Caltech / JPL
Caltech manages NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory under FFRDC agreement. JPL is NASA's primary center for robotic planetary exploration. Contract awards appear under 'California Institute of Technology' in USASpending records.
FINANCIAL HEALTH
RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS
| Date | Type | Amount | Counterparty | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | Contract Award | $6.9M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Medium |
| May 27, 2026 | Contract Award | $234.0M | NASA, Blue Origin | High |
| May 26, 2026 | Contract Award | $4.4M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Low |
| May 20, 2026 | Contract Award | $1.5M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Medium |
| May 14, 2026 | Contract Award | $23.0M | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Medium |
SECTOR POSITION
RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | USAspending.gov | Administration Awards $6.9M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) NNH24ZDA001N‐AIAH FOR RESEARCH OPPORTUNITI... |
| May 27, 2026 | NASASpaceFlight | Rovers and Drones laying the foundations for NASA Moon Base |
| May 27, 2026 | SpaceNews | Mars to Titan: the next rallying call? |
| May 27, 2026 | Spaceflight Now | NASA outlines nearly $1 billion investment into initial Moon Base missions |
| May 26, 2026 | USAspending.gov | Administration Awards $1.1M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for THE CONTRACTOR SHALL, FOR GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC), SUPPORT THE JWST C... |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Caltech official site — confirms operational management of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and SPHEREx / Mars Sample Return programs.
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.