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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 10, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W912HQ24C0025 definitive contract | Gsi Environmental Inc | $1.2M | Estcp project er23-7892 title: last piece of the puzzle: separating and destroying short- chained pfas from waste streams by combining colloidal gas aphrons (cgas) with plasma | Army | Apr 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA700026F0102 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $1.2M | Engineering support for an assessment of u.s. NAVY t-45 structural fatigue life tracking locations. | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24F0349 delivery order | Summerwind Consultants Inc | $1.2M | Second task order for at/fp decision support tools year 2 u438170 | Army | May 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24C0024 definitive contract | Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc | $1.2M | Topic a22-011 scene-based non-uniformity correction (sb nuc) | Army | Apr 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8359 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $1.1M | Nuwc keyport, general threat torpedo | Navy | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W9132T25CA004 definitive contract | West Virginia University Research Corporation | $1.1M | Baa 25-0012 time -dependent responses of frp composites for infrastructure applications | Army | Sep 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25CA005 definitive contract | Elephint LLC | $1.1M | Optically-pumped, low-noise, high-power semiconductor optical amplifiers | Army | Apr 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0009 definitive contract | Transwave Photonics, LLC | $1.1M | Sttr phase ii: high-power single-mode photonic integrated circuit for coherent beam combining | Army | Nov 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0017 definitive contract | Kitware Inc | $1.1M | First monthly technical report-- | Army | Jun 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0022 definitive contract | Novateur Research Solutions LLC | $1.1M | Sttr phase ii base award title: agile machine learning in dynamic environments for complex event processing - phase | Army | Apr 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0011 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $1.1M | Sttr phase ii base award | Army | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0015 definitive contract | Maxentric Technologies LLC | $1.1M | Small business technology transfer research (sttr) phase ii base award "torch (terahertz observant radar on chip with high-definition)" | Army | Apr 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0013 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $1.1M | Research and development "broadband optical attenuator via amplified free carrier absorption" | Army | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0030 definitive contract | Mantel Technologies, Inc | $1.1M | Sttr phase ii -- canine vo2max measurement system | Army | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0016 definitive contract | Precision Combustion, Inc | $1.1M | Osd sttr phase ii: fast startup, fuel flexible cpox system for sofc | Army | Jun 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0003 definitive contract | Continuum Dynamics Inc | $1.1M | Sttr phase ii base award - variable-fidelity aerostructural optimization framework for adaptive aircraft design and evaluation | Army | Apr 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0010 definitive contract | Nextgen Aeronautics, Inc | $1.1M | Small business technology transfer (sttr) uncoupled analyses parallelized software morphing aircraft avian-inspired designs rapid optimization | Army | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000094 delivery order | Signature Science LLC | $1.1M | Signature science rddt&e idiq for tsl with technical services and support. | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 28, 2026 |
| W9132T24C0009 definitive contract | Compotech Inc | $1.1M | Sbir phase ii "large-scale additive manufacturing R&D to advance modular shelter design and deployment" u435cei | Army | Jun 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0069 definitive contract | Beacon Industries, Inc | $1.1M | Small business innovation research (sbir) helicopter expedited refueling operations (hero) | Army | Apr 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017320C2017 definitive contract | Stephenson Technologies Corporation | $1.1M | Pr 81-1002-20 cyber secure open source information | Navy | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ23F0020 delivery order | Research Innovations Incorporated | $1.1M | Services to support ddass fy23 | Army | Jul 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0068 definitive contract | Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc | $1.1M | Sbir phase ii | Army | Apr 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0013 definitive contract | Ethic Tech, LLC | $1.1M | Professional scientific support services | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0011 definitive contract | Dynamic Systems and Research Corporation | $1.1M | Sttr ph ii topic: a22b-t022- year 1 | Army | Dec 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0011 definitive contract | The Pennsylvania State University | $1.1M | Serdp project mr21-1279 | Army | Nov 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q24F0171 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $1.1M | Systems engineering, modeling and simulation, and unmanned systems support for the ground vehicle systems center | Army | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25C0001 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $1.1M | Awarded to raytheon technologies to develop medical artificial intelligence (ai) agents to observe, detect, and evaluate medical performance in training. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0016 definitive contract | Regents of the University of Minnesota | $1.1M | Serdp project rc23-3845 "rna interference (rnai) for targeted control of invasive zebra mussels" | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25CA023 definitive contract | The University of Iowa | $1.1M | The i-strike program aims to provide actionable insights to improve soldier performance, resilience, and alignment of fitness evaluations with combat tasks. | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0028 definitive contract | Gsi Environmental Inc | $1.1M | Estcp project er24-8963 "thermal steam plasma treatment of afff concentrate by direct injection" to demonstrate the effectiveness of a novel thermal steam plasma technology for the destruction of fluorinated surfactants in afff ... | Army | Apr 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000106 delivery order | Signature Science LLC | $1.1M | Tsl dt&e idiq task order for bulk resolution technology development. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 23, 2026 |
| W56KGU24C0017 definitive contract | Veritech LLC | $1.1M | Power requirements for radios. | Army | Aug 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA702224F0009 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $1.1M | Professional services for meteorological modeling, simulation and engineering. | Air Force | Nov 7, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0069 definitive contract | Michigan State University | $1.1M | Serdp project er22-34 "development of an efficient testing framework for interpreting toxicity of complex mixtures for ecological risk assessment" | Army | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24F0070 delivery order | Kiple Acquisition Science Technology Logistics Engineering Incorporated | $1.1M | Labor support | Army | May 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24C0016 definitive contract | Design Interactive, LLC | $1.1M | Sibr phase ii topic number a22-005 | Army | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24C0013 definitive contract | Coolcad Electronics, Inc | $1.1M | Sbir phase ii topic a22-006 | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA702224F0077 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $1.1M | Modeling, software, and engineering support contract in support of the air force technical application center. | Air Force | Jul 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24C9003 definitive contract | Intellisense Systems Inc | $1.1M | Intellisense systems sbir ph ii - base | Army | Apr 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24C0024 definitive contract | Aptima Inc | $1.1M | Phase ii, aptima sbir, topic a22-015 | Army | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W913E525C0003 definitive contract | University of Alaska Fairbanks | $1.1M | Research & development (baa) 24-0006 integrated system for operations in polar seas: reconnaissance and occupation of sea ICE u437p00 | Army | May 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24C0026 definitive contract | Stellar Science LTD Co | $1.1M | Sbir phase ii topic a22-004 for fast multi-domain battle simulator for ai/ml | Army | Apr 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W909MY21F3004 delivery order | Ist Research, LLC | $1.1M | Pulse platform operational support | Army | May 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA852324F0025 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $1.1M | Advanced common ems development environment (acede) increment 3 iron kitten experimentation effort | Air Force | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70FA6022C00000003 definitive contract | The University of Mississippi | $1.1M | Support nsdp efforts to acquire the dss wise lite modelling capability, training and technical assistance to state dam safety offices and FEMA staff. | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Sep 2, 2026 |
| 70RWMD23C00000001 definitive contract | American Science & Engineering Inc | $1.1M | Cwmd obaa cpff contract award to american science and engineering in response to topic solicitation 11. | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 14, 2026 |
| FA865022F2007 delivery order | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc | $1.1M | Development and validation of next generation turbine component for small-and medium- scale propulsion systems | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0033 definitive contract | Gsi Environmental Inc | $1.1M | Serdp project no. er23-3713 | Army | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003423F0681 delivery order | University of Alaska Fairbanks | $1.1M | Study utilizing university affiliated research center | Washington Headquarters Services | Jan 29, 2026 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 12, 2026.
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