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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0017322C6002 definitive contract | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $21.1M | Eo14042 - space & spacecraft systems design (spade) | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24C0004 definitive contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $20.9M | Research, development, test, and evaluation of cdao smart sensor autonomous isr unmanned aircraft system platform. | Army | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003424F0790 delivery order | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $20.5M | Assault breaker ii systems engineering and technical advisory support services | Washington Headquarters Services | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA002125C0001 definitive contract | Red Six Aerospace Inc | $19.9M | Project: augmented reality for aircrew and special teams (arfast) development and integration | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q22F0150 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $19.9M | Modernization and sustainment of interoperable live, virtual and constructive (lvc) test & training range (ttr) systems and capabilities | Army | Dec 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q22F0012 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $19.6M | Army integrated fires technical support | Army | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017324C2008 definitive contract | DCS Corporation | $19.1M | Optical science division, code 5600, carries out a variety of R&D and application-oriented activities in the generation, propagation, detection, and use of radiation in the wavelength region between near-ultraviolet and far-infrared ... | Navy | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F2011 delivery order | Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc | $18.9M | Innovative combustion and propulsion research | Air Force | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA873023CB027 definitive contract | Nextgen Federal Systems LLC | $18.8M | Weather machine learning platform operations (wxmlp ops) | Air Force | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21F0013 delivery order | Parsons Government Services Inc | $18.5M | C5isr integrated operations for high performance computing, task order scientific, engineering, and analysis support services | Army | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003423F0110 delivery order | American Systems Corporation | $18.4M | Operations support for the office of joint capability technology demonstration. | Washington Headquarters Services | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003422F0083 delivery order | American Systems Corporation | $18.3M | Technical and engineering services | Washington Headquarters Services | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA805124F0026 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $18.2M | Airbase technologies ii: airfield protection, installation resiliency, and blast (apirb) | Air Force | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24F0055 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $18.1M | Disruptive isr s&t R&D | Army | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017323F2050 delivery order | Excet, LLC | $18.1M | Labor | Navy | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q21F0313 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $17.8M | Electronic warfare research and development | Army | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017324F2006 delivery order | Mnemonics Inc | $17.8M | Tape | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23FR0000070 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $17.3M | Data analytics research and development project | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 17, 2025 |
| W911NF24F0019 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $17.0M | Base year -- | Army | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F2603 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $16.9M | Aerospace systems technology research and assessment (astra) aerospace technologies development and testing (atdt) control automation research | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ25F0004 delivery order | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $16.8M | Geospatial, research, integration, development and support (grids iv) | Army | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY23F0076 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $16.6M | Dnvt t0r 0002 | Army | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU23F0002 delivery order | Qed Systems, LLC | $15.7M | Rs3 contract under w15p7t17d0125 entitled "engineering support for c5isr positioning, navigation and timing division" | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA830717F0004 delivery order | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $15.6M | Igf::ot::igf medium largesat common solution (mlcs) | Air Force | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017323C2015 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $15.4M | Ocean dynamics, prediction engineering and software development | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017322C6003 definitive contract | Alaire Technologies Inc | $15.4M | Research and development | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660421F3011 delivery order | Purvis Systems Inc | $15.1M | Special projects network and information technology (sp nit) engineering and fleet services code 34 | Navy | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9132V24F0003 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $14.7M | Geospatially-enabled operational design | Army | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023F2600 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $14.5M | Afrl corporate convergence of effects (coe) | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA700024F0120 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $14.3M | The center for aircraft structural life extension (castle) at the united states air force academy requires research and development engineering support for the a10 and similar aging weapon systems. | Air Force | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q23F0212 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $14.3M | Uarc pws entitled, "ground combat system research and engineering" | Army | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003426FE009 delivery order | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $14.3M | Mission integration support services | Washington Headquarters Services | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017323F3000 delivery order | HII Technical Solutions Corporation | $14.2M | Pulsed power systems research, development, testing, and optimization. | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q23F0213 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $14.2M | Task order for performance of the performance work statement entitled, "search track acquire radiate eliminate (stare) project office: radar subject matter expertise support" | Army | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HY023326C0006 definitive contract | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $14.0M | Provide full-spectrum technical services, including program management, engineering, integration and testing, modeling and simulation, technology transition, and training to support mission execution. | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT22CB0000002 definitive contract | Auburn University | $14.0M | New project that incorporates applied research and development activities that will drive the development of canine technologies. | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 11, 2026 |
| FA700025F0078 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $13.6M | Fy25 a-10 asip support. this task order is a placeholder to meet daffars 5315.504(a)(2) and will be modified to incorporate the a-10 asip support requirement later this fy. | Air Force | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSJ26FR0000038 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $13.5M | Cb engineering and lab support services | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 25, 2026 |
| W31P4Q25F0156 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $13.5M | United states air forces in europe area of responsibility deployed range systems sustainment and support uadrss ii | Army | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017319F3001 delivery order | Tekla Research, Inc | $13.4M | Pr 56-9604-19 research and development in electro/optic (eo) and infrared (ir) for advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (isr) and electronic warfare (ew) prototypes. | Navy | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0158 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $13.3M | Advance electronic warfare research | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24F0015 delivery order | Qed Systems, LLC | $13.2M | Rs3 task order for c5isr hq operations support 2 | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F2407 delivery order | Technology Service Corp | $13.1M | Task order 2 engineering R&D services | Navy | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C2600 definitive contract | PC Krause & Associates Inc | $13.0M | Adavanced aircraft ms&a and digital engineering | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24C0040 definitive contract | Morsecorp, Inc | $12.8M | Morsecorp baa - aerial delivery support services | Army | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA702224F0030 delivery order | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $12.7M | Non-personal services to provide research, development, and studies to support to receive multiple data inputs from different sources to allow moving from a sensor phenomenology to a data centric model. | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0002 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $12.5M | Research and development services for bit-flip suppressed fluxonium gates for high-threshold error correction | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q22F0249 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $12.3M | Task order w31p4q22f0249 (s3i#301-2) is issued in accordance with section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract, for the (pws) entitled, "support to the installation management command family program systems (imcom afwp or ... | Army | Jun 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24F0011 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $12.2M | Sensor & system interoperability - integrate sensor architecture task order | Army | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017320F3001 delivery order | Excet, LLC | $12.2M | The requirement is for the support of a broad range of research and development (R&D), systems integration and field testing activities based in the chemistry division at the us. naval research laboratory (nrl). | Navy | May 18, 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 9, 2026.
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