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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA700024F0136 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $62K | The center for aircraft structural life extension (castle) at the united states air force (USAF) academy and the USAF aircraft structural integrity program (asip) require contractor root cause analysis support. | Air Force | Sep 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N3943023C2509 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $62K | Topic no 3: advanced large door systems | Navy | Sep 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0042124P0079 purchase order | University of Illinois | $61K | Am effects of defects | Navy | Dec 27, 2023 DoD 90d |
| FA700025F0126 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $60K | Castle at usafa requires contractor support for the development and validation of stress intensity factor solutions and related research. | Air Force | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA520924C0026 definitive contract | Chulalongkorn University | $60K | Nanomaterial-augmented multiplex sensors for pesticides, toxins, and pathogens | Air Force | Dec 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ22C0085 definitive contract | Arcadis U.s, Inc | $60K | Estcp project er22-7313 "management and mitigation of pfas leaching from concrete" | Army | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ24P0016 purchase order | Auburn University | $60K | Exploring mechanisms of soil-anchor interactions in flexible pavement systems-baa 24-0034. u438260 | Army | Dec 29, 2023 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23FR0000137 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $59K | New hssedi task order for the s&t ffrdc pmo knowledge management project. | Office of Procurement Operations | Dec 21, 2023 |
| W911NF22C0015 definitive contract | Exergi Predictive LLC | $59K | Energy management of robotic combat vehicles using physics-guided digital twin and edge-based artificial intelligence | Army | Aug 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0042124P0399 purchase order | Wichita State University | $58K | Prepreg testing for equivalency | Navy | Sep 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0094 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $58K | Research & development engineering services supporting aviation and missile center at redstone arsenal, alabama | Army | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA520924C0024 definitive contract | Green Optics Co.,ltd | $58K | Evaluation of zinc sulfide (zns) for sensor protection in extreme environments | Air Force | Sep 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23P0024 purchase order | Design Interactive, LLC | $56K | Sbir phase i topic a22-005 (base) for six (6) months with design interactive inc. proposal a222-005-0134, title: beat-2a | Army | Feb 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23P0033 purchase order | Coolcad Electronics, Inc | $56K | Sbir phase i topic a22-006 (base) | Army | Feb 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23P0006 purchase order | Aptima Inc | $56K | Sbir ph1 a222-015-0170 - base | Army | Feb 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0110 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $56K | System engineering in support of the capability program executive, aviation (cpe aviation) plans, program, resources, & procurement (ppr&p) | Army | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23P0019 purchase order | Stellar Science LTD Co | $56K | Sbir i topic a22-004: for a military operation simulator with artificial intelligence (ai) and extended reality (xr) interfaces in which agents will learn by executing simulated multi-domain operations (mdo). | Army | Jun 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN23P0004 purchase order | Knowledge Based Systems Inc | $55K | Sbir phase 1 a222-002-0205 award against DOD program sbir baa 22.2 | Army | Feb 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0042124P0243 purchase order | Microbac Laboratories Inc | $55K | Antimicrobial and antiviral hard-surface | Navy | May 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22P0140 purchase order | Integris Composites, Inc | $55K | Armor designs | Army | Dec 15, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN25PA015 purchase order | Sirsi Corporation | $55K | Sirsidynix subscription renewal | Army | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23F0021 delivery order | New Mexico State University | $55K | Research and development (R&D) analysis and engineering support psl-new mexico state university | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF21C0003 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $55K | Base award- R&D services, travel,&odcs- measuring and advancing soldier tactical readiness and effectiveness (mastr-e) | Army | Mar 7, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23C0087 definitive contract | Revision Military Limited | $54K | Revision military baa - integrated sound, light and blast management for the ears and eyes | Army | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ26CA006 definitive contract | Invicta Water, Inc | $53K | Validation of photocatalytic technology for destruction of aqueous film-forming foam (afff) formulations containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) | Army | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF22C0064 definitive contract | Arete Associates | $53K | Architecture for effects of low doses on skin (archelons) | Army | Jun 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N3239825P0617 purchase order | Dayton T Brown, Inc | $53K | Electromagnetic interference (emi) and windblast testing performed on the drager aviair to determine survivability in extreme environments. | Navy | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0254 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $52K | Research and development for first person view (fpv) technologies and operations supporting combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc) | Army | Sep 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA286019CA051 definitive contract | Immersive Concepts L.l.c | $52K | Civil engineering support services | Air Force | May 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70US0924P70092096 purchase order | M-Vac Systems, Inc | $51K | This firm fixed price purchase order is to procure m-vac forensic dna collection system. | U.S. Secret Service | Sep 10, 2024 |
| FA520922P0173 purchase order | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | $51K | Army research and development - towards large scale conceptual analysis and design of rotorcraft | Air Force | Jul 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70FA3123F00000106 BPA call | Forward Edge AI Inc | $51K | Firm fixed price complex de-obligation closeout rpa process | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Jul 29, 2024 |
| W31P4Q25F0251 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $51K | Research & development unmanned aerial system support to combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc) technology development directorate (tdd). | Army | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70B06C25P00000033 purchase order | Florida International University | $50K | This is a firm, fixed price purchase order in the amount of $50,000.00 for fiscal year 2025 membership fee to center for advanced research in forensic science (carfs) at the florida international university (fiu) | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 70B06C26P00000204 purchase order | Florida International University | $50K | Center for advanced research in forensic science (carfs) membership | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Jul 14, 2026 |
| 70RSAT24C00000012 definitive contract | Covert Defenses LLC | $50K | Sbir program support for sbir company, covert defenses to participate in the nsf i-corps program | Office of Procurement Operations | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 70RWMD21F00000031 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $50K | Public health and medical preparedness for catastrophic events forum for the DHS office of the chief medical officer by the institute of medicine (iom) national academy of sciences (nas) under the DHS basic ordering agreement. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 24, 2024 |
| N0017323F2034 delivery order | Excet, LLC | $50K | Guided missile frigate ffg-62 cathodic protection and biofouling control systems design and evaluation | Navy | Jan 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6134025C0016 definitive contract | Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc | $50K | Naval aviation primer training | Navy | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q21F0225 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $50K | Task order w31p4q-21-f-0225 (s3i control number 293-1a) is issued in accordance with section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract, for the (pws) entitled, " architecture and integration research for technology development ... | Army | Sep 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25F0004 delivery order | University of Southern California | $50K | University affiliated research contract - research and development in modeling and simulation - simulated interactive teaching agents (sita) | Army | Dec 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25FA006 delivery order | University of Southern California | $50K | University affiliated research contract - research and development in modeling and simulation - defense threat reduction agency (dtra) synthetic ai sensor generation | Army | Jul 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ23C0047 definitive contract | Cusatis Computational Services Inc | $50K | Sttr phase ii project entitled phase ii: computational tools for the multiscale simulation of engineered wood products (ewp) under dynamic loading conditions. u435100 | Army | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA233023CB002 definitive contract | Intellisense Systems Inc | $50K | Improved weather sensor analysis algorithm via machine learning | Air Force | Jun 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA520922P0166 purchase order | Indian Institute of Science | $50K | Army research & development - international center indo-pacific (itc-ipac), controlled phase transitions between trivial and non-trivial topological states of matter - 2232inhkp_p | Air Force | Aug 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W913E526PA006 purchase order | M3 Works LLC | $50K | Cso-crrel-25-0043 - model comparison of high-resolution isnobal simulations with raw and bias-corrected hrrr forcing, evaluated against lidar snow depth | Army | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862626FB009 delivery order | Ozark Aeroworks LLC | $49K | T53 engine component improvement program (cip) | Air Force | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HT942523C0102 definitive contract | Eagle Integrated Services, LLC | $46K | Research support services to include laboratory, scientific, engineering, and health physic support to perform research tasks related to the research mission. | Defense Health Agency | Nov 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0032 definitive contract | Octo Consulting Group LLC | $46K | Aided target recognition (aitr)- baa | Army | Jan 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N3239824P0603 purchase order | Dayton T Brown, Inc | $46K | Total of four windblast shots: 2 at 450 | Navy | Aug 16, 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 15, 2026.
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