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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W912CG21C0018 definitive contract | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $300K | Multi agent system for intelligent control of simulated units.an automated opposing forces capability that organizes, communicates, and behaves more like an actual military unit. | Army | Apr 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0038 definitive contract | CDM Federal Programs Corporation | $299K | Serdp project er21-c2-1124 cdm federal pfas remediation | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA520923C0016 definitive contract | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | $299K | R&d itc ipac | Air Force | Aug 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001125FE003 delivery order | University of Maryland, College Park | $295K | Umd arlis uarc support services iaw the statement of work (attachment 1). | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Oct 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF26FA008 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $295K | Generative artificial intelligence for defense software engineering pws | Army | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0013 definitive contract | CDM Federal Programs Corporation | $295K | Estcp project er21-5187 | Army | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA890321C0010 definitive contract | South Dakota School of Mines & Technology | $294K | Pilot-scale, portable water treatment train for remediation of pfas contamination | Air Force | Mar 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0075 definitive contract | CDM Federal Programs Corporation | $292K | Serdp er24-4273 new start "mechanistic investigation of assembly and stability of supramolecular forms of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on environmentally relevant surfaces and development of surface analytical protocols" | Army | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0037 definitive contract | NMC, Inc | $289K | Estcp project rc24-8133 "advancing lidar applications for DOD cultural resource management through machine learning algorithms for archaeological survey and risk modeling for cultural resource hazard assessments" | Army | Apr 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA702225F0022 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $288K | Modeling, software and engineering support contract task order 98. | Air Force | Nov 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA239624FB188 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $288K | Conduct, facilitate, and manage roundtables, workshops, and meetings of experts on science, technology, engineering, and military operational topics of interest to the daf, as determined by saf/aqr. | Air Force | Jan 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0055 definitive contract | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $288K | Baa 24-0047, numerical investigation on the performance of matting systems on soft soils u438260 | Army | Jul 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02326F5PW00001 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $286K | Waterways risk assessment model three (3). | U.S. Coast Guard | Sep 9, 2026 |
| W31P4Q26F0068 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $285K | U.s. ARMY combat capabilities development command aviation & missile center (devcom avmc) has requirement for research & development support for industrial operations & sustainment engineering for ARMY missile command (amcom) aviation tech ... | Army | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25CA019 definitive contract | Cole Engineering Services, Inc | $285K | Enabling robust simulations through advanced interactive technologies | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0060 definitive contract | Aptim Federal Services, LLC | $285K | Estcp project er25-8624 "colloidal activated carbon for in situ pfas remediation at coastal sites: field assessment and modeling of long-term efficacy" to develop and validate a modeling framework | Army | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0067 definitive contract | Cincinnati Univ of | $281K | Serdp project no. er22-3345 | Army | Dec 15, 2023 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT21CB0000014 definitive contract | University of Washington | $280K | Non-contact surface and vapor sampler for trace explosive screening baa contract | Office of Procurement Operations | Apr 22, 2024 |
| W912HQ25C0052 definitive contract | Regents of the University of California, the | $280K | Serdp project rc25-4645 "from the lab to the field: continued rnai development for invasive ant eradication" | Army | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26PA016 purchase order | Materials Modifications Inc | $280K | Serdp wp26-0772 - natural deep eutectic-hydrogels for cleaning military parts | Army | Mar 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239625FB063 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $280K | Capability development planning roundtable, conduct, facilitate, and manage roundtables, workshops, and meetings of experts on science, technology, engineering, and military operational topics of interest to the daf, as determined by ... | Air Force | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017323C2010 definitive contract | Regents of the University of Michigan | $280K | Pr# 82-1005-23 scramjet flowpath optimization using rapid estimation of performance through multi-fidelity data fusion | Navy | Feb 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT20CB0000022 definitive contract | Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | $278K | Research and development (R&D) related to testing the effectiveness of crisis-center referral protocols through a text-enabled call center to handle potential cases of violent extremism and produce data-driven, theoretically-informed ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Apr 17, 2026 |
| 70RSAT24CB0000013 definitive contract | Databuoy Corporation | $276K | Counter UAS object tracking in an area of distributed sensors (otads) lrbaa award | Office of Procurement Operations | Dec 18, 2025 |
| FA702224F0026 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $276K | Professional services for meteorological modeling, simulation and engineering. task order 90. | Air Force | Nov 20, 2023 DoD 90d |
| HT942523C0103 definitive contract | Cornell University | $275K | Multiplexed lateral flow based immunoassay prototype and associated cellphone based reader and software for the detection of viral hemorrhagic fever antigens and antibodies. | Defense Health Agency | Jun 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017325C0007 definitive contract | University of Texas at Austin | $275K | Investigating the influence of shallow nearshore stratigraphy on bathymetric stability | Navy | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0039 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $275K | Task area 3 | Army | Jun 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0021 definitive contract | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $275K | Serdp project er24-4382 "deciphering the role of microbial biofilms and biosurfactants in pfas sorption and desorption in natural environments" to determine the extent to which biofilms and biosurfactants may impact processes that control ... | Army | May 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0072 definitive contract | The Regents of the University of Colorado | $274K | Serdp project number: rc25-4824. title: effects of warming and disturbance on terrestrial carbon pools and fluxes: opportunities for carbon management across alaska and north carolina training lands | Army | Nov 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0068 definitive contract | Jacobs Engineering Group Inc | $274K | Serdp er21-3574 research and development scientific contract | Army | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF26CA017 definitive contract | Guidetech LLC | $273K | Gremlin-mission autonomy | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25F0002 delivery order | University of Southern California | $273K | University affiliated research contract - modeling & simulation - pcc5 | Army | Nov 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT22P00000025 purchase order | Frost & Sullivan Inc | $272K | Frost and sullivan subscription | Office of Procurement Operations | Feb 15, 2024 |
| FA702224F0011 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $271K | Professional services for meteorological modeling, simulation and engineering. task order 87. | Air Force | Feb 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT942626FE033 delivery order | Eitr Biologics, Inc | $270K | Novel bispecific broad spectrum nanobody | Defense Health Agency | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N3943025C2002 definitive contract | Gsi Environmental Inc | $270K | Incremental funding | Navy | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0024 definitive contract | Tri Environmental, Inc | $270K | Baa gsl fy24-0001 crosstek solutions, llc for research proposal titled enhanced seismic methods for anomaly detection - u438180 | Army | Mar 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W913E525C0016 definitive contract | Panalaska LLC | $270K | Cso proposal structured insulation for permafrost protection | Army | Oct 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA520923C0020 definitive contract | University of New South Wales | $269K | R&d itc ipac | Air Force | Jul 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU21C0032 definitive contract | Bedford Signals Corporation | $269K | Sbir ph ii | Army | May 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017322F3000 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $269K | The requirement consists of R&D supportinvolving all aspects of development, including modeling and simulation, device design, material growth and characterization, and device/circuit fabrication and characterization. | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HT942523C0081 definitive contract | Velez Ventures Inc | $268K | Clinical biomedical research & surveillance in support of the armed forces research institute of medical sciences bangkok thailand | Defense Health Agency | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6134022C0021 definitive contract | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $267K | Software demonstration and delivery | Navy | Aug 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0020 definitive contract | Drasgow Consulting Group LLC | $264K | R&d services, travel, & odcs (base) | Army | Apr 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25F0149 delivery order | GXM Technologies LLC | $264K | Second t.o-connections literature review u438240 | Army | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0025 delivery order | Tier 1 Performance Solutions LLC | $262K | Base pd: R&D services, travel, & odcs_ | Army | Apr 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ26CA027 definitive contract | Arcadis U.s, Inc | $261K | Evaluation of supercritical water oxidation (scwo) with airscwo(tm) for destructive treatment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfass) | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N3943024C2009 definitive contract | Clemson University | $257K | Lab eval of attenuation mechanisms | Navy | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG21C0016 definitive contract | Michigan Technological University | $257K | Baa titled, opfor hierarchical ai for field exercises and training. effort will be used to inform and provide new models and methods for ai software development for synthetic training environments | Army | Apr 30, 2024 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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