Federal contractor · LOUISVILLE, CO

SIERRA SPACE CORP

SIERRA SPACE CORP received $10.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−4% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $157.4M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($10.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$10.9M
New awards
9
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
DPT6YML4HHK5
Parent company
SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION
Other than small business
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graph

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC company family: 18 registered entities, $2.3B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCSPARKS, NV · Family page
    $295.6M
  2. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCENGLEWOOD, CO
    $2B
  3. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCHAGERSTOWN, MD
    $7.2M
  4. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCSHALIMAR, FL
    $5.4M
  5. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCFAYETTEVILLE, NC
    $632.8K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.9MFY2017
  2. 12.3MFY2018
  3. 9.7MFY2019
  4. 21.3MFY2020
  5. 5.6MFY2021
  6. 28.5MFY2022
  7. 27.5MFY2023
  8. 26.4MFY2024
  9. 11.4MFY2025
  10. 10.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$10.8M99%
    7 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$100K0.9%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$10.8M99%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$100K0.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Boulder County, CO$9.8M90%
  2. Dane County, WI$1.2M11%
  3. Los Angeles County, CA$100K0.9%
  4. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$216.9K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$216.9K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. BAA R&D - THE NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIPS -2 (NEXTSTEP-2) APPENDIX F: LOGISTICS REDUCTION (LR) IN SPACE BY TRASH COMPACTION AND PROCESSING SYSTEM (TCPS) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED JULY 3, 2018. PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED AND EVALUATED AND SELECTIONS OF SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 5, 2018. NASA ISSUED THIS SOLICITATION TO SOLICIT IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO ADVANCE TRASH COMPACTION AND PROCESSING (TCPS) CAPABILITIES. TRASH PROCESSING ENABLES REDUCTION IN MASS, VOLUME, AND THE CREW TIME DEDICATED TO LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT. THE CURRENT APPROACH TO TRASH MANAGEMENT ENTAILS MANUALLY COMPACTING, TEMPORARILY STORING IT, AND THEN DISPOSING OF THE TRASH EITHER BY RETURN TO EARTH OR INCINERATION DURING REENTRY IN A DISPOSABLE SUPPLY VEHICLE. LONG DISTANCES FROM EARTH AND LENGTHY DURATIONS WITH LIMITED OR NO RESUPPLY WILL CHARACTERIZE FUTURE HUMAN MISSIONS. RETURNING TRASH TO EARTH WILL BE IMPRACTICAL, JETTISONING DURING THE MISSION CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF VALUABLE RECOVERABLE RESOURCES AND DISPOSING OF IT LOCALLY MAY POSE A PLANETARY PROTECTION RISK, IF LEFT UNTREATED..NASA NEEDS A SYSTEM THAT CAN HANDLE ASTRONAUT TRASH IN SITU RATHER THAN DISPOSING OF IT OVERBOARD. HOWEVER, STORING TRASH INSIDE A SPACECRAFT CREATES PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS FOR THE CREW, CONSUMES CRITICAL HABITAT VOLUME, AND SEQUESTERS POTENTIALLY VALUABLE RESOURCES. THIS WAS ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH CONTRACTS IN AREAS FOR DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND TESTING OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR A TCPS THAT COMPACTS TRASH TO REDUCE STORAGE VOLUME, RENDERS IT BIOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY SAFE AND STABLE, RECOVERS TRAPPED RESOURCES, AND FORMS RESIDUAL MATERIAL INTO A STORABLE, POTENTIALLY USEFUL PRODUCT.$12.5M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Dane County, WI· Research & development· May 2, 2019 – Jun 17, 2026· 80HQTR19C0019
  2. ADVANCED SPACESUIT REGULATOR (ASR)$9.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Dec 18, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026· 80JSC026C0002
  3. SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE ADVANCED PLANT HABITAT (APH).$8.3M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Harris County, TX· Research & development· Mar 24, 2021 – Aug 26, 2026· 80JSC021F0074
  4. NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIP-2 APPENDIX R: LUNAR LOGISTICS & MOBILITY STUDIES. GOALS ARE TO SUPPORT MISSION ARCHITECTURE DEFINITIONS FOR HUMAN MISSIONS BEYOND LOW-EARTH ORBIT AS PART OF NASA'S MOON TO MARS EXPLORATION STRATEGY.$4.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Apr 30, 2025 – Jul 16, 2026· 80HQTR25CA008
  5. ENIAC CLOUD THE FIRST SPACE HARDENED MULTI CLOUD EDGE COMPUTING PLATFORM IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS$171.3K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Sep 26, 2024 – Dec 1, 2025· 80JSC024FA212
  6. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM GUARANTEE$100K
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 29, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· FA881926FB018
  7. BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN CANISTER (BRIC) LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) (BRIC-LED)$68.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Jun 18, 2025 – Jan 28, 2026· 80JSC025FA117
  8. IMPLEMENTS A SOLUTION FROM THE INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN CANISTER (BRIC) LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) (BRIC-LED) CANISTER LIDS.$42.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 80JSC026FA103

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.

SIERRA SPACE CORP received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
1
Since FY2024
$2.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.3MFY2024
  2. 1.1MFY2025
  3. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. HYDROPONIC AEROPONIC NUTRIENT DELIVERY IN VOLUMETRICALLY EFFICIENT GARDEN HANDIVEG$2M
    43.003 · Exploration· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Jan 9, 2024 – Nov 13, 2025· 80NSSC24K0449

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 · FY2024–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: $1.4M (12 subawards)

11 sub-recipients

  1. AMERICAN SENSING INC.$506K37%
    AMHERST, NY · 2 subawards
  2. UNIBAP SPACE SOLUTIONS, LLC$273K20%
    DENVER, CO · 1 subaward
  3. JEMCO COMPONENTS & FABRICATION, INC.$116.5K8.5%
    KIRKLAND, WA · 1 subaward
  4. ARCTOS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC$93.8K6.8%
    BEAVERCREEK, OH · 1 subaward
  5. CDA INTERCORP LLC$67.6K4.9%
    DEERFIELD BEACH, FL · 1 subaward
  6. MESSER LLC$60K4.4%
    BRIDGEWATER, NJ · 1 subaward
  7. SPACE FLORIDA$59.6K4.3%
    MERRITT ISLAND, FL · 1 subaward
  8. BENNETT MOTOR EXPRESS, LLC$52.8K3.8%
    MCDONOUGH, GA · 1 subaward
  9. HOOPER CORPORATION$52K3.8%
    DEFOREST, WI · 1 subaward
  10. THE LEE CO$51K3.7%
    WESTBROOK, CT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $2.8M (8 subawards)

4 primes

  1. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$2.3M81%
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 1 subaward
  2. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$500K18%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  3. BOEING COMPANY, THE$58.6K2.1%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 13% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $46.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $47M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $28.3M paid out · $5.3M received
  • FY2024: $43.6M paid out · $3.9M received
  • FY2025: $5.5M paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2026: $1.4M paid out · $2.8M 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

1,029 companies · $3.1B reported

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$256.9M
    TUCSON, AZ · 121 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. CREATION TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON LLC$171.2M
    EVERETT, WA · 92 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$149.1M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 87 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing

Primes that pay it

40 companies · $562.6M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$235.5M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 77 subawards · Other support services
  2. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$75.9M
    RESTON, VA · 11 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$32.5M
    HERNDON, VA · 7 subawards · 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 41 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$22.8B−25% in FY2026
    GREENVILLE, TX · 154 entities · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Communications equipment manufacturing+2 more
  2. KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS$2B+11% in FY2026
    KONGSBERG, NOR · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. THE MITRE CORPORATION$5.7B−14% in FY2026
    MC LEAN, VA · 3 entities · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesArmy · 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.

Across the company family of SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC (18 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  • SIERRA SPACE CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$510K
27 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$4M
$4M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$290.5K
2 PACs

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$1.3M
    26 reports
  2. 2024$1.8M
    33 reports
  3. 2025$510K
    27 reports
  4. 2026$500K
    16 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense74 reports
  2. Aerospace46 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations11 reports
  4. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code10 reports
  5. Energy and nuclear4 reports
  6. Homeland security3 reports
  7. Aviation, aircraft and airlines2 reports
  8. Computer industry2 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES98 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE96 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)19 reports
  4. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)11 reports
  5. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)10 reports
  6. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)9 reports
  7. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)8 reports
  8. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)1 reports
  9. Energy - Dept of1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. CROSS POTOMAC CONSULTING LLC$840K
    14 reports
  2. Venture Government Strategies, LLC (fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)$700K
    14 reports
  3. Icebreaker Strategies, LLC$380K
    7 reports
  4. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$300K
    6 reports
  5. Meeks, Butera & Israel PLLC$220K
    14 reports
  6. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP$180K
    2 reports
  7. Atlantic Strategies Group LLC$140K
    9 reports
  8. Covington & Burling LLP$100K
    2 reports

11 firms in all. Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$224K77%
  2. Democratic$62.5K22%
  3. Other or none$4,0001.4%

PACs sponsored

  • SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$306.4K raised this cycle
  • SIERRA SPACE CORPORATION PAC$3,470 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.