Project Orion work

The USAspending award record identifies the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as the buyer and Lockheed Martin Corp as the supplier under contract NNJ06TA25C. Its description covers the design, development, testing and evaluation of Project Orion, and the contract is listed with awarded status.

The record gives a contract start date of September 6, 2006. It does not provide an explicit award date, so its appearance in the source in October 2026 should not be interpreted as a newly awarded contract.

How the value is measured

USAspending reports $15,578,682,243.10 for the record. That figure is defined as cumulative obligations on the updated contract, rather than a fresh award amount, a contract ceiling, payments to the supplier or actual expenditure.

The source lists the record as published on October 20, 2026, and updated later that day. It classifies the procurement under NAICS code 541710 and places it in the source’s “other” sector category.