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Science and technology R&D: $5.5B in defense awards
$5.5B obligated across 3,564 DoD and DHS awards to 1,371 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 2026, 4.8% of Research and development. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp leads with $379.6M; Department of the Army is the largest buyer at $2.4B.
| Obligated FY2024+ | $5.5B |
|---|---|
| Awards | 3,564 |
| Companies | 1,371 |
| FY2024 | $2.2B |
| FY2025 | $2.0B |
| FY2026 to date | $1.3B |
| Parent category | Research and development |
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| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W911NF23C0051 definitive contract | Influit Energy LLC | $2.0M | Sbir phase iii nano electro fuel (nef) flow battery | Army | Mar 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0035 definitive contract | Rutgers, the State University | $2.0M | Civil works baa gsl 23-0002, zero-carbon carbonate cement concrete. rutgers proposed to demonstrate that chc from cr and co2 obtained from flue gas or air can be used to make carbonate cement concrete. u438240 | Army | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG24C0023 definitive contract | Unknot.id Inc | $2.0M | Context-aware opportunistic sensing for indoor navigation environment. | Army | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25CA013 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $2.0M | New research and development requirement titled rib stiffened ceramic matrix composite panels. | Army | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT25CB0000002 definitive contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.0M | Updating swx benchmarks for critical infrastructure protection project. | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 16, 2026 |
| W91RUS24C0024 definitive contract | Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc | $2.0M | Global positioning satellite dynamic antenna array system small business innovation research phase iii- fort huachuca, electronic proving ground | Army | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR25F0035 delivery order | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $2.0M | This effort is for the enhancement of advanced communication-electronics technologies. | Army | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0071 definitive contract | Chickasaw Aerospace, LLC | $2.0M | Organic industrial base mfg project(dlir program). the vendor is exploring transformative approach for DLA to enhance its use of the organic industrial base as a source of supply through creative application of (ai) and (ml) technology. | Defense Logistics Agency | Oct 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000087 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $2.0M | New task order tsl-24-033 cavm | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 15, 2026 |
| 70RDAD23FR0000109 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.0M | Ohs requires the establishment of a robust, repeatable, and defensible planning, programming, budgeting and execution (ppbe) process. | Office of Procurement Operations | Dec 18, 2024 |
| W15P7T24C0005 definitive contract | World Wide Technology LLC | $2.0M | This is the resultant contract from baa-21-r-ncft for tem x topic 11. | Army | Apr 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA700025F0108 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $2.0M | Castle at the united states air force (USAF) academy and the a-10 program office (po) require contractor support to continue probability of detection (pod) studies on through bushing, or second layer, bolt hole eddy current inspections. | Air Force | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG24C0015 definitive contract | Scientific Systems Company, Inc | $2.0M | New darpa sttr ii - scientific systems company inc, seeks to develop an integrated system for characterizing red autonomous cyber-physical agents. | Army | Jul 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FF01 delivery order | Devine Consulting, Inc | $2.0M | Igf::ot::igf pr 75-002c-15 atmospheric information technology and research and development | Navy | Dec 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8342 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.0M | Sabertooth | Navy | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU23C0004 definitive contract | Qunav LLC | $2.0M | Small business innovative research program, phase 1, under topic number a22-009, to procure a non-personal services contract for performance of a research and development effort entitled gps-denied alternative integrated navigation system | Army | Jun 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02324FRD000006 delivery order | Olh Technical Services, LLC | $2.0M | Administrative & technical support services to 1 | U.S. Coast Guard | Jul 21, 2026 |
| W912HQ24C0095 definitive contract | Geosyntec Consultants, Inc | $1.9M | Estcp project number: er23-7683 new start title: assessing field scale-up, cost, and performance of ultraviolet (uv)/silica-based granular media (sgm) treatment to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) in concentrated liquids | Army | Sep 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26CA005 definitive contract | BCG Federal Corp | $1.9M | Estcp ew24-9617 |all-resource, onsite generation optimizer for reliable, resilient, and cost-effective power | Army | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0061 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $1.9M | Advanced hypersonics diagnostic | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0066 definitive contract | University of Texas at Austin | $1.9M | This project supports the advancement of efficient algorithms for self-organization and reliable tasking of multiple heterogeneous (air and ground) platforms over extended mission timelines inside contested environments. | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000007 delivery order | Battelle National Biodefense Institute, LLC | $1.9M | This is a task order for nbacc insurance. | Office of Procurement Operations | May 14, 2024 |
| FA251823F0038 delivery order | Linquest Corporation | $1.9M | Various analysis/study efforts for space operations command | Air Force | Dec 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017325C2403 definitive contract | BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC | $1.9M | Arps baa | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ23F0037 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.9M | Grids iii research & analysis ico digital interrogation video archive system (divas) | Army | Jul 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0065 definitive contract | Black Tusk Geophysics Inc | $1.9M | Estcp project mr24-8267 "extending the operational envelope of the ultratem marine system" to extend the operational envelope of the system and to facilitate the transition of the underlying technology to multiple companies involved in the ... | Army | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W519TC23C0030 definitive contract | Carnegie-Mellon University | $1.9M | Reinforcement learning for tactics and operations. research to investigate ai systems ability to improve multidomain command, control, communications, and computers, and enable decision dominance in volatile environments. | Army | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA489025C0012 definitive contract | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc | $1.9M | Electric power industry development (epid) | Air Force | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA702224F0056 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $1.9M | This task order is for ooc o and m support as well as sensor laydown r and d support under the moses contract. | Air Force | Apr 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA805126F0003 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $1.9M | Conduct rdt_e projects focused on providing solutions to identified airbase technology capability gaps in the areas of civil engineer robotic and autonomous systems technologies (cerast). | Air Force | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003425FE107 delivery order | University of Maryland, College Park | $1.9M | This pilot study will enhance transparency, increase efficiency and effectiveness, and operationalize rulesets with ai/ml this effort will improve transparency across the DOD by optimizing information security review and release processes. | Washington Headquarters Services | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24F0082 delivery order | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $1.9M | Engeneering support for mavericks | Army | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23FR0000118 delivery order | University of Illinois | $1.9M | The purpose of this requisition is to commit funding for next generation 9-1-1 interoperability testing program. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 22, 2026 |
| W911NF25F0004 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $1.9M | An extreme mobility chassis will be developed with the rugged performance of a wheeled system and the terrain handling of a legged system. | Army | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA301624P0153 purchase order | Daxor Corporation | $1.9M | 59 mdw/st sbir ii tacfi. develop and validate hardware and method for the bva-200f diagnostic. | Air Force | Mar 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0074 definitive contract | Lunar Resources, Inc | $1.9M | Sbir phase ii | Army | Dec 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0036 definitive contract | Taqtile Inc | $1.9M | Army is researching a tool to provide a pathway for fully digitizing operations by connecting soldiers with digital tools, chronicling their work, and integrating processes with backend systems | Army | Feb 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25C0006 definitive contract | Iotai Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovation research contract to develop and demonstrate solutions or components of solutions for terrain shaping to delay, deter, and deny enemy forces freedom of movement 70 to 150km beyond the forward line of troops. | Army | May 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0075 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $1.9M | Sbir phase ii | Army | Dec 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0073 definitive contract | Stratin LLC | $1.9M | Sbir phase ii | Army | Dec 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT21CB0000013 definitive contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.9M | Lrbaa baa project entitled "enhanced contact and non-contact trace explosives sampling and detection research topic." | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 24, 2025 |
| FA805125C0002 definitive contract | SRI International | $1.9M | This contract is a result of a proposal sent under baa fa8051-24-s-0001, call #2 - automated heavy machinery. groundbreaking robotic interface for teleoperation (grit) see attachment 1 - statement of work (sow), dated 2 sept 25. | Air Force | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25C0005 definitive contract | Gaardtech USA LTD Liability Co | $1.9M | Deep terrain shaping project. develop, build and demonstrate a prototype capable of delaying, deterring and denying enemy forces and capable of integration with existing ARMY systems. | Army | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25C0004 definitive contract | Overland AI Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovation research to develop and demonstrate solutions or components of solutions for terrain shaping to delay, deter, and deny enemy forces freedom of movement 70 to 150km beyond the forward line of troops. | Army | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W50S7824CA002 definitive contract | Dronesense, Inc | $1.9M | The tmd has a national defense-related mission in the area of rapid, effective decision-making. this a tacfi small business innovation research (sbir) sequential phase ii with the objective of integrating SUAS and other robotics into their ... | Army | Jun 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0001 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $1.9M | R&d, subcontractor, & odcs investigating noise with scanning probes to enhance the coherence of transoms | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000055 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $1.9M | The purpose of this new hssedi task order award is for probabilistic estimation and forecasting of us migration flows (push pull migration) effort. | Office of Procurement Operations | Oct 30, 2024 |
| W912CG19C0012 definitive contract | Dignitas Technologies, LLC | $1.9M | Sbir phase iii this effort will focus on research mechanisms that integrate cyber as a battlefield operating system into mission planning, rehearsal, and training. | Army | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT942524F0269 delivery order | Eitr Biologics, Inc | $1.9M | Novel nanotherapeutics | Defense Health Agency | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22F0076 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $1.9M | Task order 0003 for broad agency announcement (baa) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq) for modernization of isr science and technology research & development (R&D) | Army | Jul 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
Source: USAspending.gov prime award data (FPDS), DoD and DHS contracts, orders and IDVs with any action since Oct 1, 2023. Obligated FY2024+ sums the obligations on those actions; total obligated is the award's lifetime figure. DoD contract actions publish on USAspending about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6), so the latest DoD actions here trail the calendar by about 3 months. Data as of Oct 9, 2026.
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