All NASA Contracts — October 22, 2026

The $54,049,346 obligation from NASA's JPL management office to California Institute of Technology runs through 2028-03-26 with $21,670,903 outlayed to date. Because the recipient is a nonprofit university, the award offers no direct investable exposure for public-market investors.

The cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing places most cost overrun exposure on NASA rather than the performer, which the context characterizes as lower execution risk. This supports the durability of the $118,850,566 base-plus-options program if it were held by a publicly traded contractor.

Only $54,049,346 of the $118,850,566 base-plus-options value is currently obligated, leaving approximately $64.8M dependent on option exercise and incremental NASA funding across the award period ending 2028-03-26.

Continued GOMAP maturation work through 2028 sustains NASA observatory and space science R&D demand, which may create follow-on work for space R&D and engineering services firms supporting JPL-managed programs.

NASA continues to fund JPL-managed observatory maturation through a long-duration cost-plus contract, with NAICS 541715 and PSC AR12 coding indicating space science and engineering R&D. The single record provides limited evidence of a broader trend in civilian space spending.

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