counted from USAspending award records. Every figure is arithmetic on those records as we last read them; the arithmetic is redone when this page is built.

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Dollar figures are amounts obligated to date on each award, as reported to USAspending. They are not contract ceilings, and they are not the value of any follow-on work.
Period-of-performance end dates can be extended, and agencies can bridge, re-scope or cancel the work.
An ending contract is not a confirmed recompete. Some work ends for good, some moves to another contract, and an order ending under a larger vehicle does not end the vehicle.
Options may be exercised, which moves the end date later.
Each record has a read date. End dates, recipients and amounts are what USAspending reported when we last read that record, and amounts can lag the current USAspending figure.
This page counts what the records say. It makes no forecast of who will win any of this work.

About end dates: Period of performance end date as reported to USAspending; recompete timing is not guaranteed. Contract vehicles (IDVs) report no end date to USAspending, only a last date to order, which is shown instead.

Contracts ending in 2027

1,100

contracts and orders

Obligated to date

$37.92B

on those contracts

Incumbents

612

by recipient record

Contract vehicles

last order date in the year; in no dollar figure

By quarter of 2027

USAspending.gov · updated Nov 8 00:00Z

Space contracts ending in 2027, by calendar quarter
Quarter	Federal fiscal quarter	Contracts	Obligated to date
Q1 2027 (Jan to Mar)

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Space contracts and contract vehicles whose period of performance ends 6 to 24 months from the file date: incumbent, agency and office, value, end date, options, set-aside, and a USAspending.gov link on every row.
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Q2 2027 (Apr to Jun)	FY2027 Q3	212	$19.38B

Q3 2027 (Jul to Sep)	FY2027 Q4	341	$12.22B

Q4 2027 (Oct to Dec)	FY2028 Q1	113	$2.69B

By awarding agency, as the record names it

Space contracts ending by awarding agency
Awarding agency	Contracts	Obligated to date
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	876	$25.59B
Department of Defense	173	$12.26B
Department of Commerce	18	$34.1M
General Services Administration	1	$26.3M
Department of Veterans Affairs	7	$3.4M
Department of Justice	6	$1.2M
Department of the Interior	4	$886K
Department of State	2	$527K
Department of Homeland Security	8	$360K
Department of Transportation	3	$232K
Department of Agriculture	1	$85K
Social Security Administration	1	$16K

By space buyer (the Capture desk filter)

Space contracts ending by space buyer
Buyer	Contracts	Obligated to date
NASA	876	$25.59B
Space Force / SSC	102	$10.52B
Other agencies	91	$1.52B
Space Development Agency	5	$191.5M
AFRL Space Vehicles	8	$71.8M
NOAA NESDIS	16	$34.1M

By size of obligation

Space contracts ending by size band
Obligated to date	Contracts	Obligated to date
$1B or more	5	$24.46B
$100M to under $1B	44	$9.49B
$10M to under $100M	85	$3.03B
$1M to under $10M	233	$735.3M
Under $1M	731	$211.7M
Zero, negative or not reported	2	$0

By award type, as the record names it

Space contracts ending by award type
Award type	Contracts	Obligated to date
DEFINITIVE CONTRACT	338	$30.81B
DELIVERY ORDER	490	$6.93B
BPA CALL	100	$97.4M
PURCHASE ORDER	172	$89.4M

An order ending under a larger vehicle does not end the vehicle; contract vehicles themselves are not in these rows.

Top 15 incumbents by obligated dollars

USAspending.gov · updated Nov 8 00:00Z

Top 15 incumbents on space contracts ending in 2027
Incumbent, as the record names it	Contracts	Obligated to date
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	7	$20.93B
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.	25	$2.94B
PERATON INC.	4	$1.68B
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.	4	$1.53B
THE BOEING COMPANY	1	$1.34B
UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC	12	$942.7M
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	2	$862.1M
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	5	$625.9M
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION	14	$588.8M
RAYTHEON COMPANY	1	$455.4M
ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC	11	$378M
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	1	$372.6M
THE BOEING COMPANY	1	$360.6M
CACI, INC. - FEDERAL	5	$343.2M
BLUE ORIGIN, LLC	7	$329.7M

Grouped by the SAM Unique Entity ID on each record, so separate legal entities of one parent company stay separate rows.

The 25 largest by obligated dollars

USAspending.gov · updated Nov 8 00:00Z

The 25 largest space contracts ending in 2027
#	Contract	Incumbent	Agency	Obligated to date	End date on record	Accepted by	Record
1	NNJ06TA25C	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$15.58B	Apr 15, 2027	product code, space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
2	FA880708C0010	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	Defense Contract Management Agency (Department of Defense)	$4.54B	Jul 23, 2027	product code, contracting office	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
3	NNJ10TB01C	HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$1.51B	Sep 30, 2027	product code, space agency, wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
4	80GSFC19C0063	PERATON INC.	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$1.5B	Sep 30, 2027	space agency, wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
5	NNM12AA82C	THE BOEING COMPANY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$1.34B	Dec 31, 2027	product code, space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
6	FA881919C0002	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$677.3M	Mar 1, 2027	contracting office	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
7	FA881125FB001	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$540.7M	Aug 31, 2027	product code, contracting office, wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
8	FA880712C0012	RAYTHEON COMPANY	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$455.4M	Jun 18, 2027	contracting office	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
9	NNG12FD66C	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$443.3M	Mar 31, 2027	product code, space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
10	80GSFC19C0021	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$372.6M	Jan 31, 2027	space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
11	NNG11FC20C	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$370.2M	Sep 30, 2027	space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
12	NNK15MA50T	THE BOEING COMPANY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$360.6M	Apr 30, 2027	product code, space agency, wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
13	80JSC020F0220	ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$314M	Aug 31, 2027	product code, space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
14	80TECH24CA002	CACI, INC. - FEDERAL	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$310.2M	Jun 30, 2027	space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
15	80GSFC21CA001	RAYTHEON COMPANY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$284M	Jan 31, 2027	space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
16	FA880721C0005	L3HARRIS INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$263.7M	Oct 31, 2027	contracting office	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
17	NNC16CA21C	AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC.	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$235.6M	Aug 4, 2027	product code, space agency, wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
18	80GSFC21C0011	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$220.5M	Jul 1, 2027	product code, space agency	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
19	W9126022FD508	SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION	Department of the Army (Department of Defense)	$210.5M	Sep 3, 2027	wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
20	FA881126FB006	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$204.6M	Jan 9, 2027	product code, contracting office, wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
21	NNG09FA40C	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$194.1M	Sep 30, 2027	product code, space agency, wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
22	FA881125FB013	UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$187.8M	Apr 14, 2027	product code, contracting office	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
23	FA865023C9311	L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$186.1M	Aug 17, 2027	wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
24	W9126019C0001	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$184.8M	Jul 31, 2027	wording	USAspending (opens in a new tab)
25	FA881125FB010	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.	Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)	$181.7M	Apr 13, 2027	product code, contracting office	USAspending (opens in a new tab)

In the Accepted by column, "contracting office" means the office code at the start of the award number (the PIID): the office that made the award, which may not be the office managing it now.

Methodology

As of. Built Nov 8, 2026. Each record has a read date: those counted here were last read between Sep 24, 2026 and Nov 8, 2026, so end dates, recipients and amounts can lag the current USAspending figure.
Source. The award records behind the Capture desk, all from USAspending.gov (opens in a new tab): federal awards since FY2019 to the 148 tracked companies with award rows (for 19 of the 488 companies searched, the sweep stored the largest awards only, so their counts are a floor), and space contract awards to any recipient made in the last 120 days.
Counted. Contracts and orders whose end date falls from January 1 to December 31, 2027 (UTC), counted once per USAspending award ID. Grants and other assistance are not counted. The dollar total sums each contract's positive obligated amount; 2 contracts with a zero or negative amount are counted but add nothing.
Space work. The published rule on the procurement watch: the government's own product and industry codes, space agencies (everything NASA buys counts, including facilities and IT support) and contracting offices, and space wording in the description. Accepted by a code, agency or contracting office: 1,048 contracts, $36.77B. Accepted by wording only: 52 contracts, $1.16B.
Excluded. Contract vehicles (IDVs) are in no dollar figure, because the orders under them are counted on their own; the 25 shown above have a last date to order in 2027, and USAspending reports no end date for them. 1 legacy record ($318M) whose description field is a raw procurement data dump, accepted only by wording, is left out: the matched words were a procurement category label, not a description of the work.
End dates. The end date USAspending reported when we last read the record. Where the award's detail record was read after its award row and gives a different date, the detail record's date is used (4 contracts here). Of the 640 contracts with a detail record, 67 show a potential end date later than the current one, which means options remain on the record.
Recipients and amounts. Where a detail record read after the award row names a different recipient, the detail record's recipient is shown (1 contract here). Amounts stay on the award row, which is where the duplicate correction below applies, so an amount here can be below the current USAspending figure.
Duplicates. One row per award even when it sits in both of our tables (the fresher observation wins). USAspending has listed some Army-office transactions twice, doubling the reported award amount; on the tracked-company rows the stored amount is the sum with exact repeats counted once (the correction made on November 7, 2026), so a USAspending page can show a larger figure than this one. Where one order is listed as two awards under different vehicles (same award number, amount and end date), it counts once: the record modified most recently stays (0 removed by that check in this build).
What the records cannot see. Classified and unpublished work, including much NRO buying, never reaches USAspending, and DoD reports awards with a 90-day delay. An older contract held by a company we do not track, made before the 120-day window, is not here.
Removed after reading the record. 20 contracts ($930.6M) the rule accepted but the record does not support:
- 1305M326F0225: climate program scientific services; the matched word is the name of the contract vehicle.
- 1305M326F0228: drought information services; the matched word is the name of the contract vehicle.
- 1333MF26P0039: small boat storage and dive facility access; the service code does not fit the description.
- 36C25626P0838: consumer satellite radio service.
- 70FBR626P00000010: consumer satellite television installation.
- 70Z02826PMIAM0094: consumer satellite television service.
- 89233126FNA400791: NNSA defense programs engineering; the service code does not fit the description.
- FA810524F0017: KC-135 aircraft satellite-communications equipment, accepted only by wording.
- FA810525FB006: KC-135 aircraft satellite-communications equipment, accepted only by wording.
- FA862024FB030: aircraft datalink and satcom modification work, accepted only by wording.
- FA862523FB021: C-130J aircraft integration work, accepted only by wording.
- FA868923F2250: MQ-9 aircraft work; the matched words name its communications link.
- FA880625FB009: data platform software; accepted only by its contracting office code, and the record names no space work.
- FA880625FB011: data platform software; accepted only by its contracting office code, and the record names no space work.
- FA881018C0002: USAspending has since moved its end date into 2028.
- FA881124FB017: the same order is also listed under a second contract vehicle; the record carrying its later modifications is the one counted.
- FA881825FB001: an ICBM demonstration test launch, accepted only by its contracting office code.
- FA882126FB012: helicopter squadron logistics support, accepted only by its contracting office code.
- SPRTA126F0533: KC-46 aircraft part repair, accepted only by wording.
Order and money. Tables are ordered by obligated dollars, then contract count, then the record's own identifier. Nothing here is paid for or promoted, and no company can pay to change or preview it.

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