Momentus Space LLC

Momentus Space LLC, a San Jose, California-based aerospace manufacturer and commercial space technology provider, operates as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal space launch, orbital service, and technology demonstration contracts valued at $5.71 billion in combined potential value across 18 recent awards. The company competes without set-aside designations and holds four active indefinite-delivery vehicles (IDVs) anchoring its federal footprint: a $5 billion Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract with NASA's Kennedy Space Center for commercial spaceflight and payload integration, a $395 million Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4 contract with NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center for technology demonstrations across low Earth orbit and cislunar space, a $4.2 million Other Transaction IDV with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials and Mass-Efficient Design (NOM4D) program, and a $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ with the Missile Defense Agency awarded in December 2025.

Momentus' capability portfolio centers on commercial spaceflight, orbital service vehicle design and operations, payload integration across multiple orbital regimes, and advanced space technology development. Recent representative work includes a $300 million firm fixed-price delivery order under VADR (August 2024, completion February 2027) for payload integration and orbital service vehicle support; a $5.44 million delivery order from Armstrong (September 2025, completion April 2028) for integration and flight of the T0426 Commercial Orbital System for Microgravity In-Space Crystallization (COSMIC) payload; a $3.13 million Armstrong delivery order (September 2025, completion April 2028) for integration and flight of the T0428 Juno Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine; and a $1.86 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II contract (June 2025, completion January 2027) to establish a "robust and sustainable framework for space sustainment and maneuver, enabling companies to facilitate movement within the space domain across all orbital regimes, including travel to and from the Moon."

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward NASA. NASA Kennedy Space Center and Armstrong Flight Research Center together account for 11 of the 18 awards (61%) and $5.7 billion of the $5.71 billion combined potential value—Kennedy's three awards represent $5.3 billion and Armstrong's eight awards represent $404.8 million. The Department of the Air Force holds two awards valued at $2 million combined, and the Missile Defense Agency holds two awards. This concentration reflects Momentus' primary market position in NASA's commercial spaceflight and space technology demonstration programs. The top parent vehicles show a similar distribution: the Armstrong Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4 IDIQ carries seven task orders totaling $9.8 million; the Kennedy VADR vehicle carries one task order valued at $300 million; the MDA SHIELD vehicle carries one task order valued at five hundred dollars.

Momentus' award trajectory has accelerated sharply in recent years—one award in 2020 and 2023, six in 2024, and seven in 2025—with three additional awards issued in 2026. Six awards carrying $310.6 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, including the $300 million VADR delivery order completion in February 2027 and multiple Armstrong Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services task orders. The company operates as prime on 17 of 18 awards (94%) and subcontracts minimally; the single sub-award is a federal grant sub-award under the Regents of the University of Colorado (May 2026). Work is performed exclusively at Momentus' San Jose facility. The company competes in unrestricted competitions across NASA civilian space programs and Department of Defense space technology initiatives, with category concentration in nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation NAICS (11 awards) and space transportation/launch PSC codes (10 awards).