Federal contracting profile
How many federal exclusions has the NASA issued, and who does it contract with?
At a glance
Debarment profile — exclusions this agency issued
How many parties the NASA has excluded from federal contracting and assistance — an aggregate count of active records in the SAM.gov Exclusions registry, ranked against every other excluding agency in the Federal Suspension & Debarment Scorecard. No excluded party is named.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Active exclusion records issued | 86 |
| Share of the active registry | 0% |
| Rank among excluding agencies | #28 of 56 |
| Registry total (all agencies) | 323,930 |
Source: SAM.gov exclusion extract, pulled 2026-07-14. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →
Top contractors — largest recipients of this agency's prime awards
| Contractor | Award actions | Obligated | Share of obligated $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE BOEING COMPANY | 1 | $22,437,793,941 | 28.3% |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | 2 | $17,573,309,470 | 22.2% |
| THE BOEING COMPANY | 2 | $13,025,783,615 | 16.4% |
| RUSSIA SPACE AGENCY | 1 | $4,682,328,999 | 5.9% |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | 1 | $4,430,784,857 | 5.6% |
| AEROJET ROCKETDYNE OF DE, INC | 1 | $3,272,481,574 | 4.1% |
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | 1 | $3,044,069,155 | 3.8% |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 1 | $2,967,618,609 | 3.7% |
| ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. | 1 | $2,511,478,245 | 3.2% |
| AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1 | $1,930,675,317 | 2.4% |
Top 10 of 22 contractors on file, by obligated dollars. A high obligation is an exact fact, not an endorsement. Each named contractor links to its canonical federal contractor record.
Source: USASpending.gov award record.
What this agency buys (NAICS mix) & set-aside reliance
| NAICS code | Award actions | Obligated | Share of obligated $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 336414 — Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing | 4 | $37,495,913,690 | 47.3% |
| 541710 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences | 1 | $15,540,973,335 | 19.6% |
| 541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | 4 | $9,680,874,270 | 12.2% |
| 541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) | 10 | $4,874,785,710 | 6.2% |
| 481212 — Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation | 1 | $4,682,328,999 | 5.9% |
Set-aside reliance: 0 of 41 award actions (0% of obligated dollars) ran through a small-business or socioeconomic set-aside vehicle on the awards on file.
Source: USASpending.gov award record.
Obligations by fiscal year (the YoY trend)
| Federal fiscal year | Award actions | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $1,738,511,190 |
| FY2021 | 1 | $26,908 |
| FY2020 | 6 | $5,576,688,012 |
| FY2018 | 7 | $4,909,614,740 |
| FY2017 | 1 | $19,695 |
| FY2016 | 3 | $3,273,212,834 |
| FY2015 | 4 | $1,599,954,107 |
| FY2014 | 4 | $4,306,157 |
| FY2013 | 1 | $125,000 |
| FY2012 | 1 | $945,000 |
Federal fiscal years run October 1 – September 30. Showing the most recent 10 of 18 years with award actions on file.
Source: USASpending.gov award record.
Largest awards on record
| Award ID (PIID) | Awarding agency | Signed | Obligated | Award type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAS1510000 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1993-11-15 | $22,437,793,941 | DEFINITIVE CONTRACT |
| NNJ06TA25C | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2006-08-31 | $15,540,973,335 | DEFINITIVE CONTRACT |
| NNM07AB03C | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2007-08-28 | $10,495,704,426 | DEFINITIVE CONTRACT |
| NAS1510110 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1993-12-16 | $4,682,328,999 | DEFINITIVE CONTRACT |
| NNM07AA75C | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2007-08-10 | $4,430,784,857 | DEFINITIVE CONTRACT |
Prime-award actions only — sub-award (subcontract) records are not ingested. Confirm the full award history at USASpending.gov →
Source: USASpending.gov award record.
How to read this profile
This page reports exact public-record facts and assigns no score or label. An exclusion count is an administrative fact about the SAM.gov registry on the date queried — not a judgment about the agency or any party. Award totals are exact USASpending.gov obligations on the records Fonteum currently holds; they are a bounded slice of the federal corpus, not a completeness claim. The exclusion footprint above is computed across the full active registry; the award footprint fills in as the federal award backfill runs.
Related federal-contracting evidence
- Federal Suspension & Debarment Scorecard — every agency, ranked by exclusions issued →
- The Leakage Report — contracts awarded during an active exclusion →
- All federal agencies — the agency directory →
- Federal spend by industry — all NAICS codes with award activity →
- Federal contractor records — exclusions & awards by entity →
- Federal contracting questions, answered →
Sources: SAM.gov Exclusions (extract queried 2026-07-14) and USASpending.gov prime awards — U.S. Government Works, public domain. Confirm any current status at sam.gov and usaspending.gov. Canonical record: https://fonteum.com/gov/agency/nasa.