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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W911NF23C0079 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $0 | Power optimization techniques and system integrity standardization in dismounted pnt | Army | Sep 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23D0001 IDIQ contract | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $0 | Institute for soldier nanotechnologies (isn) university affiliated research center (uarc) (basic, applied, advanced research) | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23D0002 IDIQ contract | National Academy of Sciences | $0 | Army board studies | Army | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23D0003 IDIQ contract | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase iii id/iq for engineering analysis & support | Army | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23D0007 IDIQ contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $0 | R&d, physical, engineering, & life sci. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23D0009 IDIQ contract | Barbaricum LLC | $0 | Amp idiq requirement | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23D0010 IDIQ contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $0 | Amp idiq requirement | Army | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23D0014 IDIQ contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $0 | Amp idiq requirement | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23D0016 IDIQ contract | Leidos, Inc | $0 | Amp idiq requirement | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0002 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $0 | Technical area 4 | Army | Sep 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0003 delivery order | Edmond Scientific Company | $0 | Ssp tcn 22-011 | Army | Aug 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0005 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $0 | Task order issued against w911nf-18-d-0002 for research | Army | May 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0016 delivery order | Edmond Scientific Company | $0 | Ssp tcn 23-0001 base year -- | Army | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0018 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $0 | Technical area 4 | Army | Jun 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0019 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $0 | Technical area 1 | Army | Jun 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0020 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $0 | Technical area 5 | Army | Jun 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0024 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $0 | Technical area 1 | Army | Jun 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0025 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $0 | Technical area 2 | Army | Jun 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0031 delivery order | Aptima Inc | $0 | New start task order | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0046 delivery order | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $0 | Task order 2 - new research task proposal | Army | Sep 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0050 delivery order | Peraton Inc | $0 | Base period (14 mo.) - new start task order from GSA oasis schedule gs00q14oadu424 | Army | Sep 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23P0014 purchase order | Arktonics LLC | $0 | Aspect ratio trapping grown sigesn lasers for cmos monolithic integration | Army | Feb 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23P0015 purchase order | Epitaxial Laboratory Inc | $0 | Monolithic integrated high performance sigesn imaging sensor | Army | Apr 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23P0017 purchase order | Pearl Bio, Inc | $0 | Osd bro sttr phase 1- scalable production of sequence-defined biopolymers containing multiple distinct non-canonical amino acids in recoded cell and cell-free systems | Army | Feb 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24D0001 IDIQ contract | Deloitte Consulting LLP | $0 | Amp idiq requirement | Army | Nov 21, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24D0002 IDIQ contract | Sehlke Consulting LLC | $0 | Sbir phase iii id/iq for c5isr automation services | Army | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25DA003 IDIQ contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $0 | Office of the united states assistant secretary of the ARMY for acquisition, logistics, and technology asa alt studies. analysis, research and development | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25DA004 IDIQ contract | Applied Information Sciences Inc | $0 | The purpose of this award is to acquire support services to innovate across the ARMY as applicable under tradewinds solicitation w519tc-23-s-ctsm. | Army | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF26DA003 IDIQ contract | Nakupuna Prime, LLC | $0 | Provide IT support | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX15D0007 IDIQ contract | Polaris Alpha Advanced Systems Inc | $0 | Igf::ot::igf ps-isr concept research&development services base award | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX15D0009 IDIQ contract | Integration Innovation Inc | $0 | Igf::ot::igf ps-isr concept research&development services base award | Army | Jan 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX17D0006 IDIQ contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $0 | Igf::ot::igf human vulnerability in extreme environments | Army | May 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX18D0001 IDIQ contract | Parsons Government Services Inc | $0 | C5isr | Army | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX18D0002 IDIQ contract | Icf Incorporated, L.l.c | $0 | C5isr | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX20F0110 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $0 | Geospatial intelligence (geoint) software development and support services for up to three years for ARMY research laboratory and national geospatial-intelligence agency | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21C0006 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii topic a19-015 for research and development of monolithic blocking microstructure | Army | Dec 15, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21C0012 definitive contract | Tda Research, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii year 1 topic a19-022 | Army | Aug 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21C0014 definitive contract | Banpil Photonics, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii proposal #a2-8358 extended near infrared (enir) focal plane array (fpa) for out-of-band imaging applications. | Army | May 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21C0015 definitive contract | Yotta Navigation Corporation | $0 | Sbir phase ii topic a19-012 modeling of dense urban networks (mdun). sbir phase ii proposal # # a2-8307 | Army | Nov 14, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21C0017 definitive contract | Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii topic #a19-116 "dualwave mid-wave infrared/long-wave infrared (mwir/lwir) imagining polarimeter (dipole) artifical intelligence (ai" | Army | Mar 7, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21C0020 definitive contract | Nanotok, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii topic a2-8463 for research and development of aivs sensor | Army | Apr 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21C0026 definitive contract | Lumetrics, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase iii effort - identify and predict deterioration and failure of transparent armor | Army | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21D0001 IDIQ contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $0 | Broad agency announcement (baa) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq) for modernization of isr science and technology research & development (R&D) | Army | Sep 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21D0004 IDIQ contract | DCS Corporation | $0 | Human-agent teaming research and engineering indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (idiq) | Army | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21D0009 IDIQ contract | Helios Remote Sensing Systems, Inc | $0 | Man portable doppler radar system and support | Army | May 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21F0123 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $0 | Task order 0001 for broad agency announcement (baa) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq) for modernization of isr science and technology research & development (R&D) | Army | Feb 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0008 definitive contract | General Electric Company | $0 | Eo14042 applied research collaborative systematic turboshaft electrification project (arc-step) | Army | Aug 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0011 definitive contract | Spark Thermionics, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii topic a19-137 | Army | Feb 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0012 definitive contract | Bell Textron Inc | $0 | Hybrid-electric UAS vehicle design | Army | Jun 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0013 definitive contract | Liquidpiston, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii year 1 topic a19-166 | Army | Jun 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 16, 2026.
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