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Lunar Terrain Vehicle

Rovers for Artemis crews, bought as a service.

  • The Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract buys rover capability as a service. In May 2026 NASA awarded Phase 1 High Achievability Mission task orders to Astrolab ($219 million) and Lunar Outpost ($220 million), aiming to deploy the rovers by 2028 through CLPS.
  • NASA said it will open on-ramp competitions for additional LTV vendors.
Obligated
$225M
to date
Awards
6
6 recipients

Teaming angle

Both LTV teams named industrial partners when they won (Astrolab with Axiom Space, Interlune and Odyssey Space Research; Lunar Outpost with General Motors, Goodyear and Leidos).

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Every award, by period of performance

Bars run from start to current end date; the amount is obligated to date. Click a bar to open the award on USAspending.

202320242025202620272028202920302031California Institute …80NM0023F0024$4.8MCalifornia Institute of Technology · 80NM0023F0024 2023-03-30 → 2027-09-26 · $4.8M obligated JPL SUPPORT TO THE LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE (LTV) PROJECT (40-209972)Arizona State Univers…80MSFC26C0002$10MArizona State University · 80MSFC26C0002 2026-04-28 → 2028-11-28 · $10M obligated THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE ARTEMIS INFRARED REFLECTANCE AND EMISSION SPECTROMETER (AIRES) PAYLOAD, SUPPORTING THE NASA LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE INSTRUMENTS (Lunar Outpost80JSC026FA107$121MLunar Outpost Inc · 80JSC026FA107 2026-05-26 → 2031-05-26 · $121M obligated THE LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE SERVICES (LTVS) HIGH ACHIEVABILITY MISSION CAMPAIGN IS A SERIES OF PHASED, MISSION UNIQUE, TASK ORDERS AIMED TO ACCELERATE DELIVERY OFVenturi Astrolab80JSC026FA106$88MVenturi Astrolab Inc · 80JSC026FA106 2026-05-26 → 2031-05-26 · $88M obligated THE LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE SERVICES (LTVS) HIGH ACHIEVABILITY MISSION CAMPAIGN IS A SERIES OF PHASED, MISSION UNIQUE, TASK ORDERS AIMED TO ACCELERATE DELIVERY OFUniversity of Hawaii80MSFC26C0003$1.4MUniversity of Hawaii · 80MSFC26C0003 2026-07-02 → 2029-11-30 · $1.4M obligated L-MAPS IS A MICROWAVE SPECTROMETER WITH A DLR-CONTRIBUTED GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SUBSYSTEM USED TO MEASURE SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE, TEMPERATURES, AND ID SUBSURFAMicrotech Machine Co80NSSC26P1668$22KMicrotech Machine Co Inc · 80NSSC26P1668 2026-09-19 → 2026-10-22 · $22K obligated HARDWARE RELATED TO LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE EARLY TESTINGtoday

Who has won it

  1. 1Lunar Outpost$121M
  2. 2Venturi Astrolab$88M
  3. 3Arizona State University$10M
  4. 4California Institute of Technology$4.8M
  5. 5University of Hawaii$1.4M
  6. 6Microtech Machine Co$22K

Who they subcontract to

Subawards primes reported under their Lunar Terrain Vehicle awards.

Other programs

Moon BaseCLPS and CLPS 2.0Human Landing SystemGatewayArtemis transportISRU and regolithLunar science and tech

Source: USAspending.gov prime award and subaward data (public domain), refreshed daily; last refreshed 2026-10-19 06:18 UTC.

Amounts are obligated to date, not contract ceilings. An award counts as lunar when its published description is about the Moon, and programs are tagged from that text; repeated or impossible subaward reports are shown but not summed. Subawards are only as complete as primes report them.