This contract expires in 68 days (Dec 30, 2026).
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. - NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 2 LAUNCH SERVICES PROCUREMENT
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Description
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 2 LAUNCH SERVICES PROCUREMENT
Context & Analysis
On Dec 3, 2025, Department of Defense obligated $150,100,000 to SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. for national security space launch (nssl) phase 3 lane 2 launch services procurement. The award is classified under NAICS 481212 — NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION and issued as a firm fixed price contract. Competition extent: full and open competition. Performance is located in HAWTHORNE, CA. The contract is scheduled through Dec 30, 2026 — approximately 2 months remaining. This award is one of several similar procurements from Department of Defense under NAICS 481212 — related awards are listed below.
Market context
- Recompete outlook
- Ends Dec 30, 2026, in 2 months. Recompete signal as of Oct 15, 2026: 72/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
- Competition
- Competed. 98% of 111 awards in this market (Department of Defense awards in NAICS 481212 over the last 3 years) were competed; median 3 offers.
- Award size
- At $150.1M, this award is larger than 19 in 20 of the 107 priced Department of Defense awards in NAICS 481212 over the last 3 years (median $717K).
- Incumbent at this agency
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. has 10 other awards from Department of Defense, totalling $746.5M, in 2025.
- Largest vendors in this market
By obligations, Department of Defense awards in NAICS 481212 over the last 3 years.
- UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC — 13 awards, $1.4B
- AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL INC — 9 awards, $433.3M
- WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC — 12 awards, $170.2M
- AIR CENTER HELICOPTERS, INC — 2 awards, $99.9M
- KALITTA AIR LLC — 38 awards, $97.7M
Computed from USAspending award data on Oct 15, 2026.
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