Who is NASA's biggest contractor in FY2024?

California Institute of Technology, with $2.2B obligated in FY2024. Second is Space Exploration Technologies Corp. at $2B.

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 FY2024. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.

How many recipients are shown?

The top 100 for FY2024. 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 FY2024, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

Top contractors of NASA: FY2024

≈ computed · agency obligations

California Institute of Technology received more money from NASA than any other recipient in FY2024: $2.2B in obligations. Ranked by what NASA obligated to each recipient in FY2024, 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 2026-07-03. FY2020 to FY2025 are loaded.

1
California Institute of Technology0 awards
$2.2B
2
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0 awards
$2B
3
The Boeing Company0 awards
$1.5B
4
Lockheed Martin Corporation0 awards
$1.3B
5
Amentum Technology, Inc.0 awards
$1B
6
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp0 awards
$932.4M
7
KBR, Inc.0 awards
$755.5M
8
Blue Origin Washington, LLC0 awards
$503.9M
9
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC0 awards
$430.3M
10
Leidos, Inc.0 awards
$415.2M
11
Peraton Corp.0 awards
$370.6M
12
Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc0 awards
$368M
13
Bechtel Corporation0 awards
$322.6M
14
Lanteris Space LLC0 awards
$249M
15
Science Applications International Corporation0 awards
$223M
16
Sierra Space Corp0 awards
$201.6M
17
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.0 awards
$192.2M
18
Syncom Space Services LLC0 awards
$148.2M
19
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc0 awards
$146.3M
20
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.0 awards
$145.9M
21
Intuitive Machines, LLC0 awards
$133.9M
22
Axiom Space Inc0 awards
$133.8M
23
Chenega Global Protection, LLC0 awards
$124.8M
24
Southwest Research Institute0 awards
$124.3M
25
Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC0 awards
$121.4M
26
BAE Systems, Inc.0 awards
$119.5M
27
The Aerospace Corporation0 awards
$115.4M
28
The Regents of the University of Colorado0 awards
$113.6M
29
Sierra Nevada Company, LLC0 awards
$102.8M
30
Science Applications International Corporation0 awards
$85.3M
31
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.0 awards
$85M
32
Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.0 awards
$83.9M
33
University of Maryland, College Park0 awards
$77.1M
34
General Electric Company0 awards
$75M
35
Agile Decision Sciences, LLC0 awards
$61.5M
36
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.0 awards
$60.9M
37
HX5 LLC0 awards
$57.9M
38
Four Points Technology, L.l.c.0 awards
$55.5M
39
RTX Corporation0 awards
$53.9M
40
Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC0 awards
$53.7M
41
The Regents of the University of California0 awards
$53.1M
42
Amentum Services, Inc.0 awards
$49.3M
43
Minburn Technology Group, LLC0 awards
$48.6M
44
CACI International Inc0 awards
$48M
45
Thundercat Technology, LLC0 awards
$40.9M
46
Trax International Corporation0 awards
$40.8M
47
University of Arizona0 awards
$37.9M
48
The Johns Hopkins University0 awards
$34.4M
49
Colsa Corp0 awards
$30.8M
50
Arizona State University0 awards
$25.9M
51
Massachusetts Institute of Technology0 awards
$25.9M
52
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.0 awards
$25.7M
53
University of Hawaii0 awards
$24.8M
54
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York0 awards
$24.3M
55
Regents of the University of Michigan0 awards
$23.2M
56
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated0 awards
$20.2M
57
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees0 awards
$18.1M
58
Georgia Tech Research Corp0 awards
$18M
59
University of California, Los Angeles0 awards
$17.9M
60
The Trustees of Princeton University0 awards
$17.4M
61
V2X Aerospace LLC0 awards
$17.2M
62
V2X, Inc.0 awards
$17.2M
63
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research0 awards
$17.2M
64
University of Florida0 awards
$16.6M
65
Baylor College of Medicine0 awards
$16.5M
66
University of Illinois0 awards
$15.4M
67
Wichita State University0 awards
$15.3M
68
The Pennsylvania State University0 awards
$15.3M
69
AT&T Enterprises, LLC0 awards
$14.9M
70
AT&T Enterprises, LLC0 awards
$14.9M
71
The Leland Stanford Junior University0 awards
$14.8M
72
The University of Iowa0 awards
$13.3M
73
University of Wisconsin System0 awards
$13M
74
Potomac Electric Power CO0 awards
$12.8M
75
University of Washington0 awards
$12.1M
76
Washington University, the0 awards
$12M
77
University of California, San Diego0 awards
$11.2M
78
Rei Systems, Inc.0 awards
$10.3M
79
Trustees of Boston University0 awards
$9.5M
80
Colorado State University0 awards
$9.3M
81
Four LLC0 awards
$8.5M
82
The University of Chicago0 awards
$8.4M
83
Cornell University0 awards
$8.1M
84
Regents of the University of Minnesota0 awards
$7.9M
85
George Mason University0 awards
$7.7M
86
Brown University0 awards
$7.6M
87
National Academy of Sciences0 awards
$7.5M
88
Purdue University0 awards
$7.4M
89
Govsmart, Inc.0 awards
$7.2M
90
Ohio State University, the0 awards
$7M
91
Oregon State University0 awards
$6.9M
92
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University0 awards
$6.8M
93
CH2M Hill, Inc0 awards
$6.8M
94
Affigent, LLC0 awards
$6.7M
95
University of Alaska Fairbanks0 awards
$6.6M
96
New Tech Solutions, Inc.0 awards
$6.2M
97
Auburn University0 awards
$6.1M
98
Carnegie-Mellon University0 awards
$5.6M
99
Advanced Computer Concepts, Inc.0 awards
$5.4M
100
University of Alabama at Birmingham0 awards
$5.3M

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 FY2024?: California Institute of Technology, with $2.2B obligated in FY2024. Second is Space Exploration Technologies Corp. at $2B.
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 FY2024. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?: The top 100 for FY2024. 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 FY2024, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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