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Science and technology R&D: $5.5B in defense awards
$5.5B obligated across 3,565 DoD and DHS awards to 1,371 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 13, 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 | 3,565 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0017325P5214 purchase order | Powerhouse Consulting Group LLC | $88K | 2d melanin coating services | Navy | Dec 10, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017322F2032 delivery order | Intelligent Designs LLC | $86K | Advanced concepts analysis labor base | Navy | Sep 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24P0122 purchase order | Raymond Chapman | $86K | W912hz24p0122 task 1 and task 2 gsmb modeling services u433d90 | Army | Aug 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24P0034 purchase order | Michigan State University | $85K | Gsl-24-0036 determining the anisotropic stiffness characteristics of unbound materials - u438000 | Army | Feb 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017324P5240 purchase order | Powerhouse Consulting Group LLC | $84K | 2d melanin coating services and support | Navy | May 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F2015 delivery order | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $84K | Structures research and development | Air Force | Dec 19, 2023 DoD 90d |
| FA955022C0001 definitive contract | Syntek Technologies, Inc | $83K | Modeling plasmasphere structure: ducts and irregularities | Air Force | Jan 31, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6600124P6224 purchase order | Stetson Engineers Inc | $80K | Environmental modelling toolkit services | Navy | Mar 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0106 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $80K | Research & development on engine performance assessments supporting combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc) | Army | Apr 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG26FA003 delivery order | University of Southern California | $80K | University affiliated research center - research and development in modeling and simulation - civil water modeling: open coast physical processes support | Army | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF22C0057 definitive contract | Aptima Inc | $80K | R&d services, travel, & odcs (opt 1) - | Army | Jul 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24C0088 definitive contract | Oklahoma State University | $80K | Baa-gsl-24-0050 investigating the effect of tie support conditions and missing ties on track modulus u438260 | Army | Sep 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA520924C0022 definitive contract | Carbon Quants Corporation | $79K | Itc ipac-advancing ultrasonic welding for carbon fiber reinforced polymer (cfrp) | Air Force | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0016 definitive contract | Oregon State University | $77K | Serdp project wp22-3241 "quantification and identification of pfas and total fluorine during thermal degradation of fluoropolymers in the presence of explosives" | Army | Nov 17, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W912CG26FA006 delivery order | University of Southern California | $77K | University affiliated research center - research and development in modeling and simulation - maritime contested logistics support | Army | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA520924C0017 definitive contract | National Cheng Kung University | $77K | The objective of this research is to fabricate the proof-of-concept protective e-textiles based on the light-weight and robust electrospun silver nanofibers, targeting applications protect body or extremities from cold weather. | Air Force | Jun 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017326C2410 definitive contract | Computational Physics, Inc | $76K | Remote sensing modeling, field and laboratory experiments, sensor calibration, feasibility studies, instrument design, experiments and algorithms, and performing simulations and scientific analyses. | Navy | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862620F3400 delivery order | General Electric Company | $75K | Component improvement program tf34 | Air Force | Mar 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q21F0278 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $75K | Department of defense civilian leader development experiment with technology and artificial intelligence, implementing new techniques then testing against previous practices | Army | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24P0013 purchase order | Tetac, Inc | $75K | Sbir phase i project | Army | Mar 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017325C2459 definitive contract | Electronics of the Future, Inc | $75K | Theoretical and experimental graphene research required to create new simulation tools; maintain and/or expand the functionality of existing/developmental nrl design codes; and create or analyze novel passive and active device designs. | Navy | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ24C0003 definitive contract | Cesium GS, Inc | $75K | Baa labor | Army | Aug 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0029 definitive contract | Slipstream Group Inc | $75K | Slipstream project ew21-5007 | Army | Nov 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0253 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $75K | Research & development task for essential engineering and life cycle services supporting combat capabilities development command aviation and missile center (devcom avmc) at redstone arsenal, alabama | Army | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF22C0044 definitive contract | Icf Incorporated, L.l.c | $75K | R&d services, travel, & odcs evaluation of time management handbook for junior ncos | Army | Dec 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0046 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $74K | Global strike range equipment and systems support | Army | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF21C0035 definitive contract | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $74K | Base award-R&D services, travel, & odcs- | Army | Apr 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W913E525C0010 definitive contract | University of Connecticut | $74K | Cso 24-ipr-fire-0007 entitled "ai-informed high-resolution fuel mapping cold regions research and engineering" year 1 u437n00 | Army | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T11CT602 definitive contract | The Keyw Corporation | $73K | The project fusion and cloud analytics is to provide research, development, and demonstration of analytics terchniques and cloud computing technologies for the advancement of all source assessment and exploitation of the threat environment ... | Army | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W519TC25P0050 purchase order | Drafter Inc | $73K | Sbir phase i - proposal number osd254-p001-0342 - drafter - generative ai for hardware development processes, informed by realities in manufacturing and design | Army | Aug 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF19C0093 definitive contract | Fors Marsh Group LLC | $73K | Measures of cohesion and effectiveness in small decentralized teams | Army | Nov 14, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W913E522F0013 delivery order | Csmi LLC | $72K | Technical and professional services u437n00 | Army | Mar 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017323C2006 definitive contract | Regents of the University of Michigan | $70K | Pr# 82-1037-22 integrated materials selection and design of a morphing hypersonic vehicle | Navy | Mar 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017325C2408 definitive contract | The University of Southern Mississippi | $70K | Coastal and littoral geospatial data and artificial intelligence integration baa topic 74-24-02 | Navy | Feb 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W913E524C0010 definitive contract | Trustees of Dartmouth College | $70K | Research & development - dartmouth college baa 23-0014 titled, advanced signal processing approaches for mapping soil's electromagnetic parameters u437d00 | Army | Mar 7, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6600126P6126 purchase order | Geosyntec Consultants, Inc | $70K | Desktop review / bmp and gis support | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25CA015 definitive contract | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | $69K | Epsilon near zero metasurfaces for optical switching | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC104722F0026 delivery order | Peraton Inc | $69K | Spectrum support to mda | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W913E524F0019 delivery order | Csmi LLC | $69K | Technical and professional services u437h00 | Army | Sep 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0024424F0333 delivery order | Saxman One, LLC | $68K | Internship program support services | Navy | Jul 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA862625FB010 delivery order | Ozark Aeroworks LLC | $68K | Continuing helicopter service and counseling efforts | Air Force | Oct 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HT942525F0258 delivery order | Crititech Particle Engineering Solutions, LLC | $68K | Development of novel drug particles | Defense Health Agency | Jun 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA890322C0002 definitive contract | CDM Federal Programs Corporation | $67K | Advanced data analytics and forensics framework and demonstration: high-resolution site characterization | Air Force | Dec 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT22FR0000143 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $66K | The purpose of mitre task order 70rsat22fr0000143 is for the forced labor analytics requirement. | Office of Procurement Operations | Mar 14, 2024 |
| N6600125P6224 purchase order | Arizona State University | $66K | Unmanned ground vehicles algorithms. | Navy | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA520923C0022 definitive contract | Hanoi University of Science and Technology | $66K | Army research and development-novel organic/self-assembly supramolecules towards polyflouroalkyl substances (pfas) detection in ofet devices | Air Force | Jul 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N3943024C2010 definitive contract | Vault Structures, Inc | $66K | Fabrication of ecm doors - baa notice id n3943023s2550 table topic bo. 4, advanced large door system technology. | Navy | Mar 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0143 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $65K | Research & development support in data science & advanced analytics for u.s ARMY combat capabilities development command aviation & missile center (devcom avmc). | Army | Jul 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W519TC25P0069 purchase order | Renze Consulting, LLC | $64K | Sbir phase i - proposal # osd254-p0001-0157 for increasing the adoption of semi-autonomous ai agents within the DOD and industry | Army | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017320F2010 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | $64K | Directed energy effects, phenomenology, and statistical research (deepstar) | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 16, 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 15, 2026.
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