Assistance listing (financial assistance)

Aeronautics

Assistance Listing 43.002

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

$55.2M
Federal awards
FY2026 · data still posting
39
Recipients
Assistance Listing 43.002
Code

CFDA 43.002 (Aeronautics) accounted for $55.2M in federal grants in FY2026, led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, across 39 recipients. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Obligations by year

Computed
$48.5M
FY20
$63.4M
FY21
$73.6M
FY22
$83.3M
FY25
$55.2M
FY26 partial
▲ 72%
FY20 to FY25

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Aeronautics (Assistance Listing 43.002) accounted for $55.2M in federal obligations in FY2026, compared with $83.3M in FY2025.
  • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration provided 100% of it.

Top recipients

Computed

The five largest recipients on record received 43% of this category's FY2026 obligations, and the ten largest 51%.

The Boeing Company$9.4M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp$7.3M
The Leland Stanford Junior University$3.1M
The Regents of the University of Colorado$2.1M
George Washington University (the)$2M
The Regents of the University of California$2M
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$1.5M
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees$589.2K
Florida State University$566.9K
The Pennsylvania State University$150K

Recipient breakdown available for 47% of obligations shown

Top funding agencies

Computed
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$55.2M

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