DEVELOP GEOSPACE DYNAMICS CONSTELLATION (GDC) TRAILBLAZER MISSION CONCEPTS THAT WILL ADDRESS THE OBJECTIVES OF A FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (MRD) TITLED T0433 GDC TRAILBLAZER ROCKET LAB USA INC $432,665 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH May 28, 2026 May 28, 2026 Jul 15, 2026
MARS END-TO-END COMMUNICATION SERVICE ARCHITECTURES: STUDIES TO ADVANCE END-TO-END COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR MARS EXPLORATION, IDENTIFYING PERFORMANCE NEEDS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. ROCKET LAB USA INC $390,936 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) AR12 SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH Feb 23, 2026 Feb 23, 2026 May 24, 2026
SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER. ROCKET LAB USA INC $500 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) — 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) AC13 NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT Dec 5, 2025 Dec 29, 2025 Dec 28, 2035
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP GEN 1 SOLAR SAIL MISSION CONCEPTS THAT WILL ADDRESS THE OBJECTIVES OF A FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (MRD) TITLED T0412 GEN1 SOLAR SAIL DEMONSTRATION ROCKET LAB USA INC $546,480 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH Sep 26, 2025 Sep 26, 2025 Mar 13, 2026
FOURTH ON-RAMP FOR EGLIN WIDE AGILE ACQUISITION CONTRACT (EWAAC) VEHICLE. ROCKET LAB USA INC $1,000 DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE — 332993 Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing 1395 MISCELLANEOUS AMMUNITION Apr 9, 2025 Apr 9, 2025 Apr 14, 2025
CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE RAPID STUDIES FOR THE MARS SAMPLE RETURN (MSR) PROGRAM. ROCKET LAB USA INC $625,000 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) AR11 SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH Sep 27, 2024 Sep 27, 2024 Dec 26, 2024
DIGITAL ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR ARCHIMEDES ENGINE DEVELOPMENT ROCKET LAB USA INC $6,861,643 DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE — 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) AC21 NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH Aug 29, 2024 Sep 9, 2024 Feb 8, 2028
MINIMUM GUARANTEED ROCKET LAB USA INC $25,000 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH Apr 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024 Jan 31, 2026
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STP-S30 MISSION IS TO DELIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIMENTS TO SPACE THAT MATURE EXISTING CAPABILITIES AND DEMONSTRATE NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE SPACE DOMAIN TO ENSURE A FUTURE OF SPACE DOMINANCE. ROCKET LAB USA INC $14,496,100 DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH Apr 8, 2024 Apr 8, 2024 May 8, 2026
ROCKET LAB QUINTESSENTIAL STUDIES ROCKET LAB USA INC $261,500 DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH May 10, 2023 May 4, 2023 Oct 9, 2028
VENTURE-CLASS ACQUISITION OF DEDICATED AND RIDESHARE (VADR) UMBRELLA TASK ORDER ROCKET LAB USA INC $300,000,000 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH Mar 29, 2023 Mar 29, 2023 Jan 27, 2032
TIME-RESOLVED OBSERVATIONS OF PRECIPITATION STRUCTURE AND STORM INTENSITY WITH A CONSTELLATION OF SMALLSATS (TROPICS) LAUNCH SERVICES TASK ORDER (LSTO). ROCKET LAB USA INC $0 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH Nov 22, 2022 Nov 22, 2022 Sep 23, 2023
LOW COST EXPENDABLE LAUNCH TECHNOLOGY ROCKET LAB USA INC $2,591,350 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) AJ14 GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Sep 2, 2021 Sep 2, 2021 Jun 15, 2024
REACTION WHEELS ROCKET LAB USA INC $93,500 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 336419 Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing 1675 SPACE VEHICLE COMPONENTS May 28, 2020 Jul 1, 2020 Dec 3, 2020
CISLUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT (CAPSTONE) LAUNCH SERVICE ROCKET LAB USA INC $10,065,500 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH Feb 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 Aug 16, 2023
OSP-4 MINUMUM AWARD ROCKET LAB USA INC $50,000 DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE — 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH Oct 10, 2019 Oct 10, 2019 Dec 10, 2019
LAUNCH SERVICES FOR RF RISK REDUCTION DEPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION (R3D2) ROCKET LAB USA INC $6,806,020 DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES (WHS) — 481112 Scheduled Freight Air Transportation V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH May 2, 2018 May 3, 2018 Jan 31, 2020
IGF::OT::IGF. VCLS IS A FIRM-FIXED PRICE CONTRACT FOR A DEDICATED LAUNCH SERVICE FOR U-CLASS SATELLITES WITH NASA HAVING SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PAYLOAD ON THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. NASA LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM (LSP) SUPPORTS THE CUBESAT LAUNCH INITIATIVE (CSLI) BY PROVIDING LAUNCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR CUBESATS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE MANIFEST BACK LOG. ROCKET LAB USA INC $6,950,000 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 336414 Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing V126 TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH Sep 30, 2015 Sep 30, 2015 Apr 30, 2020
IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE I ENTITLED "LOW COST EXPENDABLE LAUNCH TECHNOLOGY" ROCKET LAB USA INC $99,964 DEPT OF THE ARMY DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) — 541712 AJ41 Sep 30, 2015 Sep 30, 2015 Jun 30, 2016