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$359,048,318

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

to KRATOS S2, INC

defenseactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-06-11·LATEST ACTION2026-06-22·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFCA20C0019_4732_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

COSMIC AES SBIR III CONTRACT 47QFCA20C0019. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR OTHER FUNCTIONS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium
In plain English

Latest obligation on a 2020 SBIR Phase III contract with Kratos S2 for space-related defense technology development and integration.

Sub-sectors
sbir-contractspace-technologydefense-r&d
Why this matters

SBIR contracts accelerate dual-use space and defense innovation through small business; this 6-year effort represents sustained DoD investment in commercial space capabilities.

Supply-chain signal

Kratos S2 likely sources components from aerospace/defense supply chain; contract duration suggests integration of multiple subsystems and vendor relationships.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. space-defense technology development directly counters Chinese advances in space operations and anti-satellite capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-18. Cost: $0.002958.

Period of performance
Start
2020-06-11
End
2026-12-10
Status
activein 163 days
Sources

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