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BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems

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BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems is an aerospace development and manufacturing subsidiary of BAE Systems founded in 2024.1 It is headquartered in Boulder.1 It employed 5,200 people in 2024.1

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 16, 2024Founded1

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Corporate structure

BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems is part of a group headed by BAE Systems. 35 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Ball Aerospace & Technologies1

Employees over time

  • 20245,2001

Timeline

  1. Feb 16, 2024Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$4.4B 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $4.4B in all. Federal grants $120.0M; Federal contracts $4.3B.$0$100M$200M$300M$400M2008 · Federal grants: $2.0M2008 · Federal contracts: $222.1M20082009 · Federal grants: $2.7M2009 · Federal contracts: $220.8M2010 · Federal grants: $1.4M2010 · Federal contracts: $164.7M20102011 · Federal grants: $4.0M2011 · Federal contracts: $160.9M2012 · Federal grants: $4.6M2012 · Federal contracts: $210.5M20122013 · Federal grants: $4.2M2013 · Federal contracts: $154.0M2014 · Federal grants: $3.2M2014 · Federal contracts: $178.8M20142015 · Federal grants: $8.2M2015 · Federal contracts: $204.9M2016 · Federal grants: $47.8M2016 · Federal contracts: $247.3M20162017 · Federal grants: $3.4M2017 · Federal contracts: $235.7M2018 · Federal grants: $6.5M2018 · Federal contracts: $307.1M20182019 · Federal grants: $1.4M2019 · Federal contracts: $278.0M2020 · Federal grants: $3.0M2020 · Federal contracts: $227.2M20202021 · Federal grants: $5.5M2021 · Federal contracts: $332.7M2022 · Federal grants: $4.9M2022 · Federal contracts: $222.1M20222023 · Federal grants: $2.9M2023 · Federal contracts: $207.7M2024 · Federal grants: $3.0M2024 · Federal contracts: $242.2M20242025 · Federal grants: $10.4M2025 · Federal contracts: $226.7M2026 · Federal grants: $800.0K2026 · Federal contracts: $229.0M2026
Without federal contracts$120.0M 2008–2026
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2008–2026: $120.0M in all. Federal grants $120.0M.$0$20M$40M$60M2008 · Federal grants: $2.0M20082009 · Federal grants: $2.7M2010 · Federal grants: $1.4M20102011 · Federal grants: $4.0M2012 · Federal grants: $4.6M20122013 · Federal grants: $4.2M2014 · Federal grants: $3.2M20142015 · Federal grants: $8.2M2016 · Federal grants: $47.8M20162017 · Federal grants: $3.4M2018 · Federal grants: $6.5M20182019 · Federal grants: $1.4M2020 · Federal grants: $3.0M20202021 · Federal grants: $5.5M2022 · Federal grants: $4.9M20222023 · Federal grants: $2.9M2024 · Federal grants: $3.0M20242025 · Federal grants: $10.4M2026 · Federal grants: $800.0K2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2026$800.0K$229.0M$229.8M
2025$10.4M$226.7M$237.1M
2024$3.0M$242.2M$245.1M
2023$2.9M$207.7M$210.7M
2022$4.9M$222.1M$227.0M
2021$5.5M$332.7M$338.2M
2020$3.0M$227.2M$230.2M
2019$1.4M$278.0M$279.4M
2018$6.5M$307.1M$313.6M
2017$3.4M$235.7M$239.1M
2016$47.8M$247.3M$295.1M
2015$8.2M$204.9M$213.1M
2014$3.2M$178.8M$181.9M
2013$4.2M$154.0M$158.1M
2012$4.6M$210.5M$215.2M
2011$4.0M$160.9M$164.9M
2010$1.4M$164.7M$166.1M
2009$2.7M$220.8M$223.6M
2008$2.0M$222.1M$224.1M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Sep 1, 2016$45.3M from Department of the Air Force: Defense Production Act Title Iii (Dpa Title Iii); Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program4 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award FA86501625517
  2. Feb 17, 2015$5.9M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Aerospace Education Services Program; Science5 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award NNX15AE57G
  3. Jan 1, 2025$5.9M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Science6 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award 80NSSC25K7308
  4. May 1, 2011$4.5M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Aerospace Education Services Program; Science7 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award NNX11AH07G
  5. Nov 7, 2024$4.5M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Science8 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award 80NSSC25K7307
  6. May 1, 2011$4.3M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Aerospace Education Services Program; Science9 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award NNX11AH06G
  7. Oct 17, 2017$3.8M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Science10 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award 80NSSC18K0023
  8. Jan 1, 2021$3.5M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Science11 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award 80NSSC20K1668

Largest contracts

  1. Nov 15, 2017$536.2M from Department of the Air Force: Weather system follow-on - microwave - system design of satellite with microwave radiometer and sensor12 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award FA881018C0002
  2. Sep 10, 2010$485.9M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Engineering services and development leading to the delivery of the omps protoflight model and support.13 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award NNG10XA01C
  3. Sep 23, 2010$365.7M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Jpss-1 mission spacecraft rapid iii delivery order #3. rapid iii provides core spacecraft systems in support of the scientific and technolog14 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award NNG10AZ45D
  4. May 24, 2018$307.8M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: The woma requirement was issued as a full and open competitive procurement to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, and eval15 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award 80GSFC18C0083
  5. Sep 12, 2023$236.0M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Geoxo sounder instrument16 To BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Award 80GSFC23CA072

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