ASTS · Forward model · Government and engineering services · Bull case
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Government and engineering services
Services revenue is recognised at the point in time when milestones are achieved and accepted by the customer under agreements with the US Government, directly or through prime contractors. Management calls it the fastest-scaling part of the backlog and a recurring multi-billion-dollar-a-year opportunity starting in 2027. No unit count, headcount or contract-value schedule is disclosed and the government share of backlog is deliberately left unquantified, so sequential growth on the filed services line is the only defensible driver.
Latest: $122M (2031Q2E)
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025Q1 | $343,000.00 |
| 2025Q2 | $1M |
| 2025Q3 | $7M |
| 2025Q4 | $18M |
| 2026Q1 | $1M |
| 2026Q2 | $7M |
| 2026Q3E | $11M |
| 2026Q4E | $15M |
| 2027Q1E | $19M |
| 2027Q2E | $24M |
| 2027Q3E | $29M |
| 2027Q4E | $34M |
| 2028Q1E | $39M |
| 2028Q2E | $44M |
| 2028Q3E | $49M |
| 2028Q4E | $54M |
| 2029Q1E | $60M |
| 2029Q2E | $65M |
| 2029Q3E | $71M |
| 2029Q4E | $77M |
| 2030Q1E | $83M |
| 2030Q2E | $90M |
| 2030Q3E | $98M |
| 2030Q4E | $105M |
| 2031Q1E | $114M |
| 2031Q2E | $122M |
Assumptions & reasoning
- Cost of revenues - services is only labour and sales commissions, which is why contribution margin is 83.6% in the basis quarter and was 91.8% for FY2025. The real cost of this line is the engineering base - $87.3m of GAAP engineering services costs, $57.2m adjusted, in the basis quarter - and that sits in the corporate operating programme so it is counted once, not twice.
- The 2025 Q3 and 2025 Q4 points are derived, not reported. Q3 2025 is total revenue $14.739m less the disclosed $7.7m of gateway resale, which agrees with the disclosed ~$7.0m of US Government revenue; Q4 2025 is FY2025 services of $26.529m less the first nine months. Both quarters are flagged estimated.
- A recurring multi-billion-dollar-a-year opportunity starting in 2027 is an aspiration management stated on the call, not guidance and not backlog. Backlog is ~$1.30bn in aggregate contracted revenue and management said only that a minority of it is government, without quantifying the split.