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Blue Origin Washington, LLC
- Corporation
- Limited liability company
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USAspending records $1.8B in award obligations to Blue Origin Washington, LLC (Kent, WA) over the fiscal years it is listed for (2023, 2024, 2025).
Blue Origin Washington, LLC ranks 12 of 622 listed organisations located in WA by five-year obligations, and 534 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Defense and National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 4 awards worth $7.0M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation), where it ranks 54 of 70 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $425,010,000 | $425,010,000 | $0 | — |
| FY2024 | $511,851,142 | $508,741,726 | $3,109,416 | +20% |
| FY2025 | $827,861,085 | $828,970,508 | $0 | +62% |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in WA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $1.8B | $73B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $23B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $1.8B | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $2.0M | $73B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 534 of 30,000 | 1 of 622 in WA | 1 |
Largest in state: Department of Social & Health Services. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Defense | 2 | $4.7M | 67% |
| 2 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2 | $2.3M | 33% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 481212: 54 of 70 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: King County, WA $7.0M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDelivery Order | 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation | $2.4M | 15 Feb 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDelivery Order | 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation | $2.3M | 30 Jan 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.3M | 16 Jul 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 43.012 Space Technology | $1.0M | 9 Jul 2024 | WA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $2.4M, Department of Defense, 15 Feb 2024: NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PHASE 3 LANE 2 EARLY INTEGRATION STUDY FOR USSF-50
- $2.3M, Department of Defense, 30 Jan 2024: NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PHASE 3 LANE 2 EARLY INTEGRATION STUDY FOR GPS IIIF-2
- $1.3M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 16 Jul 2024: CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE RESEARCH REPORTS ON STUDIES OF HOW TO BRING MARS SAMPLE BACK TO EARTH
- $1.0M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 9 Jul 2024: 23-23FOF1_PRO-0054 MATURATION OF ROBUST LANDING LIDAR SYSTEM
Organisations under this parent
| # | Organisation | Five-year obligations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Origin, LLC | $1.2B |
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Blue Origin Washington, LLC receive?
$1.8B in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $425M; FY2024: $512M; FY2025: $828M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Blue Origin Washington, LLC?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Defense ($4.7M) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($2.3M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation and NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Assistance falls under Space Technology (43.012).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: WA ($7.0M).
Is Blue Origin Washington, LLC a large federal recipient?
It ranks 534 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 12 of 622 located in WA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.