Federal contractor · CENTENNIAL, CO

UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC

UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC received $306.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (−50% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $11.2B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($236.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$306.6M
New awards
31
Sole-source
23%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE, L.L.C
Other than small business
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Company family

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

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $306.6M in FY2026 together.

  1. UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLCCENTENNIAL, CO · Family page
    $306.6M
  2. UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE, L.L.CCENTENNIAL, CO
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.1BFY2017
  2. 1.4BFY2018
  3. 1.4BFY2019
  4. 1BFY2020
  5. 633.3MFY2021
  6. 1.1BFY2022
  7. 1BFY2023
  8. 1.5BFY2024
  9. 618.7MFY2025
  10. 306.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$236.9M77%
    29 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$69.7M23%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Transportation & logistics$247.1M81%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$59.5M19%

Where the work was performed

  1. Arapahoe County, CO$183M60%
  2. Los Angeles County, CA$123.6M40%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition23%
    US 39% · $69.7M
  • Sole-source awards23%
    US 30% · $69.7M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$69.7M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 2 LAUNCH SERVICES$222.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Transportation & logistics· May 30, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026· FA881125FB018
  2. SEE ATTACHMENT 1, PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)$174.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Apr 14, 2025 – Apr 7, 2026· FA881125FB013
  3. NATIONAL SPACE SECURITY LAUNCH PHASE 2$170.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Transportation & logistics· Jul 25, 2024 – May 21, 2026· FA881124FB028
  4. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH SERVICE PHASE 2$158.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Transportation & logistics· Jun 20, 2023 – May 19, 2026· FA881123F0018
  5. SPACE FORCE MISSION 87 LAUNCH SERVICES AND MISSION INTEGRATION$150.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Transportation & logistics· Mar 9, 2021 – May 28, 2026· FA881121F0011
  6. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PHASE 2$133.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Transportation & logistics· May 25, 2022 – May 14, 2026· FA881122F0014
  7. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PHASE 2$133.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Transportation & logistics· May 25, 2022 – Nov 25, 2025· FA881122F0009
  8. UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE 106 LAUNCH SERVICES$132.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Transportation & logistics· Aug 18, 2020 – Dec 9, 2025· FA881120F0006

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: $973.1K (7 subawards)

5 sub-recipients

  1. AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC.$380K39%
    REDMOND, WA · 1 subaward
  2. L3HARRIS CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS CORPORATION$296K30%
    MASON, OH · 3 subawards
  3. MOOG INC$140.1K14%
    EAST AURORA, NY · 1 subaward
  4. AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC.$112.5K12%
    JUPITER, FL · 1 subaward
  5. CONCEPTS NREC, LLC$44.4K4.6%
    WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $158.9M (14 subawards)

2 primes

  1. BOEING COMPANY, THE$108.4M68%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 9 subawards
  2. BOEING COMPANY, THE$50.6M32%
    HOUSTON, TX · 5 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.3% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $8.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $4.5B paid out · $102.9M received
  • FY2023: -$2.7M paid out · $69.9M received
  • FY2024: $1.5M paid out · $86.1M received
  • FY2025: $29.9K paid out · $281M received
  • FY2026: $973.1K paid out · $158.9M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

78 companies · $4.5B reported

  1. MOOG INC$4.5B
    EAST AURORA, NY · 6 subawards · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$14.8M
    GREENVILLE, TX · 21 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. IVEY'S CONSTRUCTION, INC.$4.7M
    MERRITT ISLAND, FL · 2 subawards · Nonscheduled air transportation

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $942.6M reported

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$942.6M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 78 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$56.4K
    FORT WORTH, TX · 1 subaward · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$9.2B−6.6% in FY2026
    HAWTHORNE, CA · 4 entities · 99% 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 · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Nonscheduled air transportationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$655.8M−53% in FY2026
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 4.6% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNational 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • United Launch Alliance LLCAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$1.8M
44 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$6.1M
$6M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$1.7M
    36 reports
  2. 2024$1.8M
    42 reports
  3. 2025$1.8M
    44 reports
  4. 2026$748.2K
    21 reports

Top issues

  1. Aerospace60 reports
  2. Defense59 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations55 reports
  4. Science and technology28 reports
  5. Telecommunications14 reports
  6. Transportation6 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES138 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE137 reports
  3. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)26 reports
  4. Defense - Dept of (DOD)19 reports
  5. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)14 reports
  6. Executive Office of the President (EOP)5 reports
  7. Air Force - Dept of4 reports
  8. Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)4 reports
  9. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)3 reports
  10. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)2 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. THE ARTEMIS GROUP, LLC (OKLAHOMA)$1.5M
    6 reports
  2. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$700K
    14 reports
  3. Holly Strategies Incorporated$670K
    14 reports
  4. SALT POINT STRATEGIES$660K
    14 reports
  5. Venture Government Strategies, LLC (fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)$610K
    13 reports
  6. 535 GROUP, LLC$560K
    9 reports
  7. Red Maple Consulting, LLC$400K
    10 reports

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

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.