Federal contractor · HOUSTON, TX
INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC
INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC received $102.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (+272% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $536M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($102.4M). It also received $98.4K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $102.5M
- New awards
- 12
- Sole-source
- 1.8%
- Single offer
- 11%
- UEI
- HQHKENU27Y83
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 23.2MFY2019
- 43.5MFY2020
- 81.9MFY2021
- 94.9MFY2022
- 58.5MFY2023
- 103.9MFY2024
- 27.6MFY2025
- 102.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$102.4M99.9%9 awards
- Department of the Air Force$100K0.1%2 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$102.1M99.6%
- IT & telecom$325K0.3%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$100K0.1%
Where the work was performed
- Harris County, TX$97.4M95%
- Maricopa County, AZ$5M4.9%
- Los Angeles County, CA$100K0.1%
- Madison County, AL$5000.0%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition13%US 39% · $13.5M
- Sole-source awards1.8%US 30% · $1.9M
- Single-offer competitions11%US 8.8% · $11.7M
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
Largest awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Aug 29, 2024 – Mar 30, 2026· 80JSC024F0079
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Oct 16, 2020 – Aug 17, 2026· 80JSC021F0004
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Mar 25, 2026 – Jul 6, 2026· 80JSC026F7009
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Jun 30, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 80JSC026F7020
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Harris County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2024 – Jun 22, 2026· 80GSFC24CA018
- Department of the Air Force· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 31, 2026· FA945323CX010
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Maricopa County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 18, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026· 80GSFC25C0006
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Apr 30, 2025 – Jul 23, 2026· 80HQTR25CA004
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC received $98.4K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards), −54% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($98.4K).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $98.4K
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 1
- Since FY2025
- $310.6K
Assistance by fiscal year
- 212.3KFY2025
- 98.4KFY2026
By type
- Grants$98.4K100%
Top programs
- 43.001 · Science$98.4K100%
Awarding agencies
Largest awards
- 43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· May 28, 2025 – May 22, 2026· 80NSSC25K7273
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2025–FY2026.
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
- Sub-contracts: $983.9K (1 subaward)
1 sub-recipient
- WECOSO, INC.$983.9K100%HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA · 1 subaward
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
Its reported sub-contracts equal 1.0% of its FY2026 contract obligations.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $18.5M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $31.6M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $8M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $11.2M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.9M received
- FY2026: $983.9K paid out · $0 received
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
1 company · $983.9K reported
- WECOSO, INC.$983.9KHUNTINGTON BEACH, CA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
Primes that pay it
8 companies · $73.2M reported
- BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY, LLC$32.9MHOUSTON, TX · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- KBR SERVICES, LLC$30.9MHOUSTON, TX · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC.$333.6M+51% in FY2026CEDAR PARK, TX · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Nonscheduled air transportationAir Force · Scientific research and development services
- ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC$113.1M+122% in FY2026PITTSBURGH, PA · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Nonscheduled air transportationAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
- ROCKET LAB USA INC$55.4M+45% in FY2026LONG BEACH, CA · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Nonscheduled air transportationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.
Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Lobbying and PAC activity
Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.
Matched organizations
- INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC.AI match · 99%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $150K
- 4 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $450K
Lobbying by year
- 2023$80K4 reports
- 2024$120K4 reports
- 2025$150K4 reports
- 2026$100K3 reports
Top issues
- Aerospace14 reports
- Budget and appropriations14 reports
- Defense8 reports
- Energy and nuclear7 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
- U.S. SENATE15 reports
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)3 reports
- Defense - Dept of (DOD)1 reports
- Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)1 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- ACTUM I, LLC$450K14 reports
- PRASAM$01 reports
Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.
PACs sponsored
- INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC. PAC (INTUITIVE MACHINES PAC)$18K raised this cycle
PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.
Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.
Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.
Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.