Who is NASA's biggest contractor in FY2025?

California Institute of Technology, with $2.4B obligated in FY2025. Second is Space Exploration Technologies Corp. at $2.1B.

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 FY2025. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.

How many recipients are shown?

The top 100 for FY2025. 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 FY2025, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

Top contractors of NASA: FY2025

≈ computed · agency obligations

California Institute of Technology received more money from NASA than any other recipient in FY2025: $2.4B in obligations. Ranked by what NASA obligated to each recipient in FY2025, 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, data current as of 2026-09-01. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.

1
California Institute of Technology0 awards
$2.4B
2
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0 awards
$2.1B
3
The Boeing Company0 awards
$1.5B
4
Lockheed Martin Corporation0 awards
$1.3B
5
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation0 awards
$1.2B
6
Amentum Technology, Inc.0 awards
$1.1B
7
Blue Origin Washington, LLC0 awards
$829M
8
KBR, Inc.0 awards
$782.6M
9
Peraton Corp.0 awards
$541.5M
10
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC0 awards
$420M
11
Leidos, Inc.0 awards
$386.3M
12
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.0 awards
$310.1M
13
Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc0 awards
$299.2M
14
Bechtel Corporation0 awards
$272.6M
15
Pae Applied Technologies LLC0 awards
$207.3M
16
CACI International Inc0 awards
$186.7M
17
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.0 awards
$160.7M
18
Southwest Research Institute0 awards
$157.8M
19
Axiom Space Inc0 awards
$156.2M
20
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc0 awards
$153.4M
21
Chenega Global Protection, LLC0 awards
$142.7M
22
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.0 awards
$133.2M
23
Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.0 awards
$132M
24
BAE Systems, Inc.0 awards
$127.3M
25
The Regents of the University of Colorado0 awards
$122.6M
26
The Aerospace Corporation0 awards
$115.2M
27
Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC0 awards
$114.7M
28
University of Maryland, College Park0 awards
$112.4M
29
The Regents of the University of California0 awards
$110.1M
30
RTX Corporation0 awards
$88.5M
31
Amentum Services, Inc.0 awards
$86.6M
32
University of Arizona0 awards
$74.6M
33
Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.0 awards
$72.2M
34
General Electric Company0 awards
$66.2M
35
Agile Decision Sciences, LLC0 awards
$64.8M
36
Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC0 awards
$62.9M
37
Science Applications International Corporation0 awards
$59.4M
38
Thundercat Technology, LLC0 awards
$55.9M
39
The Johns Hopkins University0 awards
$47.8M
40
Four Points Technology, L.l.c.0 awards
$42.1M
41
V2X Aerospace LLC0 awards
$41.7M
42
Minburn Technology Group, LLC0 awards
$41.5M
43
Halvik LLC0 awards
$34.3M
44
Cgi Federal Inc.0 awards
$33.2M
45
Massachusetts Institute of Technology0 awards
$33M
46
Arizona State University0 awards
$31.7M
47
University of Hawaii0 awards
$31M
48
Trax International Corporation0 awards
$28.2M
49
Regents of the University of Michigan0 awards
$28.1M
50
The University of Iowa0 awards
$27.6M
51
Colsa Corp0 awards
$27.2M
52
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated0 awards
$24.4M
53
University of California, Los Angeles0 awards
$22.7M
54
Georgia Tech Research Corp0 awards
$21.3M
55
The Leland Stanford Junior University0 awards
$18.9M
56
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York0 awards
$18.9M
57
Trustees of Boston University0 awards
$18.6M
58
University of Florida0 awards
$18.5M
59
The Pennsylvania State University0 awards
$18.4M
60
University of Texas at Austin0 awards
$17.3M
61
University of Illinois0 awards
$17.2M
62
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.0 awards
$16.5M
63
New Tech Solutions, Inc.0 awards
$16M
64
Baylor College of Medicine0 awards
$15.8M
65
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research0 awards
$14.7M
66
University of Wisconsin System0 awards
$13.9M
67
University of Washington0 awards
$13.7M
68
Countertrade Products, Inc.0 awards
$13.3M
69
Colorado State University0 awards
$12.8M
70
DH Technologies, Inc.0 awards
$12.8M
71
Purdue University0 awards
$11M
72
University of California, San Diego0 awards
$10.7M
73
Washington University, the0 awards
$10.3M
74
The University of Chicago0 awards
$10.1M
75
Regents of the University of Minnesota0 awards
$10.1M
76
Cornell University0 awards
$9.1M
77
Ohio State University, the0 awards
$8.6M
78
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees0 awards
$8.5M
79
Four LLC0 awards
$8.2M
80
George Mason University0 awards
$7.3M
81
Advanced Computer Concepts, Inc.0 awards
$7.2M
82
Duke University0 awards
$7M
83
Fcn, Inc.0 awards
$6.7M
84
Carnegie-Mellon University0 awards
$6.6M
85
Kay and Associates, Inc.0 awards
$6.4M
86
Oregon State University0 awards
$6.3M
87
National Academy of Sciences0 awards
$6.3M
88
Affigent, LLC0 awards
$6.1M
89
Brown University0 awards
$6M
90
Trustees of Dartmouth College0 awards
$5.8M
91
University of Utah0 awards
$5.7M
92
The Trustees of Princeton University0 awards
$5.5M
93
Govsmart, Inc.0 awards
$5.4M
94
Alutiiq Essential Services LLC0 awards
$5.3M
95
Case Western Reserve University0 awards
$5M
96
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution0 awards
$4.9M
97
Louisiana State University0 awards
$4.9M
98
University of California Irvine0 awards
$4.8M
99
Montana State University0 awards
$4.8M
100
George Washington University (the)0 awards
$4.6M

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 FY2025?: California Institute of Technology, with $2.4B obligated in FY2025. Second is Space Exploration Technologies Corp. at $2.1B.
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 FY2025. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?: The top 100 for FY2025. 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 FY2025, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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