Rankings
Top contractors of NASA: FY2024
FY2024 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-03
≈ 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. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. Rank vs FY2023 is each name's change in position from FY2023; a dash means the name was not in FY2023's data.
Quick findings
Computed- The top 10 account for 67% of the $16.4B combined total of all 100 recipients listed.
- The Boeing Company rose the most, from #171 in FY2023 to #3 in FY2024.
- CH2M Hill, Inc fell the most among those listed, from #64 in FY2023 to #92 in FY2024.
| Rank | Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | Change | Rank vs FY2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | California Institute of Technology0 awards | $2.2B | $2.8B | −20% | same |
| 02 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0 awards | $2B | $2.3B | −11% | same |
| 03 | The Boeing Company0 awards | $1.5B | $417.2K | — | ▲ 168 |
| 04 | Lockheed Martin Corporation0 awards | $1.3B | $1.1B | +14% | ▼ 1 |
| 05 | Amentum Technology, Inc.0 awards | $1B | $939.2M | +10% | ▼ 1 |
| 06 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corp0 awards | $932.4M | $34.6M | — | ▲ 33 |
| 07 | KBR, Inc.0 awards | $755.5M | $691.9M | +9% | ▼ 2 |
| 08 | Blue Origin Washington, LLC0 awards | $503.9M | $425M | +19% | ▼ 1 |
| 09 | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC0 awards | $430.3M | $449M | −4% | ▼ 3 |
| 10 | Leidos, Inc.0 awards | $415.2M | $404.6M | +3% | ▼ 2 |
| 11 | Peraton Corp.0 awards | $370.6M | $337.4M | +10% | ▼ 2 |
| 12 | Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc0 awards | $368M | — | — | — |
| 13 | Bechtel Corporation0 awards | $322.6M | $308.7M | +5% | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Lanteris Space LLC0 awards | $249M | $183.5M | +36% | ▲ 1 |
| 15 | Science Applications International Corporation0 awards | $223M | $312.8M | −29% | ▼ 5 |
| 16 | Sierra Space Corp0 awards | $201.6M | — | — | — |
| 17 | Science Systems and Applications, Inc.0 awards | $192.2M | $243M | −21% | ▼ 4 |
| 18 | Syncom Space Services LLC0 awards | $148.2M | $146.3M | +1% | same |
| 19 | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc0 awards | $146.3M | $134.9M | +8% | ▲ 1 |
| 20 | Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.0 awards | $145.9M | $129M | +13% | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Intuitive Machines, LLC0 awards | $133.9M | — | — | — |
| 22 | Axiom Space Inc0 awards | $133.8M | — | — | — |
| 23 | Chenega Global Protection, LLC0 awards | $124.8M | $101.9M | +22% | ▲ 3 |
| 24 | Southwest Research Institute0 awards | $124.3M | $82M | +52% | ▲ 6 |
| 25 | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC0 awards | $121.4M | $117M | +4% | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | BAE Systems, Inc.0 awards | $119.5M | $128.7M | −7% | ▼ 4 |
| 27 | The Aerospace Corporation0 awards | $115.4M | $110.3M | +5% | ▼ 3 |
| 28 | The Regents of the University of Colorado0 awards | $113.6M | $108.4M | +5% | ▼ 3 |
| 29 | Sierra Nevada Company, LLC0 awards | $102.8M | $48.2M | +113% | ▲ 7 |
| 30 | Science Applications International Corporation0 awards | $85.3M | $312.7M | −73% | ▼ 19 |
| 31 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc.0 awards | $85M | $94M | −10% | ▼ 4 |
| 32 | Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.0 awards | $83.9M | $91.4M | −8% | ▼ 4 |
| 33 | University of Maryland, College Park0 awards | $77.1M | $87.2M | −12% | ▼ 4 |
| 34 | General Electric Company0 awards | $75M | $53.9M | +39% | ▲ 1 |
| 35 | Agile Decision Sciences, LLC0 awards | $61.5M | $39.5M | +56% | ▲ 2 |
| 36 | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.0 awards | $60.9M | $9M | +574% | ▲ 44 |
| 37 | HX5 LLC0 awards | $57.9M | — | — | — |
| 38 | Four Points Technology, L.l.c.0 awards | $55.5M | $31.2M | +78% | ▲ 5 |
| 39 | RTX Corporation0 awards | $53.9M | $6.8M | +697% | ▲ 46 |
| 40 | Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC0 awards | $53.7M | — | — | — |
| 41 | The Regents of the University of California0 awards | $53.1M | $73.5M | −28% | ▼ 10 |
| 42 | Amentum Services, Inc.0 awards | $49.3M | $56.6M | −13% | ▼ 8 |
| 43 | Minburn Technology Group, LLC0 awards | $48.6M | $34.3M | +42% | ▼ 3 |
| 44 | CACI International Inc0 awards | $48M | $38M | +26% | ▼ 6 |
| 45 | Thundercat Technology, LLC0 awards | $40.9M | $33.5M | +22% | ▼ 4 |
| 46 | Trax International Corporation0 awards | $40.8M | — | — | — |
| 47 | University of Arizona0 awards | $37.9M | $62.9M | −40% | ▼ 14 |
| 48 | The Johns Hopkins University0 awards | $34.4M | $31.5M | +9% | ▼ 6 |
| 49 | Colsa Corp0 awards | $30.8M | — | — | — |
| 50 | Arizona State University0 awards | $25.9M | $27.6M | −6% | ▼ 5 |
| 51 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology0 awards | $25.9M | $29.7M | −13% | ▼ 7 |
| 52 | AECOM Technical Services, Inc.0 awards | $25.7M | $23.8M | +8% | ▼ 2 |
| 53 | University of Hawaii0 awards | $24.8M | $24.5M | +1% | ▼ 4 |
| 54 | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York0 awards | $24.3M | $21.7M | +12% | ▼ 3 |
| 55 | Regents of the University of Michigan0 awards | $23.2M | $20.4M | +14% | ▼ 2 |
| 56 | Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated0 awards | $20.2M | $25.3M | −20% | ▼ 8 |
| 57 | The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees0 awards | $18.1M | $25.3M | −29% | ▼ 10 |
| 58 | Georgia Tech Research Corp0 awards | $18M | $17.3M | +4% | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | University of California, Los Angeles0 awards | $17.9M | $16.1M | +11% | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | The Trustees of Princeton University0 awards | $17.4M | $12.7M | +37% | ▲ 5 |
| 61 | V2X Aerospace LLC0 awards | $17.2M | $12.7M | +35% | ▲ 5 |
| 62 | V2X, Inc.0 awards | $17.2M | $12.7M | +35% | ▲ 5 |
| 63 | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research0 awards | $17.2M | $18M | −5% | ▼ 9 |
| 64 | University of Florida0 awards | $16.6M | $15M | +11% | ▼ 4 |
| 65 | Baylor College of Medicine0 awards | $16.5M | $15.6M | +6% | ▼ 6 |
| 66 | University of Illinois0 awards | $15.4M | $12.4M | +24% | ▲ 3 |
| 67 | Wichita State University0 awards | $15.3M | $12.4M | +24% | ▲ 3 |
| 68 | The Pennsylvania State University0 awards | $15.3M | $11.7M | +30% | ▲ 3 |
| 69 | AT&T Enterprises, LLC0 awards | $14.9M | — | — | — |
| 70 | The Leland Stanford Junior University0 awards | $14.8M | $20.7M | −29% | ▼ 18 |
| 71 | The University of Iowa0 awards | $13.3M | $16.4M | −19% | ▼ 14 |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin System0 awards | $13M | $11.4M | +14% | ▲ 1 |
| 73 | Potomac Electric Power CO0 awards | $12.8M | — | — | — |
| 74 | University of Washington0 awards | $12.1M | $14.5M | −17% | ▼ 12 |
| 75 | Washington University, the0 awards | $12M | $9.5M | +26% | ▲ 2 |
| 76 | University of California, San Diego0 awards | $11.2M | $11.7M | −5% | ▼ 4 |
| 77 | Rei Systems, Inc.0 awards | $10.3M | — | — | — |
| 78 | Trustees of Boston University0 awards | $9.5M | — | — | — |
| 79 | Colorado State University0 awards | $9.3M | $8.2M | +13% | ▲ 4 |
| 80 | Four LLC0 awards | $8.5M | $14.8M | −43% | ▼ 19 |
| 81 | The University of Chicago0 awards | $8.4M | $13.3M | −37% | ▼ 18 |
| 82 | Cornell University0 awards | $8.1M | $6.4M | +26% | ▲ 4 |
| 83 | Regents of the University of Minnesota0 awards | $7.9M | $4.1M | +95% | ▲ 16 |
| 84 | George Mason University0 awards | $7.7M | — | — | — |
| 85 | Brown University0 awards | $7.6M | $6M | +26% | ▲ 4 |
| 86 | National Academy of Sciences0 awards | $7.5M | $10.9M | −32% | ▼ 11 |
| 87 | Purdue University0 awards | $7.4M | $10.8M | −31% | ▼ 11 |
| 88 | Govsmart, Inc.0 awards | $7.2M | $5.4M | +33% | ▲ 4 |
| 89 | Ohio State University, the0 awards | $7M | $4.1M | +69% | ▲ 9 |
| 90 | Oregon State University0 awards | $6.9M | $5.3M | +29% | ▲ 3 |
| 91 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University0 awards | $6.8M | $2.8M | +140% | ▲ 29 |
| 92 | CH2M Hill, Inc0 awards | $6.8M | $13M | −48% | ▼ 28 |
| 93 | Affigent, LLC0 awards | $6.7M | $7M | −4% | ▼ 9 |
| 94 | University of Alaska Fairbanks0 awards | $6.6M | $9.4M | −30% | ▼ 16 |
| 95 | New Tech Solutions, Inc.0 awards | $6.2M | $3.5M | +76% | ▲ 12 |
| 96 | Auburn University0 awards | $6.1M | $4M | +53% | ▲ 5 |
| 97 | Carnegie-Mellon University0 awards | $5.6M | $3M | +88% | ▲ 20 |
| 98 | Carnegie-Mellon University0 awards | $5.6M | $3M | +88% | ▲ 20 |
| 99 | Advanced Computer Concepts, Inc.0 awards | $5.4M | — | — | — |
| 100 | University of Alabama at Birmingham0 awards | $5.3M | $4.6M | +14% | ▼ 5 |
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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