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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0017324C2009 definitive contract | Nlight Inc | $328K | R&d labor | Navy | Nov 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0018 definitive contract | University of Arkansas | $328K | Serdp er25-4862 new start development of an accurate, robust, and high-throughput photophysical assay and prediction model for pfas critical micelle concentration a synergistic experimental and computational study | Army | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0034 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $327K | Research & development for industrial operation & sustainment operations to support spare parts and vital aircraft services for combat capabilities command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc). | Army | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0035 definitive contract | Human Resources Research Organization (humrro) | $327K | R&d services & odcs improving ARMY officer talent alignment with improved talent identification | Army | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N4008026F1024 delivery order | Superior Structures LLC | $326K | Wny-172 and wny-33 electrical and roofing repairs | Navy | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325C2437 definitive contract | Jaia Robotics Inc | $326K | Contract with jaia robotics to integrate nrl sensors to their uuvs | Navy | Dec 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0030 definitive contract | S&c Electric Company | $326K | Estcp project ew22-7474 | Army | Oct 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0049 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $325K | R&d services, subcontractor & odcs base reactive, open-response assessments of leader competencies | Army | Feb 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0018 definitive contract | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $325K | Baa 23-0021, assessment of cracked soil mass integrity: a geophysical and coupled mechanistic approach u438180 | Army | Aug 21, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA702226C0005 definitive contract | University of Alaska Fairbanks | $324K | Research and development to use ai/ml to denoise seismic and infrasound data to improve signal detection and characterization. | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF21C0036 definitive contract | Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, LLC | $324K | New start contract on "multilevel measurement of cohesion." | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017321F2003 delivery order | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $323K | Custodial services | Navy | Jul 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0026 definitive contract | Aptim Federal Services, LLC | $321K | Serdp project er22-3352 "cost-effective treatment of pfas in landfill leachate using foam fractionation" | Army | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25CA001 definitive contract | Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, LLC | $320K | The purpose of this research is to develop and validate a measure of creative performance with technology. | Army | Feb 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25C0043 definitive contract | AECOM Technical Services, Inc | $319K | Baa-el-2025-0019 pfas destruction in aqueous film-forming foam (afff) via electrochemical oxidation ralc u433000 | Army | Jun 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0042 definitive contract | The Regents of the University of Colorado | $318K | Serdp project mr22-3257 | Army | Mar 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0018925PZ219 purchase order | University of North Texas | $317K | Phase 2 zebrafish research | Navy | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0002 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $316K | Base year -- | Army | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26PA028 purchase order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $315K | Estcp er25-5911 comprehensive overview of research and demonstrations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) in the environment | Army | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0049 delivery order | Peraton Inc | $313K | Base period (12 mo.) - R&D labor_ | Army | Sep 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26PA023 purchase order | Utah State University | $310K | W74rdv60500901 | Army | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0097 definitive contract | Envirogen Technologies Inc | $309K | Estcp project er22-7543 "cometabolic treatment of 1,4-dioxane and cvocs in groundwater using an isobutane-fed fluidized bed bioreactor" | Army | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0092 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $309K | Industrial operations & sustainment engineering research development in support of amcom logistics center (alc) tech loop & defense logistics agency (DLA) activities. | Army | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ21C0004 definitive contract | Aptim Federal Services, LLC | $308K | Er20-5182 | Army | Dec 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893621C0009 definitive contract | Irglare, LLC | $308K | Sbir 2 n191-014 contract aawrd | Navy | Oct 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21F0243 delivery order | Helios Remote Sensing Systems, Inc | $305K | Man portable doppler radar (mpdr) rdte engineering services | Army | May 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017319C2016 definitive contract | Assurance Technology Corp | $305K | Software definable/reconfigurable systems | Navy | Feb 14, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6134025C0003 definitive contract | The Royce Group, LLC | $305K | Understanding fleet operational requirements and translating these needs into research and development efforts and reports | Navy | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000009 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $305K | The purpose of mitre task order 70rsat24fr0000009 is to provide funding for the s&t mcs maritime domain awareness sensors requirement | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 16, 2025 |
| W912HQ25C0033 definitive contract | CDM Federal Programs Corporation | $304K | Estcp er25-8489 cdm smith new start (fy24) technology transfer of research on vadose zone transport of pfas | Army | Aug 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0041 definitive contract | University of Delaware | $303K | Estcp project rc21-5028 | Army | Feb 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG23C0031 definitive contract | Trustees of Dartmouth College | $303K | Darpa baa castle program titled adaptive hierarchical game-theoretic rl training for cyber network defense | Army | Apr 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0019 definitive contract | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $301K | Estcp project nh24-7990 evolving tropical cyclone activity and its consequences for DOD installations with climate change | Army | Jun 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25C0023 definitive contract | University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $301K | Baa 24-0059 with the ku - advancing seismic processing techniques (full waveform inversion, artificial intelligence, joint inversion) to improve identification, resolution, and characterization of anomalies in dams and levees with failure ... | Army | Jul 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA520924C0009 definitive contract | National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore Pte LTD | $301K | This fundamental research project is intended to study tryptophan-metabolizing gut bacteria that produce indoles and assess whether indole and indole-producing bacteria can alleviate stress-related behavior | Air Force | Aug 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W913E524C0026 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $301K | Leidos cso "cold regions weather station" u437a00 | Army | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000048 delivery order | Northeastern University | $300K | Boa task order for metal effects of size on hme performance (mesh) literature review | Office of Procurement Operations | Apr 17, 2026 |
| 70Z02326FNAV00002 delivery order | University of Illinois | $300K | New award | U.S. Coast Guard | Aug 14, 2026 |
| FA945123CA017 definitive contract | Zebara LLC | $300K | Software for high-fidelity simulation of laser propagation in the near-field of high-speed platforms | Air Force | May 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017323C2012 definitive contract | The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees | $300K | Pr # 82-1011-23 high-performance adaptable morphing hypersonic air-breathing propulsion | Navy | Dec 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6893621C0024 definitive contract | Tda Research, Inc | $300K | Sttr 2 n19b-t032 contract award | Navy | Mar 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24C0015 definitive contract | Civil Information Sharing Project Incorporated | $300K | Incremental funding | Army | Jun 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24P0011 purchase order | Iowa State University of Science and Technology | $300K | Award of serdp project # wp24-4176 creating non-fluorinated omniphobic textile coatings using janus particles as coating additives. | Army | Nov 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0054 definitive contract | Rutgers, the State University | $300K | Serdp project er25-4614 "understanding fate and transport of microplastics impacted with pfas in the environment". basic fundamental research. | Army | Aug 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0074 definitive contract | Electric Power Research Institute Inc | $300K | Estcp project number ew25-8756 title: commercial and DOD microgrids cohort study for acquisition, operation, and sustainment | Army | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25C0040 definitive contract | Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $300K | Broad agency announcement (baa) el-2024-001 for development and resilience of engineering systems | Army | Jun 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT942525F0221 delivery order | Eitr Biologics, Inc | $300K | Novel nanotherapeutics | Defense Health Agency | May 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893621C0021 definitive contract | Luna Innovations Incorporated | $300K | Sttr 2 n19b-t032 | Navy | May 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX26FA042 delivery order | University of South Florida Institute of Applied Engineering, Incorporated | $300K | Emerge americas hackathon | Army | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25F0002 delivery order | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $300K | Army modernization program (amp) task order for military free fall unmanned aerial vehicle (mff-UAV) services | Army | Jun 11, 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 14, 2026.
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