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Contract Spotlight: A $10.5 million NASA order funds engineering and science support at Amentum Technology
AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC. received a $10,502,539.38 contract action from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on October 16, 2026 for engineering services and science capability augmentation, in the contract week compiled from USAspending records dated October 16 to 22, 2026.
Key takeaways
- AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC. received a $10,502,539.38 definitive contract action from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on October 16, 2026.
- The award record, number 80MSFC18C0011, names the work as Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation, shortened in the record to ESSCA.
- NASA contract obligations for October 16 to 22, 2026 totaled $151,398,294.94 across 304 transactions, so this action is one of the larger single NASA actions in the compiled week.
Support work that sits behind the missions readers can name
The missions get the headlines. The support contracts underneath them are the line the headlines skipped. This record names the work plainly: Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation. In plain English, the contract supplies engineering services and added science capability to NASA programs, staff and expertise provided under contract rather than a single piece of hardware delivered on a single date.
The action is dated October 16, 2026, the first day of the contract week the Ledger compiled from USAspending transactions with action dates from October 16 to 22, 2026. The figure is the net federal action obligation for this transaction in that period, stated exactly as recorded: $10,502,539.38. The awarding agency named in the record is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the recipient is AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Where this action sits in the NASA week
NASA obligated $151,398,294.94 across 304 contract transactions in the same week, per the compiled USAspending records. At $10,502,539.38, this Amentum Technology action is the second largest NASA action in the compiled top awards list for the week. It is a different recipient from the one in today's Money Trail, which followed a Homeland Security support order, and a different kind of support: engineering and science capacity for a space agency, rather than analytical and program support for an enforcement agency.
Yesterday the Contract Spotlight followed a NASA human spaceflight development order. Tomorrow the spotlight follows the next notable single award in the records, and followers get one named award with the exact figure, every day. The full award record is linked in the Sources section below, so any reader can check the figure, the date, and the description directly.
Data vintage: USAspending contract transactions with action dates from October 16 to 22, 2026, compiled October 26, 2026. Figures are net federal action obligations per transaction in that period.
Sources
1. USAspending award record for contract 80MSFC18C0011: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80MSFC18C0011_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-/
2. USAspending award search: https://www.usaspending.gov/search/
Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement, September 28, 2026; Debt to the Penny.
Sources and methodology
Methodology. Daily cash figures are from the U.S. Treasury’s Daily Treasury Statement (DTS) for September 28, 2026, the government’s official daily cash-flow report. The DTS records money actually moving in and out of Treasury accounts; it is not the same as the budget deficit, which is measured monthly on an accrual-adjusted basis.
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement – operating cash balance, September 28, 2026 (fiscaldata.treasury.gov)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Debt to the Penny – September 28, 2026 (fiscaldata.treasury.gov)
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