All NASA Contracts — October 29, 2026

The California Institute of Technology holds a $36,802,451 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for MEASURES Earth System Data Records, with $30,116,974 outlayed and performance extending to 2028-09-24. The remaining ~$6.7 million could flow to subcontractors, including publicly traded firms, though none are identified in the data.

A. West Enterprise, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, holds a $20,711,350 firm-fixed-price contract for electrical distribution equipment replacement at Kennedy Space Center, with $13,243,254 outlayed (64%) and completion targeted for 2029-06-25. The remaining ~$7.5 million in outlays could support subcontractors, but no public parent is identified.

Both awards are to non-public entities (Caltech and A. West Enterprise), so there is no direct equity exposure for institutional investors; any investment thesis must rely on indirect subcontracting links that are not specified in the data.

The Caltech contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee award with $6.7 million remaining through 2028; future funding could be subject to NASA budget adjustments or continuing resolution pressures, though the data does not indicate specific CR risk.

A. West Enterprise, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, won a total small-business set-aside contract worth $20,711,350 from NASA Kennedy Space Center, indicating continued agency commitment to small-business utilization for infrastructure projects.

NASA's $36,802,451 commitment to Caltech for Earth System Data Records through 2028 supports the agency's Earth science research portfolio, which may drive demand for data analytics and cloud services from public contractors, though none are named.

The $36.8 million Caltech contract for MEASURES Earth System Data Records, running from 2018 to 2028, reflects NASA's sustained investment in long-term Earth science data products, with 82% already outlayed.

A. West Enterprise's $20.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to replace electrical distribution equipment at Kennedy Space Center's Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout South Wing indicates ongoing facility upgrades to support future space missions.

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