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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC.

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNM14AA89D_8000_NNM13AA35C_8000
Award description

IGF::OT::IGF LAUNCH VEHICLE/STAGES ADAPTER

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Development of adapter hardware for NASA launch vehicle stages and orbital transfer systems.

Sub-sectors
launch-vehiclesspace-infrastructure
Why this matters

Critical component for NASA's deep-space exploration and commercial spaceflight capabilities, supporting sustained lunar and Mars missions.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates demand for precision aerospace manufacturing and integration services from specialized contractors in launch vehicle assembly.

U.S.–China competition angle

Supports U.S. independent launch capability and reduces reliance on foreign space infrastructure for national security missions.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-13. Cost: $0.001220.

Period of performance
Start
2014-02-01
End
2027-09-30
Status
activein 503 days
Sources

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