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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-22·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80KSC019C0016_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

KENNEDY EXPLORATION GROUND SYSTEMS (EGS) PROGRAM (LX) SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT THREE (KLXS III).

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

Latest obligation on the 2019 Kennedy Space Center Exploration Ground Systems support contract, funding ongoing technical services for NASA's lunar exploration infrastructure.

Sub-sectors
nasa-ground-systemsexploration-infrastructurem&o-contract
Why this matters

Sustains critical ground infrastructure for Artemis lunar missions; continuous funding ensures readiness for crewed deep-space exploration campaigns.

Supply-chain signal

Supports a multi-year contractor ecosystem at Kennedy Space Center; modifications indicate sustained demand for specialized ground-systems engineering and operations support.

U.S.–China competition angle

Artemis program is central to U.S. assertion of leadership in lunar exploration and cislunar operations, directly countering China's lunar ambitions.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-27. Cost: $0.002977.

Period of performance
Start
2019-10-01
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 92 days
Sources

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