LEAP Receives $93 Million Space Force Award for Expeditionary Resupply
Pivotal Space Inc., doing business as LEAP, received a contract modification that lifts its cumulative value to $100 million, with work in Broomfield, Colorado, running through 2030.
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO — LEDE Pivotal Space Inc., a Broomfield, Colorado, contractor doing business as LEAP, received a $93 million Space Force award to advance resupply and global expeditionary capabilities, the Department of Defense said on July 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET.
NARRATIVE The award arrives as a Small Business Innovation Research Phase III indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract modification, identified as P00006 to previously awarded FA8821-25-D-B001. The modification lifts the total cumulative face value to $100 million from $7 million, according to the contract announcement (see war.gov). The work covers performance evaluation for resupply, integration, and global expeditionary enablement. The contractor will perform the work in Broomfield, Colorado, and expects to finish by August 29, 2030. The government obligated no funds at the time of award. The Space Systems Command at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.
The Space Systems Command directs missile-warning, satellite, and launch programs for the Space Force, the newest branch of the U.S. armed forces. Phase III contracts under the Small Business Innovation Research program let agencies buy work derived from earlier research phases without a new competition. That path allows the government to scale a proven capability quickly through a single small-business partner. The award marks the first contract recorded for LEAP in 2026 (see firestore:contracts). It stands as the 32nd Department of Defense contract awarded in Colorado during 2026. The deal underscores the widening reliance on small firms for national-security space work. Space Systems Command has pushed to broaden its supplier base beyond traditional prime contractors, and Phase III awards give emerging companies a route to sustained government revenue. For a small business, a jump from a $7 million research baseline to a $100 million ceiling signals a shift from experimentation to fielded capability.
BUTTON Small-business research awards growing into large production deals is not new in military space. Congress created the Small Business Innovation Research program in 1982 under the Small Business Innovation Development Act, and it has channeled billions to emerging firms across federal agencies for more than four decades (see Google). Its Phase III authority carries successful prototypes into operational contracts without recompetition, a mechanism that helped companies such as early GPS and satellite-imaging suppliers grow into established defense vendors. For firms like LEAP, that same pathway has repeatedly turned a modest research foothold into a durable place in the national-security supply chain. This award was announced among 12 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 10, 2026.
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