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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70RWMD24C00000001 definitive contract | Deep Analytics LLC | $999K | Eliminating zero-day chemical threats (ez-dct) with the following phase structure | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 9, 2026 |
| 70RWMD24C00000004 definitive contract | CFD Research Corporation | $999K | Sbir 23.1 phase ii cpff award to cfd research corporation | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 9, 2026 |
| 70RSAT25C00000002 definitive contract | Syncopated Engineering Inc | $998K | This fy24 sbir phase ii contract supports CBP, USCG, ICE, and local law enforcement in their mission to protect public safety and defend our borders from illegal activities. this action falls within section 2(d) and 4(a) as a non-covered ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 22, 2026 |
| 70RSAT26C00000022 definitive contract | Pendar Technologies LLC | $998K | Sbir/lrbaa contract DHS sbir 25.1 phase ii topic 1 fentanyl attribution forensics/source profiling | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 30, 2026 |
| W911NF25CA035 definitive contract | Caesar Creek Software, LLC | $997K | Baa clps suppressing wired, artificial intelligence, radio frequency UAS | Army | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24C00000010 definitive contract | Digital Bazaar Inc | $997K | Dhs sbir 23.1 phase ii topic 3: first responder digital badges (digital bazaar) | Office of Procurement Operations | Apr 8, 2024 |
| W911NF25CA011 definitive contract | PC Krause & Associates Inc | $996K | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase iii proposal titled (compact lightweight motor-generator system for future electrified unmanned aircraft system) | Army | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG23C0004 definitive contract | Qdir, Inc | $996K | New darpa sbir ii - qdir engineering - qdir will develop a low cost, large format long-wave (lwir) image targeting uncooled operation and cost-effective fabrication using mercury telluride (hgte) colloidal quantum dots (cqd) as the ... | Army | Feb 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239625FB261 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $995K | The national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine will produce a suite of actionable tools and knowledge products to support military leaders in strengthening command environments and advancing warfighter readiness. | Air Force | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0019 definitive contract | University of Delaware | $995K | Estcp project cr23-7762 integrated assessment of climate change impacts to groundwater, stormwater, and wastewater infrastructure at coastal military facilities | Army | Apr 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24C00000006 definitive contract | Trusted Science and Technology, Inc | $995K | Dhs sbir 23.1 phase ii topic 1: accurate and real-time hardware-assisted detection of cyber attacks (trusted science and technology) | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 19, 2026 |
| FA489024C0023 definitive contract | Strategic Analysis Enterprises, Inc | $993K | Capability to id engagement opts and ability to id the linkages among DOD/non-DOD engagements and the combined effects on the likelihood of achieving usg objs. id the indicators needed to measure the effects and analyze to determine ... | Air Force | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0044 definitive contract | Advantek Consulting, Inc | $989K | Advantek consulting, inc. ew22-7388 | Army | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0002 definitive contract | Cornell University | $989K | Estcp project rc22-7256 "fit for purpose? an integrative assessment of state-of-the-science downscaling methods for DOD infrastructure planning" | Army | Dec 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0010 definitive contract | Ea Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc, PBC | $989K | Estcp project er21-5119 | Army | May 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA702224F0010 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $989K | Professional services for meteorological modeling, simulation and engineering. | Air Force | Oct 1, 2023 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02326F93120001 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $988K | The national academy of sciences shall prepare an assessment of available uncrewed, autonomous, or remotely controlled maritime domain awareness technologies for use by the USCG. | U.S. Coast Guard | Sep 3, 2026 |
| W912CG23C0006 definitive contract | Aquagga Inc | $987K | On-site destruction of pfas-impacted liquids | Army | Nov 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000006 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $980K | New task order for the s&t ose tcd civil space systems project | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 21, 2024 |
| FA865022C5621 definitive contract | Savantx Inc | $980K | Hyper optimized nodal efficiency "hone" engine | Air Force | Oct 17, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0058 definitive contract | Arcadis U.s, Inc | $979K | Estcp er24-8144 field demonstration of pile cloth media filtration and microsorbents to removepfas and sediment from surface water and stormwater runoff | Army | May 21, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000113 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $970K | Award for support services for exploratory statistical research for the new office for homeland security statistics (ohss). | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 25, 2026 |
| N0017324P2410 purchase order | Aja International, Inc | $968K | Nrl dual chamber thin film sputter deposition system | Navy | Jan 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W81XWH21P0082 purchase order | Venesco LLC | $964K | Support services | Defense Health Agency | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0006 definitive contract | Arcadis U.s, Inc | $963K | Er24-8160 arcadis framework for site specific source strength and leaching at afff (aqueous film-forming foam) sources | Army | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F5286 delivery order | Bluehalo LLC | $962K | Environmental damage modeling and characterization of cmcs | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT26C00000013 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $962K | Enhanced cargo screening analysis via image-manifest correlation project | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 22, 2026 |
| W56HZV23C0048 definitive contract | Global Embedded Technologies, Inc | $960K | Phase iii sbir for high voltage power distribution unit. | Army | Dec 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25F0046 delivery order | Peraton Labs Inc | $960K | Cyber testbed of the cybervan (term) | Army | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24C00000008 definitive contract | Streamline Automation LLC | $958K | Dhs sbir 23.1 phase ii topic 4: machine learning based integration of alarm resolution sensors (streamline automation) | Office of Procurement Operations | May 2, 2024 |
| W912HQ24C0021 definitive contract | Cornell University | $956K | Estcp project er23-3628 - environmental conditions influencing natural abiotic and biotic transformation of perfluoroalkyl acid (pfaa) precursors at afff-impacted sites | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0004 definitive contract | Paragon Robotics LLC | $956K | Paragon robotics ew21-5090 eo14042 | Army | Oct 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0077 delivery order | National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining | $954K | Contract description: analysis, development, and implementation of manufacturing technology for the defense industrial base task order description: organic industrial base modernization manufacturing technology transition human capital | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865021C5623 definitive contract | Concurrent Technologies Corp | $946K | Generac magnum enhancements for improved mission range | Air Force | Dec 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0044 definitive contract | Icf Incorporated, L.l.c | $944K | Tactical decision-making exercises to assess and develop leader critical thinking competencies | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD24FR0000192 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $942K | To issue a task order for homeland security systems and engineering development institute (hssedi) support services | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Feb 19, 2025 |
| W912CG23C0036 definitive contract | Accelint AI, LLC | $941K | New darpa sbir phase ii contract entitled, "p22-145itm ph ii expansion (cchat protocol)" solicitation dha17b-002 | Army | Aug 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F2021 delivery order | University of Dayton | $940K | Engine mechanical system lubrication/material technology R&D | Air Force | Nov 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF20C0035 definitive contract | International Computer Science Institute | $939K | Research base period (year 1) -- | Army | Jul 31, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25F0003 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $937K | To achieve the objective of improved decision-making support and feedback for aviation systems. | Army | May 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0041 definitive contract | Enexor Energy, LLC | $935K | Estcp project ew23-7653 contractor bio chp system converts organic and plastic waste to provide onsite resilient renewable energy for DOD facilities | Army | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0073 definitive contract | Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines | $934K | Serdp project er23-3724 "leaching of pfass from afff-impacted construction materials" | Army | Sep 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0048 definitive contract | Icf Incorporated, L.l.c | $930K | R&d, subcontractor, & odcs systemic functional grammar situational judgement tests | Army | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HC104724F0065 delivery order | Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation | $929K | Peos data support support services | Defense Information Systems Agency | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT942526FE010 delivery order | Eitr Biologics, Inc | $927K | Novel bispecific broad spectrum nanobody | Defense Health Agency | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0025 definitive contract | Onvector LLC | $926K | Estcp er24-8956 field validation of plasma vortex technology for aqueous film-forming foam (afff) destruction | Army | Mar 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24C00000041 definitive contract | Spectrohm, Inc | $925K | A new contract for 21.1 2nd sbir phase ii dhs211-009 high throughput non-ionizing contraband screening with transmission line tomography. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 22, 2026 |
| FA702225F0024 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $924K | Fy25 onsite support for expanded mission elements (eme) in accordance with attached pws dated 25 oct 2024 | Air Force | Nov 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0048 definitive contract | The Regents of the University of Colorado | $922K | Serdp project er22-3095 complex-mixture uptake and integrated organismal effects in fish exposed to a pfas-impacted hydrological gradient at jbcc ma | Army | Mar 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0031 definitive contract | Human Resources Research Organization (humrro) | $922K | R&d services, subcontractor & odcs automatically generated situational judgment tests | Army | Apr 29, 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 13, 2026.
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