Rocket Lab and Stoke Space awarded $5.6B ceiling U.S. Air Force contract

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• Rocket Lab and Stoke Space Technologies have been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract with a maximum cumulative ceiling of $5.6B for the National Security Space (NSS) Launch Phase Three Lane One fiscal 2025 on-ramp.
• The contract is for launch services delivering NSS payloads into their intended orbits. The contract will include a four-year, two-month ordering period, which will go through June 2029, with an option for an additional ordering period of five years.
• This award is the result of a competitive acquisition; the solicitation was posted to SAM.gov and three offers were received.
• Space Systems Command Assured Access to Space, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity.