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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W912CG23C0032 definitive contract | Cornell University | $223K | New darpa baa - castle - lancer: learning network cyberagents | Army | May 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19F0617 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $222K | To w31p4q19f0617 is issued iaw section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract, for the pws entitled, us air force warfare center electronic warfare support. pop from date of award through 5 years. | Army | Apr 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25P0004 purchase order | Oregon State University | $222K | Baa 24-0058, development of soil-binder mixture designs for 3d printing infrastructure for erdc gsl | Army | Jan 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F2433 delivery order | Jensen Hughes, Inc | $221K | Navsea naval ships technical manual (nstm 555) updates and shipboard fire protection equipment evaluations technical support task order 0019 | Navy | Sep 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25PA067 purchase order | Modalai, Inc | $221K | National defense authorization act (ndaa) compliant unmanned aircraft system (UAS) radio development for the ARMY research laboratory (arl) research efforts. | Army | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25C0038 definitive contract | University of Miami | $220K | Estcp ew25-8465 new start assessment tool for pump and motor efficiencies of pumping systems to identify degraded pumps and motors and detect faulty operations | Army | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0007 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $220K | Research and development tasks in engine hot-fire performance assessment at university of alabama huntsville campus supporting combat capabilities development (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc). | Army | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT942524P0113 purchase order | Greater Los Angeles Veterans Research and Education Foundation | $220K | Immunohistochemistry and analysis services. research and reporting on immunohistochemical slide tissue scans of brain matter. | Defense Health Agency | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8544 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $220K | Fy22 usno gps timing requirements | Navy | Apr 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25P0052 purchase order | Anchor Qea, Inc | $220K | Thin layer placement u433000 | Army | May 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W9132T24C0021 definitive contract | Wood Products Council | $220K | Cso: mass timber expertise tech transfer and design project support to u.s. DOD agencies u435cei | Army | Sep 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25P0005 purchase order | Tda Research, Inc | $220K | Serdp project wp25-4608 "rapid cure polysilazane topcoats" to develop improved military topcoats with reduced health, environmental, and regulatory risks in order to assess the feasibility of polysilazanes as military topcoat replacements. | Army | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W9132T23C0027 definitive contract | Michigan Technological University | $220K | Baa-estimation, interpolation, and mapp u435ceo | Army | Aug 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ25P0016 purchase order | Wild Vision Systems Inc | $220K | Serdp rc25-0123 new start evaluate smart trapping for the identification and live capture of invasive brown tree snakes | Army | Nov 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA520923C0010 definitive contract | Swinburne University of Technology | $219K | Army research and development-fundamental science for the durability assessment of additive manufactured (am) parts | Air Force | Aug 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23F0111 delivery order | Basic Commerce & Industries Inc | $218K | The government requires continued research, development, production, integration, and installation support to upgrade the prototype radar system developed under prior sbir phase iii task order w911qx21f0039 of this effort. | Army | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25P0041 purchase order | Enspired Solutions Inc | $218K | Baa-el-2025-0015 demonstrate destruction of aqueous file forming foam (afff) at commercial scale with photoactivated reductive defluorination technology | Army | May 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG23C0029 definitive contract | Siemens Corporation | $217K | Base effort (R&D)-- optimized reinforcement learning agents for network defense operations. | Army | May 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24P0026 purchase order | University System of New Hampshire | $217K | Serdp project mr24-4520 "spatial coherence based reconstruction for detection of underwater munitions" | Army | Mar 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25P0066 purchase order | Saeed & Associates Consultants Inc | $217K | Baa 24-0030, framework for assessment of inefficiencies in pavement materials and construction | Army | Jun 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N3943025C2004 definitive contract | University of Arizona | $215K | Developing and testing cement formulations by optimizing the use of limestone and supplementary cementitious materials and conducting a comprehensive life cycle assessment to evaluate their material compositions and mechanical/chemical ... | Navy | Jul 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70B06C23C00000173 definitive contract | Traxyl Inc | $215K | Purchase of fibertrax installation services at 4 specified CBP ports of entry. | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Mar 25, 2025 |
| W911QX25FA001 delivery order | Solvus Global LLC | $215K | Small business innovative research (sbir), phase iii indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq) titled synergized solutions for advanced manufacturing challenges. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0044 definitive contract | Icf Incorporated, L.l.c | $214K | Automated nco writing assessment ii | Army | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HC104721F0038 delivery order | Peraton Inc | $213K | A5015 nrl pomonkey facility support | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG26FA002 delivery order | University of Southern California | $211K | University affiliated research center - research and development in modeling and simulation - aided target recognition (aitr) scale | Army | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24P0035 purchase order | Gaardtech USA LTD Liability Co | $211K | Sbir phase 1: gaardtech jaeger robotic dts | Army | Aug 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25CA011 definitive contract | Motivf Corporation | $211K | Pws | Army | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA890322C0022 definitive contract | Allonnia LLC | $211K | On-site removal and destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) using surface active foam fractionation (saff) and de-fluoro technologies | Air Force | Apr 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25P0007 purchase order | Nou Systems Inc | $210K | New small business technology transfer program componentized hypersonic reduction in order for neoteric optimized simulations (chronos) | Army | Dec 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25P0002 purchase order | Physical Sciences Inc | $210K | Small business technology transfer (sttr) "a low cost, high throughput, high temperature mechanical test platform utilizing high enthalpy flow". | Army | Nov 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911SR25CA012 definitive contract | Exquadrum Inc | $210K | Develop an innovative materiel solution utilizing phase change materials tailored for thermal regulation within a closed-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus to reduce thermal burden. | Army | Jul 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA004 purchase order | Aries Science & Technology LLC | $210K | 85170-es-st1-aries science and technology, llc-fast-charge lithium-ion battery demonstration for small unmanned air systems utilizing si/siox anode and high-performing anode components | Army | Apr 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA520923C0023 definitive contract | Australian National University | $210K | R&d itc ipac | Air Force | Jul 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF26PA001 purchase order | Goeppert LLC | $210K | Aerosolized fentanyl electrochemical nano-sensor for field detection | Army | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF26PA002 purchase order | Spectree Inc | $210K | Integrated aerosol collection and mof-fet sensors (aeromof-fet) for aerosolized chem/biothreats | Army | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA016 purchase order | The Probitas Project, Inc | $210K | 86323-es-cb1 - the probitas project, inc. - rapid identification of aerosol particles: electrochemical characterization infused with machine learning | Army | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA013 purchase order | Nanohmics Inc | $210K | This small business innovation research phase i proposal will focus on developing a deoxyribonucleic acid based binder of neurotoxins that also catalyzes deactivation of the agent, rendering IT ineffective as a warfare weapon. | Army | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA017 purchase order | Ombra LLC | $210K | 86325-es-cb1 ombra llcvoltametric ionic-gel interface for lethal-agent detection (vigil) | Army | Sep 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA018 purchase order | Nou Systems Inc | $210K | 86324-es-cb1 - nou systems, inc. - volatile aerosol-level yield recognition and immediate evaluation (valyrie) | Army | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA012 purchase order | Nou Systems Inc | $210K | This phase i effort will explore three stabilization strategies--directed mutagenesis, polymer-based nanoparticle encapsulation, and covalent enzyme functionalization--to generate robust pte-based therapeutics ready for phase ii ... | Army | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911SR25CA020 definitive contract | Precision Combustion, Inc | $210K | Regenerable absorption-based continuous co2 removal (raccr) system for continuously eliminating co2 from closed circuit rebreathers. | Army | Sep 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ21C0046 definitive contract | Aptim Federal Services, LLC | $209K | Serdp er21-1135 aptm | Army | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA019 purchase order | Realnose Inc | $209K | Realnose inc, proposal no. 86326-es-cb1, titled: embedded machine olfaction for multi-modal sensing | Army | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017317F2047 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | $208K | Igf::ot::igf pr 57-4046-17, directed energy capability effects and development. | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23C0012 definitive contract | Icf Incorporated, L.l.c | $207K | New start contract. R&D services, travel, & odcs (base) - | Army | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02323FRD000006 delivery order | Serco Inc | $206K | Very high frequency (vhf) data exchange system (vdes)r-mode research support | U.S. Coast Guard | Sep 23, 2024 |
| W911NF25PA003 purchase order | Luna Labs USA LLC | $205K | Cost-effective porous organic polymer synthesis | Army | Apr 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA006 purchase order | Dual Sense, LLC | $205K | Compact airborne hyperspectral micro-raman aerosol detector | Army | Apr 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25PA010 purchase order | Perceptra Technologies, Inc | $205K | 85431-bb-sb1-perceptra technologies, inc.-title: high-throughput micro-raman aerosol analyzer | Army | Jul 18, 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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