$5.6B National Security Space Launch Contract Awarded to Rocket Lab and Stoke Space Technologies

Rocket Lab National Security LLC, Long Beach, California (FA8811-25-D-B007); and Stoke Space Technologies Inc., Kent, Washington (FA8811-25-D-B006), have been awarded a multiple-award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum cumulative ceiling of $5,600,000,000 for the National Security Space (NSS) Launch Phase Three Lane One fiscal 2025 on-ramp. The contract is for launch services delivering NSS payloads into their intended orbits. The location of performance will be determined at the task order level. The contract will include a four-year, two-month ordering period, which will go through June 2029, with an option for an additional ordering period of five years. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition; the solicitation was posted to SAM.gov and three offers were received. Fiscal 2025 space procurement funds in the amount of $10,000,000 (the cumulative amount for the minimum guarantee) are being obligated at the time of award. Space Systems Command Assured Access to Space, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity.