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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to ASTRION GROUP, LLC

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-04-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80KSC022CA010_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

LABORATORY SUPPORT SERVICES AND OPERATIONS II (LASSO) II CONTRACT

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

Provides laboratory support services and operations for NASA facilities and programs.

Sub-sectors
nasa-contractslaboratory-operationsspace-infrastructure
Why this matters

Sustains critical NASA infrastructure and research capabilities essential for U.S. space exploration and scientific missions.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for specialized technical labor and facility management services supporting aerospace R&D operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

Supports U.S. space capabilities and scientific leadership against growing Chinese space program ambitions.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002027.

Period of performance
Start
2023-04-01
End
2027-09-30
Status
activein 503 days
Sources

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