Haskell Awarded $45.2 Million Army Contract to Renovate Space Force Hangars

The Jacksonville, Florida, design-build firm drew 11 bids for hangar renovations at Patrick Space Force Base, with work due to finish April 11, 2029.

First Published: July 30, 2026, 1:36 PM ET

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA — The Haskell Co., the Jacksonville, Florida, design-build firm that delivers more than $2 billion in annual construction work, received a $45.2 million Army contract to renovate hangars at Patrick Space Force Base on Florida’s east coast, as announced on war.gov.

The firm-fixed-price award carries a total cumulative face value of $65,183,659, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers obligated $45.2 million in civil construction funds at the time of the award, according to war.gov. The Corps solicited bids over the internet and received 11, awarding the work under contract number W912EP-26-C-A022.

The Haskell Co.operates as an integrated architecture, engineering, construction and consulting firm founded in 1965 by Preston Haskell, according to startupintros.com. The company employs about 2,400 people and reported revenue above $2 billion in 2025, according to wikipedia.org. Its portfolio spans military and commercial projects, including a hangar at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina and EverBank Stadium in its home city, according to wikipedia.org.

Patrick Space Force Base sits south of Cape Canaveral and supports launch operations along the Eastern Range. Hangar renovations there tie directly to the readiness of aircraft and support crews that service the range, so the completion date carries weight for base operations. Work will finish by April 11, 2029, according to war.gov.

For the average reader, the award shows how federal dollars flow into local economies through construction payrolls, subcontractors and material suppliers. A project of this size sustains skilled trade jobs across Florida’s Space Coast for nearly three years and channels tax-funded spending into regional firms.

The contract lands within a busy federal calendar. It ranks as the 55th Department of Defense contract awarded in Florida during 2026 and stood among 16 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 30, 2026. It is also the first contract awarded to The Haskell Co.in 2026, lifting the company’s total contract value for the year to $45.2 million.

This award is not the largest ever handed to the firm, whose record stands at $69.9 million. Within the 2026 Army portfolio, the sum falls between a year-to-date minimum of $9.1 million and a maximum near $53.9 billion, placing this hangar job in the modest middle of the service’s spending range for the year.

Haskell has secured federal defense work before. The company built an MV-22 hangar at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina and a General Instruction Building for the Wyoming Military Department at Camp Guernsey, according to wikipedia.org. Military and aerospace facilities form a recurring share of its project list.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Jacksonville, Florida, manages the contract and will oversee performance milestones through completion. No further decision date tied to the award has been announced.

Military hangars at Patrick have anchored American aerospace history for decades, as happened before. The base opened in 1940 as the Banana River Naval Air Station and later took the name of General Mason Patrick, the first chief of the Army Air Service. During the 1950s and 1960s it served as the operational heart of the missile and space programs that launched the first U.S. astronauts from neighboring Cape Canaveral. The facilities modernized there then helped carry a nation into orbit, a reminder that the crews and buildings on this stretch of coast have long outlasted the contracts that shaped them.

This contract represents the 1st contract awarded to The Haskell Co., in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $45,223,000. It is also the 55th Department of Defense contract awarded in Florida during 2026. While this is not the largest contract ever awarded to The Haskell Co., whose record stands at $69,915,945, it is notable within the Army portfolio. Specifically, it falls between the 2026 Army portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $9,051,490 and maximum of $53,859,843,289. Overall, this award was announced among 16 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 30, 2026.