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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-22·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80KSC019C0016_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

KENNEDY EXPLORATION GROUND SYSTEMS (EGS) PROGRAM (LX) SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT THREE (KLXS III).

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

Support services for NASA's Kennedy Space Center Exploration Ground Systems program infrastructure and operations.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-explorationground-systems-supportcontract-services
Why this matters

EGS is critical infrastructure for NASA's Artemis lunar missions and deep-space exploration capabilities.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for specialized aerospace ground support contractors and Kennedy Space Center operational capacity.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. lunar exploration program directly competes with China's space ambitions and lunar exploration goals.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002084.

Period of performance
Start
2019-10-01
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 136 days
Sources

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