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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W912HZ25P0063 purchase order | Alpha Eagle Technology Corp | $46K | Funding for baa 25-0006 titled "enhancement of pavement design and evaluation using drone and lidar technology" | Army | Jul 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017323C2013 definitive contract | Appalachian State University | $45K | R&d effort awarded under the baa | Navy | Dec 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0246 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $45K | Research & development weapon system technology for combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc) systems readiness directorate (srd) for program executive office aviation (peo avn) future vertical lift | Army | Aug 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W519TC25P0051 purchase order | Partsimony Inc | $45K | Sbir phase i - proposal # osd254-p001-0344 for adaptive manufacturing supply chains for superior resilience | Army | Aug 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70FA3123F00000101 BPA call | Forward Edge AI Inc | $44K | Electronic contract file system (ecfs) file transfer upgrade | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 0001 delivery order | Engility Services, LLC | $43K | Igf::ot::igf wrair clinical evaluation of chikungunya vaccine candidates | Army | Feb 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25PA091 purchase order | Arrow Tech Associates, Inc | $42K | Analysis of up to 30 sets of orthogonal spark shadowgraph, sensor data, and/or other imagery files of national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) flight vehicles under live fire to determine aerodynamic coefficients and dynamic ... | Army | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23CB0000007 definitive contract | Imsar LLC | $41K | C-UAS - airborne SUAS detection radar - lrbaa award | Office of Procurement Operations | Dec 16, 2024 |
| W912HZ25FA094 delivery order | Summerwind Consultants Inc | $41K | Task order #4, document revision for new ARMY regulation 525-13, ARMY combating terrorism program | Army | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA890322C0032 definitive contract | Arclight Research & Consulting, LLC | $41K | Field validation of a modified hydrus model for simulating pfas leaching in the vadose zone | Air Force | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6449824P5116 purchase order | Corzine Engineering LLC | $40K | Corzine imd engineering support | Navy | Mar 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA520924C0016 definitive contract | Marathon Targets Pty LTD | $39K | This ftas project is intended to assess utility of marathon targets autonomous robotic targets in a live-fire test at dugway proving grounds in q4 2024 | Air Force | Jul 11, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY25FA069 BPA call | North Carolina State University | $39K | Thermal manikin testing: heat and moisture resistance properties of garments and fabrics. | Army | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19F0273 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $38K | Task order w31p4q-19-f-0273 address high-interest problems from strategic capabilities office (sco) and its mission partners affecting national security and provide analytical assessments and solution recommendations | Army | Jul 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23F0160 BPA call | Gaston College | $38K | Moisture moving fabrics | Army | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25P0037 purchase order | Western Research Institute | $38K | Asphalt chemistry testing - u438260 | Army | Jun 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017321F6002 delivery order | Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc | $37K | Pr 56-9002-21 R&D in the area of optical techniques, devices and measurements. | Navy | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N3943021F4088 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $36K | X081 integrated approach to transition from active to passive treatments at munitions sites | Navy | Apr 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6852025P0045 purchase order | Calright Instruments, Incorporated | $36K | Calibration service code: eg03-0000 | Navy | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017326P5310 purchase order | Airspace Integration, Inc | $36K | The nrl coastal environmental observation station - to renew operations of nrl-ceobs, improve physical space 0.00 to accommodate planned future usage | Navy | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N3239826PA009 purchase order | Fundacion De La Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Honduras | $35K | Project titled integrated phenotypic and genotypic aedes aegypti insecticide resistance surveillance in military relevant regions in eastern and central honduras. | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017322F2025 delivery order | Excet, LLC | $35K | Research, development, and engineering (rd&e) to reduce corrosion control costs and improve sustainability for the columbia class program | Navy | Aug 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q24F0099 delivery order | National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining | $34K | This requirement is in support of the statement of work (sow) entitled, "devcom armaments center (ac) machine monitoring support". | Army | May 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ23P0066 purchase order | Bevilacqua Research Corporation | $33K | Phase iii sbir, research in support of the development of multispectral technical effects with unconventional countermeasures for visualization and assessment capability using enhanced cognitive processing technology | Army | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ23P0070 purchase order | Nevada System of Higher Education | $30K | Irwin sensor measurement and data analysis support-u438180 | Army | Jun 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0128 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $30K | Research & development on weapon system technology supporting combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc). | Army | Apr 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA520924C0015 definitive contract | Soongsil University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation | $30K | This project will involve the fabrication and delivery of two iterations of gallium nitride (gan) based high-electron mobility transistors (hemts) for additional integration with nitride ferroelectrics and then performance characterization. | Air Force | Jun 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0042125P1192 purchase order | Gas Generator Solutions, LLC | $29K | Annual service contract providing yearly preventative maintenance, technical support, consumables, labor, travel expenses, and repair (within five days of breakdown) to maintain the six peak nitrogengenerators | Navy | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19F0392 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $28K | Task order w31p4q19f0392 is issued iaw section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract, for the pws entitled, s3i software engineering support to the aiamd ipo for fms customers. period of performance from date of award through 3 ... | Army | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX19F0062 delivery order | Calnet Inc | $28K | Concept research&development - base year plus three option years | Army | Feb 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0210 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $28K | Research & development support for optic with existing department of defense geospatial & intelligence platforms, enabling the collection, processing, storage, & distribution of aerial intelligence data support real-time & mission-critical ... | Army | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017319C2002 definitive contract | Amentum Technology, Inc | $28K | Research and development of innovative new capabilities in radar and optical data acquisition, processing and analysis. the contractor will support continuing development and improving of the multi-band synthetic aperture radar (mbsar) ... | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23C00000027 definitive contract | Vadum Inc | $28K | To initiate a new contract for dhs221-001 pii vadum automated ai distress alerts | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 70FA3123F00000105 BPA call | Forward Edge AI Inc | $27K | Supervisor dashboard | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Jul 15, 2024 |
| FA945324PX001 purchase order | Plasma Controls, LLC | $27K | K2hc-t hardware | Air Force | Nov 28, 2023 DoD 90d |
| N0042125P1091 purchase order | Physical Sciences Inc | $26K | 1301234989 - ilir-fy24-001 carbon/silicon carbide test specimens for organization 4.3.2 fy: 2025, ams: n00421-25-simacq-432000a-0048 | Navy | May 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0104 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $26K | Devcom srd ram division has a requirement that supports pae maneuver air systems with analysis and identification centered on communicating platform systems and components. this task will include a demo of the magic leap system and use by ... | Army | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ22P0141 purchase order | Baylor University | $26K | Baa 22-0012, near-surface phenomenology using ultrasound and spatiotemporal beam profiling in the infrared u438000 | Army | Sep 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017324P5815 purchase order | Florida International University | $25K | Field technical support for active acoustic instrumentation for biological research | Navy | Jul 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0187 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $25K | Research & development on computer based ase training - classified (cbat-c) phase iv content update supporting combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc). | Army | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02324P91240005 purchase order | Callyo 2009 Corp | $25K | Callyo the period of performance is 01mar2024-28feb2025 | U.S. Coast Guard | Feb 1, 2024 |
| W912HZ22F0207 delivery order | Gsi North America Inc | $24K | Gsi task order 10 - u433f20 | Army | May 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0120 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $24K | Research & development on model based systems engineering (mbse) supporting combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc) | Army | Apr 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02324FRD000007 delivery order | Olh Technical Services, LLC | $24K | Saber video editing for project 1034 task order 2 | U.S. Coast Guard | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 70Z02326FRD000003 delivery order | Olh Technical Services, LLC | $23K | Counter unmanned underwater vehicle (c-uuv) defeat technologies technical writing | U.S. Coast Guard | Apr 21, 2026 |
| W81XWH19P0153 purchase order | Songklanagarind Hospital | $21K | Biomedical, clinical and surveillance study support in southern thailand for the wrair-armed forces institute of medical sciences | Defense Health Agency | May 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017326P5802 purchase order | University of Maryland, College Park | $21K | Melt pond sensing buoy | Navy | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017325P5812 purchase order | California Nanotechnologies, Inc | $20K | Sps trials in support of nrl base program | Navy | Jan 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ25PA028 purchase order | Yellowscan, Inc | $20K | Data collection using yellowscan voyager 30 UAS lidar system | Army | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0006 delivery order | Els, Inc | $19K | Technical and programmatic support to the an/usq-82(v) | Navy | Feb 7, 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 15, 2026.
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