KBR Wyle Services, LLC's Mission Systems Operations Contract (MSOC) at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has obligated a cumulative $1,058,270,017.34 since being signed in 2017, according to USAspending.gov award data, and its period of performance reaches its current end date of July 31, 2026 — eleven days from this report.

The contract's expiration matters to federal contractors because NASA has already recompeted the work: according to Washington Technology, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied KBR's second bid protest in late March 2026, clearing the way for Ascend Aerospace and Technology — a joint venture of Amentum and Aerodyne Industries — to take over the follow-on contract, known as COSMOS (Contract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems). Washington Technology reported the GAO ruling followed an earlier NASA corrective action after KBR's first protest.

Per USAspending.gov, the MSOC contract (award ID 80JSC017C0006) was signed July 13, 2017, awarded through full-and-open competition with five offers received, under NAICS code 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and product/service code R425 (professional/technical engineering support). Its period of performance runs from January 2, 2018 to July 31, 2026, with 600 associated subawards and a place of performance in Harris County (Houston), Texas.

Washington Technology reported the new COSMOS contract is valued at $1.8 billion over a five-year base period plus two two-year options, and that KBR — which has held MSOC since acquiring Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies in 2018 — received approximately $1 billion in order volume from the contract, consistent with the cumulative obligation figure in USAspending's award record. Ascend has reportedly set up a transition webpage to recruit incumbent personnel ahead of the handover.

Source: USAspending.gov Award 80JSC017C0006