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Top Contractors for NASA

Top Contractors for NASA shows which federal contractors rank highest by Primary Metric in FPDS-based procurement data.

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION leads this ranking at 28.58B. The top 10 account for 55.42% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top Contractors Vendor Ranking All Time NASA

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
28.58B
Rows Returned
100
Top 10 Share
55.42%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top Contractors

Analysis

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION leads this ranking at 28.58B. The top 10 account for 55.42% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Why it matters: Use this page to identify leaders, compare major participants, and understand how activity is distributed across this segment of the federal market.

Methodology: The query groups FPDS records by the ranked entity, calculates the main metric, and orders results from highest to lowest. Supporting columns add context to the leaderboard.

Key Findings

  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 55.42% of the value in this result set.
  • UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY appears in the second position.

Limitations

  • Interpretation depends on the SQL scope and selected filters.
  • This page reflects only the returned query result set.

Query Used

-- Top Contractors for NASA
SELECT
    content__award__vendor__contractorName AS vendor_name,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount)) AS total_obligated_readable,
    count() AS award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(count()) AS award_count_readable,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) / count() AS avg_award_size,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) / count()) AS avg_award_size_readable
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
    contract_type = 1
    AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name = 'NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION'
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName IS NOT NULL
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName != ''
GROUP BY content__award__vendor__contractorName
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 100

Ranking Table

This table ranks results by Primary Metric from highest to lowest.

# Vendor Name Total Obligated Total Obligated Readable Award Count Award Count Readable Avg Award Size Avg Award Size Readable
1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 28,582,043,931.18
28.58 billion
 28.58 billion 3737 3.74 thousand 7648392.81 7.65 million
2 UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 25,310,666,704.62
25.31 billion
 25.31 billion 640 640.00 39547916.72 39.55 million
3 BOEING AEROSPACE OPERATIONS INCORPORATED (0674) 22,408,572,986.94
22.41 billion
 22.41 billion 1619 1.62 thousand 13840996.28 13.84 million
4 CALIF INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY 16,198,678,341.61
16.20 billion
 16.20 billion 794 794.00 20401358.11 20.40 million
5 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 14,858,378,676.10
14.86 billion
 14.86 billion 15115 15.12 thousand 983022.07 983.02 thousand
6 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 10,875,392,393.58
10.88 billion
 10.88 billion 1389 1.39 thousand 7829656.15 7.83 million
7 THE BOEING COMPANY 10,822,856,306.84
10.82 billion
 10.82 billion 1298 1.30 thousand 8338101.93 8.34 million
8 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP 8,145,137,613.08
8.15 billion
 8.15 billion 2040 2.04 thousand 3992714.51 3.99 million
9 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 5,157,018,671.40
5.16 billion
 5.16 billion 2434 2.43 thousand 2118742.26 2.12 million
10 ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS 4,425,252,812.60
4.43 billion
 4.43 billion 476 476.00 9296749.6 9.30 million
11 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE AND MISSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4,353,914,753.91
4.35 billion
 4.35 billion 294 294.00 14809233.85 14.81 million
12 THIOKOL CORP 4,248,921,859.00
4.25 billion
 4.25 billion 110 110.00 38626562.35 38.63 million
13 ATK THIOKOL INCORPORATED 4,164,717,076.97
4.16 billion
 4.16 billion 154 154.00 27043617.38 27.04 million
14 THE BOEING COMPANY (5694) 3,915,886,940.74
3.92 billion
 3.92 billion 246 246.00 15918239.59 15.92 million
15 PRATT AND WHITNEY ROCKETDYNE INCORPORATED 3,679,472,399.85
3.68 billion
 3.68 billion 188 188.00 19571661.7 19.57 million
16 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV 3,604,506,173.30
3.60 billion
 3.60 billion 3462 3.46 thousand 1041162.96 1.04 million
17 LOCKHEED SPACE OPERATIONS CO 3,339,278,000.00
3.34 billion
 3.34 billion 63 63.00 53004412.69 53.00 million
18 SPACE GATEWAY SUPPORT 2,885,744,238.00
2.89 billion
 2.89 billion 427 427.00 6758183.22 6.76 million
19 Russia Space Agency 2,732,662,646.68
2.73 billion
 2.73 billion 142 142.00 19244103.14 19.24 million
20 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2,535,911,025.39
2.54 billion
 2.54 billion 4758 4.76 thousand 532978.35 532.98 thousand
21 ASSOC UNIV RESEARCH ASTRONOMY 2,511,478,245.00
2.51 billion
 2.51 billion 399 399.00 6294431.69 6.29 million
22 JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2,295,857,719.47
2.30 billion
 2.30 billion 756 756.00 3036848.83 3.04 million
23 ROCKWELL SPACE OPERATIONS INC 2,248,192,000.00
2.25 billion
 2.25 billion 125 125.00 17985536 17.99 million
24 HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED 2,188,444,217.49
2.19 billion
 2.19 billion 646 646.00 3387684.54 3.39 million
25 MARTIN MARIETTA CORP 2,168,552,454.00
2.17 billion
 2.17 billion 730 730.00 2970619.8 2.97 million
26 T R W INC 2,097,796,299.93
2.10 billion
 2.10 billion 796 796.00 2635422.48 2.64 million
27 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP 2,097,512,898.97
2.10 billion
 2.10 billion 1307 1.31 thousand 1604830.06 1.60 million
28 PRATT&WHITNEY ROCKETDYNE 2,057,069,643.92
2.06 billion
 2.06 billion 192 192.00 10713904.39 10.71 million
29 Russia Space Agency 1,947,420,768.38
1.95 billion
 1.95 billion 68 68.00 28638540.71 28.64 million
30 LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO 1,946,962,380.82
1.95 billion
 1.95 billion 746 746.00 2609869.14 2.61 million
31 E G & G FLORIDA INC 1,890,503,000.00
1.89 billion
 1.89 billion 154 154.00 12275993.5 12.28 million
32 LOCKHEED MARTIN SERVICES INCORPORATED 1,858,277,785.40
1.86 billion
 1.86 billion 144 144.00 12904706.84 12.90 million
33 JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC. 1,834,483,546.82
1.83 billion
 1.83 billion 1246 1.25 thousand 1472298.19 1.47 million
34 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1,690,018,320.52
1.69 billion
 1.69 billion 1987 1.99 thousand 850537.65 850.54 thousand
35 WYLE LABORATORIES INCORPORATED 1,578,550,450.70
1.58 billion
 1.58 billion 452 452.00 3492368.25 3.49 million
36 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1,576,934,861.28
1.58 billion
 1.58 billion 1185 1.19 thousand 1330746.71 1.33 million
37 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 1,538,121,657.25
1.54 billion
 1.54 billion 1156 1.16 thousand 1330555.06 1.33 million
38 U S B I BOOSTER PRODUCTION CO 1,510,749,000.00
1.51 billion
 1.51 billion 152 152.00 9939138.15 9.94 million
39 ALLIEDSIGNAL TECHNICAL SERV 1,505,054,843.00
1.51 billion
 1.51 billion 294 294.00 5119234.15 5.12 million
40 ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. 1,494,735,649.87
1.49 billion
 1.49 billion 298 298.00 5015891.44 5.02 million
41 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (3126) 1,453,536,182.44
1.45 billion
 1.45 billion 782 782.00 1858741.92 1.86 million
42 SGT INC 1,315,779,123.66
1.32 billion
 1.32 billion 5258 5.26 thousand 250243.27 250.24 thousand
43 UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC 1,268,475,972.00
1.27 billion
 1.27 billion 323 323.00 3927170.19 3.93 million
44 ITT CORPORATION 1,207,921,785.78
1.21 billion
 1.21 billion 233 233.00 5184213.67 5.18 million
45 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (3632) 1,193,005,979.00
1.19 billion
 1.19 billion 221 221.00 5398217.09 5.40 million
46 BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS INC 1,139,798,798.60
1.14 billion
 1.14 billion 165 165.00 6907871.5 6.91 million
47 DELTA LAUNCH SERVICES INC 1,132,804,391.00
1.13 billion
 1.13 billion 211 211.00 5368741.18 5.37 million
48 UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH 1,091,078,879.69
1.09 billion
 1.09 billion 1774 1.77 thousand 615038.82 615.04 thousand
49 ITT INDUSTRIES SPACE SYSTEMS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 1,076,110,177.00
1.08 billion
 1.08 billion 431 431.00 2496775.35 2.50 million
50 SVERDRUP TECHNOLOGY INC 1,068,330,222.73
1.07 billion
 1.07 billion 739 739.00 1445643.06 1.45 million
51 LOCKHEED MARTIN SERVICES, INC 1,062,086,243.97
1.06 billion
 1.06 billion 22 22.00 48276647.45 48.28 million
52 SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL INCORPORATED 1,040,315,147.17
1.04 billion
 1.04 billion 6 6.00 173385857.86 173.39 million
53 SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1,028,559,173.83
1.03 billion
 1.03 billion 2022 2.02 thousand 508684.06 508.68 thousand
54 CSC APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 1,019,743,859.41
1.02 billion
 1.02 billion 1064 1.06 thousand 958405.88 958.41 thousand
55 BOEING NORTH AMERICAN INC 967,392,566.52
967.39 million
 967.39 million 44 44.00 21986194.69 21.99 million
56 STANFORD UNIV 954,419,419.12
954.42 million
 954.42 million 935 935.00 1020769.43 1.02 million
57 JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC 900,217,103.68
900.22 million
 900.22 million 940 940.00 957677.76 957.68 thousand
58 BOEING SPACE OPERATIONS CO 861,543,469.11
861.54 million
 861.54 million 388 388.00 2220472.85 2.22 million
59 GRUMMAN AEROSPACE CORP 857,177,050.00
857.18 million
 857.18 million 250 250.00 3428708.2 3.43 million
60 SWALES AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED 850,448,290.47
850.45 million
 850.45 million 2658 2.66 thousand 319957.97 319.96 thousand
61 BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 813,203,807.00
813.20 million
 813.20 million 153 153.00 5315057.56 5.32 million
62 BOEING CO 809,365,053.87
809.37 million
 809.37 million 1347 1.35 thousand 600864.92 600.86 thousand
63 LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPERATIONS COMPANY 785,738,324.29
785.74 million
 785.74 million 235 235.00 3343567.33 3.34 million
64 RAYTHEON COMPANY (3105) 778,370,893.84
778.37 million
 778.37 million 59 59.00 13192727.01 13.19 million
65 BOEING COMPUTER SUPPORT SERV 776,354,000.00
776.35 million
 776.35 million 136 136.00 5708485.29 5.71 million
66 UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE LLC 738,354,824.55
738.35 million
 738.35 million 61 61.00 12104177.45 12.10 million
67 ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP 734,920,005.93
734.92 million
 734.92 million 612 612.00 1200849.68 1.20 million
68 RAYTHEON TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY LLC 727,478,915.75
727.48 million
 727.48 million 120 120.00 6062324.29 6.06 million
69 BENDIX FIELD ENGINEERING CORP 703,256,000.00
703.26 million
 703.26 million 241 241.00 2918074.68 2.92 million
70 QSS GROUP INCORPORATED 699,554,101.68
699.55 million
 699.55 million 1202 1.20 thousand 581991.76 581.99 thousand
71 EG&G TECHNICAL SERVICES INC 695,834,959.75
695.83 million
 695.83 million 244 244.00 2851782.62 2.85 million
72 SCIENCE APPLICATION INTL CORP 660,276,819.18
660.28 million
 660.28 million 1378 1.38 thousand 479155.89 479.16 thousand
73 URS FEDERAL TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 658,237,775.61
658.24 million
 658.24 million 217 217.00 3033353.8 3.03 million
74 HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYS 637,666,130.50
637.67 million
 637.67 million 189 189.00 3373894.87 3.37 million
75 JOHNSON CONTROLS WORLD SERV 632,882,671.54
632.88 million
 632.88 million 318 318.00 1990197.08 1.99 million
76 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 612,990,364.33
612.99 million
 612.99 million 2609 2.61 thousand 234952.22 234.95 thousand
77 HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO 588,638,215.00
588.64 million
 588.64 million 326 326.00 1805638.69 1.81 million
78 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSI 578,345,469.73
578.35 million
 578.35 million 69 69.00 8381818.4 8.38 million
79 ANALEX CORP 566,657,725.27
566.66 million
 566.66 million 346 346.00 1637739.09 1.64 million
80 BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 557,848,291.73
557.85 million
 557.85 million 563 563.00 990849.54 990.85 thousand
81 TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES INC 514,671,614.00
514.67 million
 514.67 million 550 550.00 935766.57 935.77 thousand
82 LORAL AEROSPACE CORP 503,852,318.00
503.85 million
 503.85 million 246 246.00 2048180.15 2.05 million
83 MISSISSIPPI SPACE SERVICES 495,118,731.60
495.12 million
 495.12 million 223 223.00 2220263.37 2.22 million
84 ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY 490,730,179.00
490.73 million
 490.73 million 248 248.00 1978750.72 1.98 million
85 CORTEZ III SERVICE CORP 490,391,060.99
490.39 million
 490.39 million 269 269.00 1823015.09 1.82 million
86 SWALES & ASSOCIATES INC 488,153,388.52
488.15 million
 488.15 million 181 181.00 2696980.04 2.70 million
87 SGT INCORPORATED 478,133,038.07
478.13 million
 478.13 million 214 214.00 2234266.53 2.23 million
88 ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION 477,822,901.36
477.82 million
 477.82 million 288 288.00 1659107.29 1.66 million
89 MEI 476,952,093.94
476.95 million
 476.95 million 389 389.00 1226097.92 1.23 million
90 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHIN 474,755,031.30
474.76 million
 474.76 million 1022 1.02 thousand 464535.25 464.54 thousand
91 CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHNOLOGY 467,155,000.00
467.15 million
 467.15 million 25 25.00 18686200 18.69 million
92 LOCKHEED ENGRG & SCIENCE CO 462,776,000.00
462.78 million
 462.78 million 227 227.00 2038660.79 2.04 million
93 SCIENCE SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS 456,258,339.34
456.26 million
 456.26 million 979 979.00 466045.29 466.05 thousand
94 US ENERGY DEPARTMENT 455,433,166.20
455.43 million
 455.43 million 378 378.00 1204849.64 1.20 million
95 CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORPORATION 443,131,406.13
443.13 million
 443.13 million 300 300.00 1477104.68 1.48 million
96 A S R C AEROSPACE CORP 442,390,585.36
442.39 million
 442.39 million 200 200.00 2211952.92 2.21 million
97 BAYLOR COLLEGE MEDICINE 437,111,825.74
437.11 million
 437.11 million 282 282.00 1550041.93 1.55 million
98 UNIV CALIF BERKELEY 430,238,814.33
430.24 million
 430.24 million 1063 1.06 thousand 404740.18 404.74 thousand
99 BAMSI INC 428,134,092.00
428.13 million
 428.13 million 98 98.00 4368715.22 4.37 million
100 AEROJET GENERAL CORP 425,105,839.02
425.11 million
 425.11 million 579 579.00 734206.97 734.21 thousand

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top Contractors for NASA" using aggregated procurement data.

Query structure

  • Results are sorted from highest to lowest by the main ranking metric.
  • Grouping is used to combine FPDS records into comparable entity-level results.

Included fields

  • vendor_name — Defines the ranked vendor or contractor.
  • total_obligated — Defines the main ranking metric: Primary Metric.
  • award_count — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.
  • avg_award_size — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.

How to use this ranking

  • Supports fast market review.
  • Helps compare leaders and close competitors.
  • Adds context beyond a raw transaction list.

Computed Metrics

Top 3 Share
28.81%
Top 5 Share
40.53%
Mean
2,648,647,629.04
Median
1,065,208,233.35
Max
28,582,043,931.18
Min
425,105,839.02
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 28.58B
2 UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 25.31B
3 BOEING AEROSPACE OPERATIONS INCORPORATED (0674) 22.41B
4 CALIF INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY 16.2B
5 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 14.86B
6 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 10.88B
7 THE BOEING COMPANY 10.82B
8 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP 8.15B
9 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 5.16B
10 ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS 4.43B

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