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$150,212,174

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to PERATON INC.

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC23CA077_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

NSROC IV CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, & PERFORM FLIGHT QUALIFICATION TESTING OF SUB-ORBITAL PAYLOADS, PROVIDE LAUNCH VEHICLES & ASSOCIATED HARDWARE, & PROVIDE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSEQUENT MISSION LAUNCH 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

Design, fabricate, and test sub-orbital research payloads with launch vehicles and mission operations support.

Sub-sectors
sub-orbital-vehiclespayload-integrationlaunch-operations
Why this matters

Sustains U.S. capability for rapid, frequent access to sub-orbital space for scientific research and technology demonstration.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for specialized aerospace manufacturing, integration services, and launch vehicle suppliers in the commercial space sector.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintains U.S. leadership in responsive space access and sub-orbital research capabilities amid growing international space competition.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001370.

Period of performance
Start
2023-10-01
End
2028-09-30
Status
activein 870 days
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