Federal contractor · HAWTHORNE, CA

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. received $2.8B in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 70 awards (−6.5% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $16.8B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($2.2B).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8B
New awards
70
Sole-source
0.2%
Single offer
45%
UEI
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Other than small business

Company family

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

4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $2.8B in FY2026 together.

  1. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.HAWTHORNE, CA · Family page
    $2.8B
  2. $6.6M
  3. $64.5K
  4. $31.2K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 186.4MFY2017
  2. 388.4MFY2018
  3. 544.4MFY2019
  4. 456.1MFY2020
  5. 1.5BFY2021
  6. 2.1BFY2022
  7. 2.4BFY2023
  8. 3.4BFY2024
  9. 3BFY2025
  10. 2.8BFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 42 awards
  2. 8 awards
  3. 3 awards
  4. 7 awards
  5. 1 awards
  6. 1 awards
  7. 3 awards
  8. 1 awards
  9. 1 awards
  10. 1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Transportation & logistics$2.1B76%
  2. IT & telecom$420.9M15%
  3. Research & development$193.2M6.9%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$57.3M2.0%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$120K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$123.6K0.0%
  2. Park County, WY$9,0000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition45%
    US 39% · $1.3B
  • Sole-source awards0.2%
    US 30% · $5.7M
  • Single-offer competitions45%
    US 8.8% · $1.3B
  • 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

  1. Department of State · 7 awards
  2. Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  3. Department of Justice · 1 awards
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  5. Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM (CCP) COMMERCIAL CREW TRANSPORTATION CAPABILITY (CCTCAP) CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, EVALUATION, AND CERTIFICATION OF AN INTEGRATED CREW TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (CTS) CAPABLE OF TRANSPORTING NASA CREW TO AND FROM THE ISS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN REFERENCE MISSIONS AND NASA'S CERTIFICATION STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. CERTIFICATION OF THE CTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY NASA. NASA PLANS TO ISSUE TASK ORDERS FOR POST CERTIFICATION MISSIONS (PCM) TO AND FROM ISS THAT INCLUDE GROUND, LAUNCH, LIFEBOAT, ON-ORBIT, RETURN AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS. THE MINIMUM QUANTITY OF MISSIONS TO BE ORDERED IS TWO (2) AND THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL QUANTITY OF MISSIONS WHICH MAY BE ORDERED IS SIX (6). IN ADDITION, NASA MAY ISSUE TASK ORDERS FOR SPECIAL STUDIES USED FOR RISK REDUCTION AND OTHER PURPOSES RELATED TO THE CTS. NASA CERTIFICATION UNDER CLIN 001 IS COMPLETE WHEN THE CONTRACTOR'S CREW TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (CTS) HAS MET NASA'S REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFELY TRANSPORTING CREW TO AND FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOCUMENTS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION C.1, SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK. SUBCLINS 001A AND 001B, IDENTIFIED IN TABLE B.3,DDTE/CERTIFICATION SUBCLINS, ARE DELIVERY MILESTONES THAT REPRESENT COMPLETION OF REQUIRED WORK NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE NASA CERTIFICATION. DELIVERY PAYMENT FOR THE ISS DESIGN CERTIFICATION REVIEW (DCR) FOR THE CREWED FLIGHT TO THE ISS INCLUDES ALL WORK UNDER THIS CLIN THAT OCCURS FROM THE CONTRACT EFFECTIVE DATE THROUGH THE ISS DCR COMPLETION. THE DELIVERY PAYMENT FOR THE CERTIFICATION REVIEW (CR) WILL INCLUDE ALL WORK THAT OCCURS FROM THE ISS DCR DELIVERY DATE THROUGH THE END OF THE DDTE/CERTIFICATION CLIN 001. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE C.1, SPECIFICATION/STATEMENT OF WORK, THE TASK ORDERING PROCEDURES AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER MAY ISSUE POST CERTIFICATION MISSION (PCM) TASK ORDERS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL USE THE MISSION PRICING RATES SHOWN IN TABLE B.4.1, POST CERTIFICATION MISSION PRICES. THE PER MISSION PRICES ARE FOR A SINGLE ORDER AT THE PRICE STATED PER THE CALENDAR YEAR (CY) BASED ON THE NUMBER OF MISSIONS ORDERED. CTS FULL MISSION CAPABILITY PRICES SHALL BE BASED ON (1) FULFILLMENT OF THE DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION TO THE ISS FOUND IN CCT-DRM-1110, CREW TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DESIGN REFERENCE MISSIONS, ATTACHMENT J-03, CONTRACT PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT, AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE CONTRACT AND (2) ALL INHERENT CTS CAPABILITIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE PROPOSED MISSION PRICES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHMENT J-03, CONTRACT PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT, THE TASK ORDERING PROCEDURES AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM SPECIAL STUDIES, TEST AND ANALYSES, AS INITIATED BY WRITTEN DIRECTION FROM THE CONTRACTING OFFICER. SPACEX CCTCAP POST CERTIFICATION MISSIONS 3-6(PCM-3-6) TASK ORDER AGAINST NNK14MA74C CLIN 002, AS DESCRIBED IN CLAUSE B.4 POST CERTIFICATION MISSIONS (IDIQ)(CLIN 002) AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.$3.5B
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Transportation & logistics· Dec 30, 2016 – Sep 18, 2026· NNK17MA01T
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· May 13, 2020 – Aug 21, 2026· 80MSFC20C0034
  3. Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Oct 18, 2024 – May 27, 2026· FA881125FB001
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Jun 26, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· 80JSC024CA002
  5. Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Jan 9, 2026 – Apr 6, 2026· FA881126FB006
  6. Defense Information Systems Agency· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 11, 2024 – Nov 26, 2025· HC101324F0144
  7. Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Apr 14, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· FA881125FB010
  8. Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Jan 13, 2026 – Feb 26, 2026· FA881126FB004

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.

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. received -$128.4K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 30 actions (5 new awards), −157% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries (-$128.4K).

Assistance · FY2026
-$128.4K
New awards
5
Actions
30
Since FY2024
$1.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 971.3KFY2024
  2. 227.1KFY2025
  3. -128.4KFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments-$128.4K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries-$128.4K0.0%

Largest awards

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699032134
  2. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699015208
  3. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· SL-2699003724
  4. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699032189
  5. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· SL-2699053556
  6. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 31, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025· SL-2599045406

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $4.7M (12 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $65.5M (73 subawards)

15 primes

  1. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN$37.1M53%
    MADISON, WI · 2 subawards
  2. ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION$9.2M13%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  3. ADMINISTRATION, LOUISIANA DIVISION OF$8.2M12%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 1 subaward
  4. IOWA DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT$6M8.6%
    DES MOINES, IA · 2 subawards
  5. GREENVILLE, TX · 4 subawards
  6. LINCOLN, NE · 63 subawards
  7. WYOMING BUSINESS COUNCIL$1M1.4%
    CHEYENNE, WY · 1 subaward
  8. CONCORD, NH · 1 subaward
  9. ENGLEWOOD, CO · 1 subaward
  10. AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $73.6M paid out · $4.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $226.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $13.4M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $173.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $139.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $70.3M 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

2 companies · $73.6M reported

  1. RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

30 companies · $628.2M reported

  1. MELBOURNE, FL · 9 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. GREENVILLE, TX · 38 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN$37.1M
    MADISON, WI · 2 subawards

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 37 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC$2.5B−51% in FY2026
    CENTENNIAL, CO · 2 entities · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Nonscheduled air transportationDefense Contract Management Agency · Nonscheduled air transportationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+1 more
  2. BLUE ORIGIN, LLC$1.3B+594% in FY2026
    MERRITT ISLAND, FL · 3 entities · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Nonscheduled air transportationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. BLUE ORIGIN MANUFACTURING, LLC$1.7B−38% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · 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 SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (4 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$2.9M
22 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$10.2M
$10.2M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$1.1M
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$2.9M
    28 reports
  2. 2024$2.9M
    27 reports
  3. 2025$2.9M
    22 reports
  4. 2026$1.5M
    10 reports

Top issues

  1. Aerospace71 reports
  2. Defense50 reports
  3. Telecommunications45 reports
  4. Budget and appropriations28 reports
  5. Agriculture13 reports
  6. Transportation13 reports
  7. Environment and Superfund10 reports
  8. Clean air and water6 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES78 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE70 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. Invariant LLC$1.3M
    14 reports
  2. Miller Strategies, LLC$840K
    14 reports
  3. Forbes-Tate$740K
    14 reports
  4. CAPITOL ALLIANCE GROUP, INC$480K
    10 reports
  5. Bedrock Strategies, LLC$280K
    14 reports
  6. Polispace-James A.M. Muncy$130K
    7 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$1M91%
  2. Democratic$87K7.9%
  3. Other or none$17.5K1.6%

PACs sponsored

  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC$3.4M 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.