NASA's $10.5B Awards Dominated by SpaceX; 282 Small Business Slots Open but Concentrated in Lab Instruments and R&D Services
WinAContract · Sep 20, 2026
NASA has awarded $10.5 billion across 41 contracts with 61 opportunities currently open, but small and mid-size firms face steep competition from prime contractors and must target underutilized small business set-asides in analytical instruments and engineering R&D.
61
Open right now
1,143
On record
41
Awards
$10,534,238,724
Total awarded
NASA's contracting landscape shows extreme concentration: SpaceX alone captured 56 percent of all award value, while the next four winners combined represent only 18 percent. Yet 282 small business set-asides remain available out of 1143 total opportunities, and 183 new opportunities opened in the last 30 days, signaling continued government spending on space technology infrastructure.
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