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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N3943024C2002 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $610K | Application of supercritical water oxidation to destroy pfas | Navy | Dec 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70US0926F1DHS2645 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $610K | Task order for research collection & reporting system (rcrs). | U.S. Secret Service | Sep 25, 2026 |
| N0017322F2020 delivery order | Excet, LLC | $609K | Controlled cooling furnace technology impact on casted materials for naval applications evaluation and prediction | Navy | Jul 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0038 definitive contract | University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $604K | Baa 24-0044 a novel framework for quality assurance of concrete pavements u438000 | Army | Jun 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000014 delivery order | Battelle National Biodefense Institute, LLC | $601K | This is a new task order for automated annotation of biological sequences in document collections. | Office of Procurement Operations | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 70RSAT24C00000015 definitive contract | Merit International, Inc | $600K | This is a new sbir contract for DHS sbir 23.1 phase ii topic 3: first responder digital badges | Office of Procurement Operations | Oct 7, 2026 |
| 70RSAT26FR0000030 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $600K | S&t hsarpa C-UAS rapid threat response | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 3, 2026 |
| 70RSAT26FR0000079 delivery order | Texas a & M University | $600K | Metagenomics for biosurveillance | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 30, 2026 |
| W911QY23C0076 definitive contract | Luna Labs USA LLC | $600K | Luna lab's phase ii sttr - base | Army | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU25C0007 definitive contract | Cyberdna Security LLC | $600K | This contract award tactical zero trust (tzt)supports ARMY network defense: focused on ARMY tactical networks technologies, understanding of the zero trust framework and its principles, verifying trust and authorization for every user and ... | Army | May 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0062 definitive contract | Triton Systems, Inc | $600K | Sttr phase ii: improved technology to treat drug-resistant bacterial infections | Army | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25CA003 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $600K | For this research, peraton will build upon its growing body of work with ari to research and develop effective methods to train and assess leadership competencies. | Army | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG24C0017 definitive contract | Michigan Technological University | $600K | Opfor hierarchical al for field exercises and training demonstrations. | Army | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR23C0012 definitive contract | Luna Labs USA LLC | $600K | Synthesize metal fibers used as an additional layer of obscurant in smoke, that can withstand higher temperatures than current metal fibers, for use as artillery obscurants on the battlefield. | Army | Nov 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0004 definitive contract | Skycool Systems Inc | $598K | Estcp project ew24-7969. title - passive radiative cooling to reduce energy consumption, prevent the heat island effect and improve thermal comfort. objective - incorporate passive radiative cooling film (prcf) in DOD facilities to reduce ... | Army | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSW23FR0000111 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $597K | Ice information governance and privacy program support | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Jul 2, 2025 |
| W911NF24C0018 definitive contract | North Carolina State University | $596K | Baa contract titled construction of bench-scale meltblowing unit phase i and ii | Army | Jul 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F5262 delivery order | University of Dayton | $593K | Data fusion for multi-scale mixed modality microstructure | Air Force | Mar 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0007 delivery order | University of California, Santa Barbara | $592K | T.o. 0033 -icb-uarc-fy2023cost | Army | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0031 definitive contract | Texas Tech University System | $590K | Serdp project er23-3761 "leaching and mobility of pfas from concrete and asphalt" | Army | Feb 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0064 definitive contract | Fraunhofer USA Inc | $588K | Award of estcp project ew23-7876. title: managed bacnet - interoperable zero-trust security for facility related control systems. purpose: demonstrate modern and interoperable zero-trust cybersecurity for DOD networks. | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0032 definitive contract | Fors Marsh Group LLC | $587K | R&d services, subcontractor & odcs development of an ARMY-specific work contexts and situations taxonomy | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT21C00000047 definitive contract | Enveil, Inc | $586K | Homomorphic encryption (he) | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 70RSAT26C00000029 definitive contract | Cignal LLC | $584K | Synthetic data generation for property and passenger screening | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 28, 2026 |
| W912CG26CA004 definitive contract | Zepsor Technologies Inc | $584K | New research and development effort titled light-actuated ultra-reliable micromechanical switches (lumos) | Army | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q22F0188 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $582K | The s3i directorate requests task order award under the subject contract, w31p4q-18-d-0002. this task order is identified as s3i control #298-2. the period of performance (pop) requested for this task order is date of award to 36 months. | Army | Aug 21, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02324CRD000001 definitive contract | Rutgers, the State University | $581K | Modeling the impact of wind farms on surface currents and marine boundary layer conditions for u.s. coast guard in the u.s. mid-atlantic bight (mab) | U.S. Coast Guard | Nov 19, 2025 |
| W911NF23C0015 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $580K | Sttr phase ii base award: radar for accelerated breaching of contract structures (rabcs) | Army | Apr 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG21C0024 definitive contract | Engineering & Computer Simulations, Inc | $576K | Baa research and development for a testbed for integration of combat medicine training solutions and platforms. | Army | Feb 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0022 definitive contract | Toyon Research Corporation | $575K | Sttr phase ii base award - mm wave mimo neuro-adaptive radar (mminar) | Army | Apr 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0016 definitive contract | Protection Engineering Consultants LLC | $575K | Sttr phase ii base award: automated multi-cell laser-driven ballistic test device | Army | Apr 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ23C0056 definitive contract | Karagozian & Case, Inc | $575K | Sttr phase ii: modeling and design tool for bio-based construction products u438000 | Army | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0071 definitive contract | Black Tusk Geophysics Inc | $574K | Serdp mr24-4262 new start improving advanced geophysical classification performance in the marine environment | Army | Jan 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC104722F0044 delivery order | Amax2, LLC | $574K | Subject matter expert (sme) support for integrated, jemso tools and technologies | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| M6785424F7201 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $572K | W-band traveling wave tube (twt) radiator study | Navy | Aug 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA890321C0014 definitive contract | Oxbyel Technologies Inc | $571K | Continuous flow field pilot to completely mineralize pfas in groundwater | Air Force | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0031 definitive contract | Brown University | $570K | Serdp er21-3540 | Army | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N3943025C0014 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Research Corp | $568K | Exwc sh21/donahue: dynamic testing of headed reinforcement for validation in ecms | Navy | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU23C0019 definitive contract | Ram Laboratories | $568K | This action is to award a new firm-fixed-price definitive sbir phase ii contract based on the requirements of sbir topic a21-109. | Army | Apr 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ21C0052 definitive contract | Regents of the University of Michigan | $568K | Serdp er19-1419 (follow-on to er18-1181) | Army | Sep 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0047 definitive contract | Plug & Play, LLC | $568K | Estcp po24-9627 enhancing department of defense and installation energy capabilities through plug and plan tech center's innovation platform and proprietary startup software | Army | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0098 definitive contract | Boundless Impact Research & Analytics, Inc | $566K | Estcp project cr24-8125 rapid life cycle assessment methodology for enhanced decision-making and reduced environmental impact in DOD construction and facility planning | Army | May 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F2627 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $565K | Foundation & expansion ii | Air Force | Jan 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0067 definitive contract | Southern Methodist University | $564K | Baa 24-0029, exploiting the full seismoacoustic wavefield: multi-mode integration of continuous and discrete sensors in remote and urban environments u438160 | Army | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0040 definitive contract | University of Nebraska | $564K | R&d services, travel, odc - (base) automated methods of scoring divergent thinking tasks | Army | Jul 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0003 definitive contract | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | $563K | Serdp project er21-3550 (er20-1265) "high-field 21 tesla ft-icr mass spectrometry for forensic identification of pfass" | Army | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240224F0048 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $563K | Advanced decontamination material | U.S. Special Operations Command | Dec 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU23C0008 definitive contract | Applied Energetics, Inc | $563K | Sttr phase ii a21c-t018, ultra-broadband and high average power directional ir countermeasures. 12 month base period with 12 month option period. | Army | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000074 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $560K | The purpose of this task order is to provide funding for s&t ose tcd 5g mission use cases | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 1, 2025 |
| W912CG25FA012 delivery order | University of Southern California | $560K | University affiliated research contract - research and development in modeling and simulation - towards tactical artificial intelligence models for large scale combat operations (tacticai) | Army | May 13, 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 13, 2026.
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