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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP

aerospaceexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2000 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2000-10-27·LATEST ACTION2026-03-04·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_MSFC0199911DNAS800016_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

PRODUCTION AND O&M FOR 35 EXTERNAL TANKS

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Production and operations & maintenance for 35 Space Shuttle external tanks under a contract that began in 2000.

Sub-sectors
space-shuttle-programm&o-contractproduction-operations
Why this matters

This represents sustained investment in Space Shuttle infrastructure; the 2026 obligation continues support for a program that ended in 2011, likely for legacy fleet maintenance or historical documentation.

Supply-chain signal

Lockheed Martin's ongoing role as prime contractor for external tank production and maintenance sustains specialized aerospace manufacturing and engineering expertise in this domain.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002839.

Period of performance
Start
2000-10-27
End
2013-02-28
Status
expired4870 days ago
Sources

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