National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)
Air Force and Space Force · FA8811 ASSRD ACSS TO SPC SSC/AAK-LA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA8811-25-D-B002 in this department, oldest first.
- Apr 4, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticeSPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · $5.9B
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
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What the notice says
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, California, was awarded a $5,923,580,297 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract for the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 launch service procurement. This contract provides launch services, mission unique services, mission acceleration, quick reaction/anomaly resolution, special studies, launch service support, fleet surveillance, and early integration studies/mission analysis. Work will be performed in Hawthorne, California; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida; Kennedy Space Center, Florida; and Vandenbe… (show all)
rg Space Force Base, California, and is expected to be completed by April 2033. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and four offers were received. Fiscal 2025 space procurement funds in the amount of $75,922,000 will be obligated in the first order year for launch service support and fleet surveillance task orders. The Space Systems Command, Assured Access to Space, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity (FA8811-25-D-B002).
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 481212.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $1.2B to $3.9B, median $2.4B; range $8.6M to $5.4B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $5.4B | Apr 4, 2025 |
| Blue Origin, LLC | 1 | $2.4B | Apr 4, 2025 |
| LYNDEN AIR CARGO, LLC | 1 | $8.6M | Jun 15, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Jun 15, 2026LYNDEN AIR CARGO, LLC$8.6MNorth Warning System (NWS) Heavy Fixed Wing (HFW) Airlift Transportation Services
- Apr 4, 2025UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC$5.4BNational Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Apr 4, 2025Blue Origin, LLC$2.4BNational Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 8 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.