Rankings

Top contractors of NASA: FY2026

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

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

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California Institute of Technology received more money from NASA than any other recipient in FY2026 (data still posting): $2.2B in obligations. Ranked by what NASA obligated to each recipient in FY2026 (data still posting), so the list is about this agency's money rather than a contractor's overall size. Combined corporate families count once. Computed

Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. FY2026 ended on September 30, 2026, and its records are still posting, so each total is shown beside the same name's FY2025 figure, with no percentage change. Rank vs FY2025 is each name's change in position from FY2025, and positions can still move as late FY2026 records post; a dash means the name was not in FY2025's data.

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RankNameFY2026 · data still postingFY2025Rank vs FY2025
01California Institute of Technology0 awards$2.2B$2.4Bsame
02The Boeing Company0 awards$1.6B$1.5B▲ 1
03Northrop Grumman Systems Corp0 awards$1.4B——
04Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0 awards$1.3B$2.1B▼ 2
05Lockheed Martin Corporation0 awards$1.3B$1.3B▼ 1
06Amentum Technology, Inc.0 awards$1.1B$1.1Bsame
07Blue Origin, LLC0 awards$808.3M——
08KBR, Inc.0 awards$533.3M$782.6Msame
09Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC0 awards$505.1M——
10The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC0 awards$497.4M$420Msame
11Leidos, Inc.0 awards$392.2M$386.3Msame
12Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc0 awards$335.1M$299.2M▲ 1
13Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.0 awards$263.1M$310.1M▼ 1
14Peraton Corp.0 awards$243.8M$541.5M▼ 5
15BAE Systems, Inc.0 awards$236.4M$127.3M▲ 9
16Pae Applied Technologies LLC0 awards$223.7M$207.3M▼ 1
17Axiom Space Inc0 awards$216.9M$156.2M▲ 2
18Sierra Lobo Inc0 awards$213.2M——
19Bechtel Corporation0 awards$191.5M$272.6M▼ 5
20Lunar Outpost Inc0 awards$188.5M——
21Nova Space Solutions, LLC0 awards$185.4M——
22CACI International Inc0 awards$178.8M$186.7M▼ 6
23Lanteris Space LLC0 awards$174.4M——
24Firefly Aerospace Inc.0 awards$173.7M——
25Venturi Astrolab Inc0 awards$154.5M——
26Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.0 awards$152.1M$160.7M▼ 9
27Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.0 awards$140.5M$132M▼ 4
28Booz Allen Hamilton Inc0 awards$134.9M$153.4M▼ 8
29Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC0 awards$130.4M$62.9M▲ 7
30Healtheon, Inc0 awards$129.6M——
31Chenega Global Protection, LLC0 awards$129.5M$142.7M▼ 10
32The Regents of the University of Colorado0 awards$117.1M$122.6M▼ 7
33The Aerospace Corporation0 awards$116.6M$115.2M▼ 7
34Troy Sierra JV LLC0 awards$112M——
35RTX Corporation0 awards$94.5M$88.5M▼ 5
36Kiewit Infrastructure South CO0 awards$90.3M——
37Southwest Research Institute0 awards$84.5M$157.8M▼ 19
38United Launch Services, LLC0 awards$84.2M$241.2K▲ 140
39Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC0 awards$84.1M$114.7M▼ 12
40University of Maryland, College Park0 awards$70.2M$112.4M▼ 12
41Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.0 awards$70M$72.2M▼ 8
42The Regents of the University of California0 awards$68.3M$110.1M▼ 13
43Thundercat Technology, LLC0 awards$52.7M$55.9M▼ 5
44Four Points Technology, L.l.c.0 awards$51.1M$42.1M▼ 4
45Amentum Services, Inc.0 awards$49.4M$86.6M▼ 14
46General Electric Company0 awards$48.3M$66.2M▼ 12
47Agile Decision Sciences, LLC0 awards$46.5M$64.8M▼ 12
48Science Applications International Corporation0 awards$41.6M$59.4M▼ 11
49University of Arizona0 awards$37.6M$74.6M▼ 17
50The Trustees of Princeton University0 awards$37.5M$5.5M▲ 44
51Cgi Federal Inc.0 awards$35M$33.2M▼ 7
52Minburn Technology Group, LLC0 awards$33.4M$41.5M▼ 10
53Arizona State University0 awards$31.4M$31.7M▼ 7
54Colsa Corp0 awards$29.3M$27.2M▼ 3
55Regents of the University of Michigan0 awards$28.8M$28.1M▼ 6
56Trax International Corporation0 awards$28M$28.2M▼ 8
57The Johns Hopkins University0 awards$27.7M$47.8M▼ 18
58Palantir USG Inc0 awards$27.5M——
59V2X Aerospace LLC0 awards$25.6M$41.7M▼ 18
60University of California, Los Angeles0 awards$25.1M$22.7M▼ 7
61Massachusetts Institute of Technology0 awards$21.7M$33M▼ 16
62University of Hawaii0 awards$21.3M$31M▼ 15
63Rocket Lab USA Inc0 awards$20.1M——
64Halvik LLC0 awards$18.7M$34.3M▼ 21
65The Leland Stanford Junior University0 awards$17.7M$18.9M▼ 10
66Sterling Computers Corporation0 awards$17.1M——
67Countertrade Products, Inc.0 awards$16.4M$13.3M▲ 2
68University of Wisconsin System0 awards$16.1M$13.9M▼ 1
69The University of Iowa0 awards$16M$27.6M▼ 19
70University Corporation for Atmospheric Research0 awards$15.5M$14.7M▼ 4
71The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York0 awards$15.4M$18.9M▼ 15
72University of Texas at Austin0 awards$15.4M$17M▼ 10
73DH Technologies, Inc.0 awards$14.8M$12.8M▼ 2
74University of California, San Diego0 awards$13.8M$10.7M▼ 1
75University of Florida0 awards$13.6M$18.5M▼ 17
76University of Washington0 awards$13M$13.7M▼ 8
77Colorado State University0 awards$13M$12.8M▼ 7
78New Tech Solutions, Inc.0 awards$12.9M$16M▼ 14
79The Pennsylvania State University0 awards$12.6M$18.4M▼ 20
80Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated0 awards$12.6M$24.4M▼ 28
81Advanced Computer Concepts, Inc.0 awards$12.4M$7.2M▲ 1
82Georgia Tech Research Corp0 awards$12.2M$21.3M▼ 28
83Cornell University0 awards$11.8M$9.1M▼ 6
84Washington University, the0 awards$11.5M$10.3M▼ 10
85Wichita State University0 awards$11.5M——
86Purdue University0 awards$10.6M$11M▼ 14
87Baylor College of Medicine0 awards$10.1M$15.8M▼ 22
88Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.0 awards$9.9M——
89The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees0 awards$9.9M$8.5M▼ 10
90University of Illinois0 awards$9.8M$17.2M▼ 29
91George Mason University0 awards$8.8M$7.3M▼ 10
92The University of Chicago0 awards$8.8M$10.1M▼ 17
93University of Alabama at Birmingham0 awards$8.6M$3.4M▲ 19
94Trustees of Boston University0 awards$8.3M$18.6M▼ 37
95Oregon State University0 awards$8.1M$6.3M▼ 7
96Metgreen Solutions Inc0 awards$7.6M$3.2M▲ 18
97Rei Systems, Inc.0 awards$7.6M——
98Regents of the University of Minnesota0 awards$7.6M$10.1M▼ 22
99Four LLC0 awards$7.5M$8.2M▼ 19
100University of Massachusetts0 awards$7.5M$2.2M▲ 27

Obligations are the dollars the agency committed, which is not the same as dollars paid out. A recipient can appear on several agencies' lists; each ranks only its own money.

Questions

Who is NASA's biggest contractor in FY2026?
California Institute of Technology, with $2.2B obligated in FY2026 (data still posting). Second is The Boeing Company at $1.6B.
Where does this ranking come from?
It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total NASA obligated to that recipient in FY2026 (data still posting). TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?
The top 100 for FY2026 (data still posting). Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
Does a high position mean anything is wrong?
No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2026 (data still posting), computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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