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$112,770,706

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-03-14·LATEST ACTION2026-03-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80JSC023F0041_8000_80HQTR19D0009_8000
Award description

COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS) TASK ORDER CS-3

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Latest obligation on Firefly Aerospace's ongoing lunar cargo delivery contract, supporting NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Sub-sectors
lunar-cargo-servicescommercial-spacenasa-clps-program
Why this matters

Advances U.S. commercial lunar logistics capability; reduces NASA dependence on government-only moon access as Artemis program accelerates.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains Firefly's production of Alpha rocket and lunar lander systems; signals continued demand for U.S. commercial launch and payload integration.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. commercial dominance in lunar access; counters China's state-led lunar program by enabling private-sector moon operations.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-27. Cost: $0.003027.

Period of performance
Start
2023-03-14
End
2027-08-31
Status
activein 414 days
Sources

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