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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC

aerospaceexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-01-17·LATEST ACTION2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80AFRC20F0054_8000_80AFRC20D0003_8000
Award description

THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPORT ALL NASA ASSIGNED AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, AIRCRAFT MODIFICATION, AND FLIGHT-LINE OPERATIONS.

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

Modification to ongoing 2020 NASA aircraft maintenance and operations contract with Vertex Aerospace supporting agency fleet upkeep and flight operations.

Sub-sectors
nasa-aircraft-operationsm&o-contractflight-line-maintenance
Why this matters

Sustains NASA's critical airborne research and test capabilities; aircraft maintenance is essential infrastructure for hypersonic, atmospheric, and aeronautics research programs.

Supply-chain signal

Vertex Aerospace is a major MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) provider; this contract sustains aerospace supply-chain capacity for specialized NASA aircraft platforms.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-01. Cost: $0.002900.

Period of performance
Start
2020-01-17
End
2025-07-31
Status
expired347 days ago
Sources

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