Large federal prime contractors must adopt a small-business subcontracting plan on contracts above $900,000 ($2 million for construction) under FAR 19.702, with goals for small, women-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. SBA's directory lists 23 primes with such plans on 69 contracts in NAICS 336414 (FY2023 and FY2024), 22 of them still active, with $8,061,405,115 in total contract value. These are the companies to approach about subcontracting work in this industry.
| Prime contractor | Location | Contracts (active) | Contract value | Main agencies | Latest end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture | Tucson, Arizona | 6 (4) | $2,862,745,641 | Dept of the Army | Jun 30, 2030 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | Littleton, Colorado | 5 (4) | $2,427,491,507 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dept of the Air Force | Jun 30, 2048 |
| Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. | Boulder, Colorado | 7 (4) | $854,527,169 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dept of the Air Force | Nov 1, 2048 |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | Hawthorne, California | 1 (1) | $843,256,690 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Mar 31, 2031 |
| Raytheon Company | Tucson, Arizona | 6 (2) | $274,184,646 | Dept of the Army; Dept of the Navy; Missile Defense Agency (Mda) | Jun 30, 2028 |
| Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC | Northridge, California | 4 (1) | $299,443,530 | Dept of the Navy | Feb 26, 2027 |
| Southwest Research Institute | San Antonio, Texas | 3 (2) | $55,434,359 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | May 5, 2029 |
| Boeing Company, the | Huntsville, Alabama | 1 (1) | $27,263,530 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Jul 1, 2028 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Roy, Utah | 1 (1) | $8,671,890 | Dept of the Air Force | Mar 10, 2029 |
| Maxar Space LLC | Palo Alto, California | 3 (1) | $4,206,905 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Feb 28, 2027 |
| Mbda Incorporated | Arlington, Virginia | 1 (1) | $1,065,016 | Dept of the Navy | Apr 9, 2028 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Chandler, Arizona | 11 (0) | $285,067,615 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Navy | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | Orlando, Florida | 5 (0) | $30,053,913 | Dept of the Air Force | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Northridge, California | 1 (0) | $18,000,000 | Dept of the Air Force | Aug 27, 2023 |
| Mustang Technology Group, L.P. | Plano, Texas | 1 (0) | $17,720,904 | Dept of the Air Force | Aug 27, 2023 |
| Honeybee Robotics LLC | Longmont, Colorado | 1 (0) | $17,686,341 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania | 1 (0) | $14,183,746 | Dept of the Air Force | May 31, 2026 |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | Grand Prairie, Texas | 3 (0) | $8,679,988 | Dept of the Army | Feb 13, 2025 |
| Millennium Space Systems, Inc. | El Segundo, California | 1 (0) | $5,403,011 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Dulles, Virginia | 4 (0) | $3,313,379 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dept of the Air Force | May 29, 2026 |
| Orbital Sciences Corporation | Dulles, Virginia | 1 (0) | $1,061,309 | Dept of the Air Force | Jan 24, 2024 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida | 1 (0) | $1,010,969 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Regents of the University of California, the | Berkeley, California | 1 (0) | $933,057 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Aug 31, 2026 |
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