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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2017 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2017-12-01·LATEST ACTION2026-06-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80MSFC18C0011_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

ENGINEERING SERVICES AND SCIENCE CAPABILITY AUGMENTATION (ESSCA)

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

Engineering and science support services for NASA operations under an ongoing contract that began in 2017.

Sub-sectors
nasa-engineering-servicesm&o-contractscience-capability
Why this matters

This 2017–2026 contract sustains NASA's technical workforce and mission-critical engineering capacity across multiple programs.

Supply-chain signal

Amentum's role as a prime contractor for NASA engineering services positions it as a hub for downstream subcontractor engagement in aerospace support.

U.S.–China competition angle

Sustained U.S. investment in NASA engineering capability maintains American leadership in space exploration and satellite technology development.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002864.

Period of performance
Start
2017-12-01
End
2026-11-30
Status
activein 153 days
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