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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0017320C2002 definitive contract | Southwest Research Institute | $366K | Pr 76-8039-19 co-i support for wispr mission | Navy | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893621C0035 definitive contract | Mccormick Stevenson LLC | $366K | Sbir 2 n192-074 "flow forming bomb bodies" | Defense Contract Management Agency | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0030 definitive contract | Aptima Inc | $366K | R&d services, travel & odcs (base) -- | Army | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q22F0220 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $365K | Health readiness and performance system (hraps) | Army | Jan 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA303025F0016 delivery order | University of Maryland, College Park | $365K | Fy25 hi-lab test vouchers and administration. | Air Force | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N3943022C2433 definitive contract | Institute of Gas Technology | $364K | Reducing carbon emission for DOD facility heating applications with hydrogen blends. | Navy | Jul 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG21C0007 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $361K | Effort is to research, design and develop a weapons integrated navigation system (wins) prototype that will meet the positioning, navigation, and timing (pnt) needs of the modern infantry weapon platform. | Army | Mar 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0099 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $361K | Wp22-3281 boeing research and technology metal organic framework inhibited sealants | Army | May 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX26FA024 delivery order | Peraton Labs Inc | $360K | Cybervan task order 0002 | Army | Apr 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25C0006 definitive contract | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $360K | Baa 24-0060, materials testing and performance modeling for a newly built erdc test track | Army | Aug 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W913E524C0028 definitive contract | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $360K | Cso - automated solution for cold cultivation culturomics u437n00 | Army | Mar 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT942525F0027 delivery order | Systems Plus, Inc | $360K | Center office labor support services | Defense Health Agency | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR23C0011 definitive contract | Spectral Sensor Solutions, LLC | $359K | Phase ii small business innovation research (sbir) contract to develop a prototype multimodal system that will provide the ability to detect/map/track aerosol plumes and active imaging mode. | Army | Mar 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912CG23C0028 definitive contract | Vanderbilt University | $358K | New darpa award, rampart: reinforcement against malicious penetration by adversaries in realistic topologies, from baa hr001123s0002 | Army | Apr 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26CA047 definitive contract | Ea Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc, PBC | $356K | Estcp nh26-9094 ea engineering, science, and technology, inc., pbc - demonstration of 1-yr to 5-yr weather forecasts for use in fire outlooks and fire management planning | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0022 delivery order | 4d Tech Solutions, LLC | $356K | Apex supplies and services-- apex to 006 | Army | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0039 definitive contract | Environmental Software Solutions Inc | $354K | Estcp project er25-8483 "demonstrating the serdp-estcp e-learning platform for enhancing technology transition" to develop the serdp-estcp e-learning platform. | Army | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25C0042 definitive contract | Water Institute of the Gulf | $354K | Broad agency announcement (baa)- environmental laboratory (el)-2024-0040 decision science case studies: enhancing joint forces efficiency and readiness through identification of priority gaps and research needs ralc u433000 | Army | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24C00000046 definitive contract | Openmined Foundation | $352K | Psvp research on the use of privacy-enhancing technologies and drivers to online radicalization | Office of Procurement Operations | May 12, 2026 |
| N3943025C0004 definitive contract | Gsi Environmental Inc | $351K | Need no.2 conservation of natural resources | Navy | Jul 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ21C0058 definitive contract | University of Notre Dame Du Lac | $350K | Er21-1107 university of notre dame | Army | Aug 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ20C0037 definitive contract | Arcadis U.s, Inc | $350K | Arcadis project er20-5028 | Army | Dec 7, 2023 DoD 90d |
| FA239625FB145 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $350K | Provide funding for contract with national academies for operations for uarc roundtable. | Air Force | Feb 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0015 definitive contract | University of California, Los Angeles | $350K | Award of serdp project er23-3780 passive-active modular stormwater biofilter designs to enhance pfas removal in variable flow conditions | Army | Aug 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26CA021 definitive contract | Queens University at Kingston | $350K | Serdp project for research and development | Army | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26CA031 definitive contract | Spatial Informatics Group LLC | $350K | Estcp nh26-9510 - enhancing DOD resilience by forecasting 1- to 10-year fire weather extremes, wildfire hazards, and prescribed burn opportunities. | Army | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ23F0317 delivery order | Summerwind Consultants Inc | $350K | At/fp decision support tools year 1 u438170 | Army | Jul 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RDA124FR0000049 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $350K | Task order for business case analysis for dna at DHS | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 24, 2025 |
| W912HQ24C0050 definitive contract | See LLC | $348K | Estcp er23-8441 pfas analytical holding time study | Army | Mar 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25C0049 definitive contract | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $345K | Baa gsl-25-0034 uniform and comprehensive durability screening methodology (ucdsm) for geomaterials stabilized by cementitious additives (tamu) | Army | Aug 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25C0052 definitive contract | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $343K | Funding for baa 24-0065 | Army | Aug 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017326P5225 purchase order | Nomis Power Corporation | $343K | Nomis power corp t3mec sic project research and development | Navy | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W913E524C0004 definitive contract | Florida Atlantic University | $342K | Research & development - baa 22-0013 titled 'near real-time (nrt) seasonally frozen and thawed terrain condition assessment using machine learning and multiple data sources' - florida atlantic university u437020 | Army | Aug 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF20C0037 definitive contract | Drasgow Consulting Group LLC | $340K | Non-cognitive predictors of performance in close combat jobs | Army | Sep 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0041 definitive contract | Gsi Environmental Inc | $339K | Estcp project er25-8746 "collecting and communicating pfas remediation performance via a web based estcp tool" | Army | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24P0149 purchase order | Bioconscientia LLC | $339K | Optimization of novel ree | Army | Jan 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26CA038 definitive contract | White River Technologies, Inc | $339K | Estcp mr26-9406 underwater advanced geophysical classification performance calculator (agc-pc) and prediction software environment | Army | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0020 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $338K | Cyber soldier talent management and development | Army | Mar 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0009 definitive contract | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $337K | Baa 23-0018 effect of xanthan gum u438180 | Army | Oct 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24P0009 purchase order | The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees | $337K | Serdp project wp24-4206 "n-nitroglycine biosynthesis: towards enzymatic production of high-energy nitramines" | Army | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG23C0030 definitive contract | Punch Cyber Corp | $337K | New darpa baa - blue pills | Army | May 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0057 definitive contract | Aptim Federal Services, LLC | $335K | Estcp er25-8875 new start evaluation of an injected surface modified clay permeable adsorptive barrier for pfas sequestration | Army | Sep 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0085 definitive contract | University of Illinois | $334K | Serdp er22-3158 | Army | Dec 14, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911NF26CA014 definitive contract | Skyfront Corp | $333K | Provide perimeter 8 battery-electric UAS systems, anduril lattice ngc2 integration, operator training, and exercise support to the u.s. ARMY 4th infantry division (4id) | Army | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0051 definitive contract | Aptim Federal Services, LLC | $333K | Serdp project er23-3763 - groundwater | Army | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0024 definitive contract | Simon Fraser University | $332K | Er18-1502 simon fraser university | Army | Jan 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660421FE332 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $331K | Foreign military sales data co-processor circuit card assembly software development. | Navy | Aug 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF26CA018 definitive contract | Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, LLC | $331K | Tools for training teamwork for the future operational environment | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600121F1347 delivery order | San Diego State University Foundation | $330K | Research and development for benthic microbial fuel cell design | Navy | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25P0024 purchase order | University of Rhode Island | $330K | Serdp wp24-0265 new start thermal separation of hazardous materials | Army | May 27, 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 14, 2026.
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