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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 14, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W911NF24F0045 delivery order | Peraton Labs Inc | $2.5K | Amp kickoff meeting to | Army | Mar 11, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0046 delivery order | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $2.5K | Amp kickoff meeting to | Army | Apr 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0047 delivery order | Sierra Nevada Company, LLC | $2.5K | Amp kickoff meeting to | Army | Apr 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0048 delivery order | Rockwell Collins, Inc | $2.5K | Amp kickoff meeting to | Army | Mar 11, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W81XWH19C0003 definitive contract | Diana Caridha | $2.4K | Animal testing | Defense Health Agency | May 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24P0018 purchase order | Kiple Acquisition Science Technology Logistics Engineering Incorporated | $2.1K | On site storage | Army | Nov 22, 2023 DoD 90d |
| N0017321F2014 delivery order | Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc | $174 | Scientific and engineering support | Navy | Jun 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT22CB0000005 definitive contract | Montana State University | $79 | Hierarchical software quality assurance project lrbaa award | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 10, 2026 |
| 0001 delivery order | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $0 | Required engineering services | Defense Contract Management Agency | Feb 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0002 delivery order | U.s Civilian Research and Development Foundation | $0 | Research facilitation in fomer soviet union | Defense Contract Management Agency | Oct 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0002 delivery order | Boeing Aerospace Operations, Inc | $0 | Dfs | Army | Mar 7, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0003 delivery order | Engility Services, LLC | $0 | S1p0000 train ii research and analysis | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0004 delivery order | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $0 | Igf::ct::igf | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0005 delivery order | Engility Services, LLC | $0 | Igf::ot::igf | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0009 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $0 | Services iaw attached sow | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0013 delivery order | Aptima Inc | $0 | Igf::ot::igf research and analysis | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0018 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $0 | Track management support services for sgs/ac, cni, siap, and cec | Defense Contract Management Agency | Oct 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70B02C22F00001210 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | Cbp os oa capabilities effort | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 70B03C24D00000026 IDIQ contract | Traxyl Inc | $0 | This is to provide internet connectivity infrastructure at different CBP locations. | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 70CDCR23FR0000064 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | Federally funded research and development center (ffrdc) idiq task order with homeland security systems engineering and development institute (hssedi) | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 70CMSD23FR0000191 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | Homeland security systems engineering and development institute (hssedi) task order supporting homeland security investigations process improvement | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | May 3, 2024 |
| 70CMSW21FR0000133 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | Enterprise information management support | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 70FA2022F00000078 delivery order | E-Paga, Inc | $0 | Fire as a weapon 2-day course. | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 70FA2022F00000082 delivery order | E-Paga, Inc | $0 | Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the fire service 3-day course. | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 70FA3122A00000002 blanket purchase agreement | Forward Edge AI Inc | $0 | Small business research innovation (sbir) robotics process automation (rpa) artificial intelligence blanket purchase agreement (bpa) | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 70FA3123F00000025 BPA call | Forward Edge AI Inc | $0 | The contractor shall support the automation of acquisition business processes through providing automated solution development, testing, training, deployment, operations and maintenance (o&m) support, program/project management and quality ... | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 70RCSA21FR0000058 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | The purpose of this task order under u.s. dept. of homeland security (DHS) contract no. 70rsat20d00000001 with mitre corporation is to provide jcpo support with homeland security systems engineering and development institute(hssedi)for ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 70RCSJ23FR0000031 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | Provide cybersentry system engineering to the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency (cisa)cybersecurity division (csd)/threat hunting (th). | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 70RCSJ23FR0000046 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | Provide neurodiverse federal workforce (nfw) initiative to the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency (cisa) new: a neurodiverse federal workforce (nfw) initiative cisa/oedia tas: 70-23-0566 itar id: n/a base pop: 08/01/2023-10/31 | Office of Procurement Operations | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 70RDAD21FR0000129 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | New award subject matter expertise support to crcl hssedi - ffrds - mitre | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 17, 2026 |
| 70RDAD23FR0000048 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | To acquire hssedi/mitre analysis services for the fsms kpp performance assessment. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 9, 2024 |
| 70RDAD23FR0000107 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | Data analytics and C-UAS | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 4, 2024 |
| 70RDAD23FR0000130 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $0 | Review and evaluate existing departmental acquisition policies and processes to ensure they support the timely delivery of operationally effective, supportable and affordable capabilities to advance the mission of front-line operators. | Office of Procurement Operations | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 70RDAD23FR0000131 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $0 | Continuation of a study to explore issues associated with unique cyber acquisition programs within DHS. | Office of Procurement Operations | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 70RDAD23FR0000137 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $0 | Systems engineering support (ffrdc) to the CBP freedom of information act program | Office of Procurement Operations | Nov 1, 2023 |
| 70RSAT18CB0000021 definitive contract | Astrophysics Inc | $0 | This is a new award off of the long range baa for an air cargo skid screening system. | Office of Procurement Operations | Feb 4, 2026 |
| 70RSAT18D00000004 IDIQ contract | Signature Science LLC | $0 | The purpose of this time and material, labor hour, fixed price and/or hybrid indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (idiq) is to acquire professional, scientific and technical support services for the u.s. department of homeland security, ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 7, 2025 |
| 70RSAT18FR0000168 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $0 | Certification test and evaluation support services (ctss) in support of independent test and evaluation analysis. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 9, 2026 |
| 70RSAT18P00000037 purchase order | Digital Science & Research Solutions Inc | $0 | To establish funding for public access data repository. | Office of Procurement Operations | May 30, 2024 |
| 70RSAT19CB0000011 definitive contract | Gate Scientific, Inc | $0 | New contract for instrumentless molecular testing platform for foreign animal disease testing | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 3, 2025 |
| 70RSAT19CB0000017 definitive contract | SRI International | $0 | Human language technology prototype | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 23, 2026 |
| 70RSAT19CB0000021 definitive contract | Surescan Corporation | $0 | Idss contract for mobile checkpoint ct x-ray system | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 70RSAT20C00000005 definitive contract | Accipiter Systems, Inc | $0 | Pcie development-sbir phase iii | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 70RSAT20C00000059 definitive contract | Sna International LLC | $0 | The purpose of this requisition to award a new contract for reach-back capability for fielded rapid dna systems. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 2, 2025 |
| 70RSAT20CB0000016 definitive contract | Norwich University Applied Research Institutes LTD | $0 | Decide-transportation lrbaa | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 70RSAT20CB0000026 definitive contract | Commdex, LLC | $0 | Secure and resilient mobile network infrastructure (srmni) project: fifth generation (5g) network security. integrating and tailoring the operation of the products and capabilities to meet tta #2 goals 1, 2 and 3. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 5, 2026 |
| 70RSAT20CB0000027 definitive contract | Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute, Inc | $0 | Cad-to-cad interoperability project - lrbaa | Office of Procurement Operations | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 70RSAT20P00000023 purchase order | Shep-Ty | $0 | Creation of immersive prototype framework that features interactive training scenarios. | Office of Procurement Operations | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 70RSAT21C00000010 definitive contract | Spectral Labs Incorporated | $0 | The purpose of this requisition is to establish a new award for spectral labs. | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 70RSAT21C00000012 definitive contract | Synthetik Applied Technologies LLC | $0 | Department of homeland security, science and technology, fy20.1 phase ii contract proposal title: deepspektra: an enhanced explosives and illicit drugs detection by targeted interrogation of surfaces | Office of Procurement Operations | May 30, 2024 |
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 16, 2026.
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