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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W911QX22C0018 definitive contract | Apptronik Inc | $0 | Sbir ii, topic a19-166, virgo phase ii - autonomous mobile manipulation platform | Army | Sep 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0020 definitive contract | Solvus Global LLC | $0 | Sbir phase ii effort under topic #a19-137 for research and development services in support of validation of rapid repair and restoration for long range precision fire cannons. | Army | Nov 15, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0025 definitive contract | Tangitek LLC | $0 | Sbir phase ii year 2 topic a19-137 | Army | Sep 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0028 definitive contract | Oerlikon Metco US Inc | $0 | Sandphobic coatings R&D, domestic | Army | Oct 6, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22C0033 definitive contract | Lumineye Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii topic # a19-137 | Army | Jan 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX22D0016 IDIQ contract | Delux Advanced Manufacturing, LLC | $0 | Additive manufacturing of rf components and materials | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0016 definitive contract | Cole Engineering Services, Inc | $0 | Ousd mrai hub opsim integration | Army | Apr 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0022 definitive contract | Washington University, the | $0 | Fabrication of graphene oxide silk fibroin nanocomposites for microballistic experiments | Army | Jul 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0024 definitive contract | Tda Research, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase iii high pressure hydrogen | Army | Jul 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0025 definitive contract | Rohr, Inc | $0 | Carbon-carbon composites for hypersonics | Army | Sep 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23D0010 IDIQ contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $0 | Broad agency announcement (baa) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq) for technology innovation and data engineering (tide) and disruptive intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (isr)science and technology. | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24D0011 IDIQ contract | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $0 | Sbir phase iii - digital engineering | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25D0001 IDIQ contract | Flash Steelworks Inc | $0 | Small business innovative research phase iii, low-cost, ultra-high strength alloys for military applications | Army | May 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25D0010 IDIQ contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $0 | Cyber testbed of the cybervan | Army | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25DA001 IDIQ contract | Solvus Global LLC | $0 | Small business innovative research (sbir), phase iii indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq) titled synergized solutions for advanced manufacturing challenges. | Army | May 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25DA003 IDIQ contract | Iperionx Technology LLC | $0 | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase iii indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq) titled low-cost domestic titanium for defense applications | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25DA005 IDIQ contract | Loukus Technologies, Inc | $0 | Small business innovative research (sbir), phase iii for advanced materials systems and manufacturing for property enhancements | Army | Jun 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25DA010 IDIQ contract | Turbineone Inc | $0 | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase iii indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq), titled automated target recognition (atr) at the edge in support of ARMY intelligence enterprise modernization | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25DA016 IDIQ contract | University of South Florida Institute of Applied Engineering, Incorporated | $0 | Information operations, vulnerability, survivability assessment and analysis (iovsa) research, development and engineering services. | Army | Sep 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX26DA001 IDIQ contract | Mantel Technologies, Inc | $0 | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase iii, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (idiq) canine intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (k9 isr) | Army | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY06C0063 definitive contract | PPG Industries Inc | $0 | No description on the record | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY06C0064 definitive contract | Oceaneering International Inc | $0 | No description on the record | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY08C0028 definitive contract | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $0 | R&d - year 1 - performance&utility assessment of prototype soldier systems tas::21 2040::tas | Defense Contract Management Agency | Aug 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY08C0038 definitive contract | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $0 | Research and development tas::21 2020::tas | Defense Contract Management Agency | Aug 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY08C0097 definitive contract | Technology Solutions Experts, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase ii for modeling encumbrance effects of ground soldier systems on soldier performance tas::21 2020::tas | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY12C0152 definitive contract | DCS Corporation | $0 | R&d battalion scale waste to energy converter system for contingency base camps | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY17C0091 definitive contract | Texas Research Institute , Austin, Inc | $0 | Igf::ot::igf R&D exempt research and develop a continuous mode conveyor cooking appliance for ugr-a for military field feeding that provides cooks with high quality, effective appliances to maximize capability, throughput, and flexibility ... | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jun 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY18P0029 purchase order | University of Massachusetts Lowell | $0 | Research and development | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY19D0031 IDIQ contract | Kiple Acquisition Science Technology Logistics Engineering Incorporated | $0 | Open air testing | Army | Feb 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY20C0078 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $0 | Research and development | Army | Jan 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY20C0087 definitive contract | Questek Innovations LLC | $0 | Sbir phase ii - proposal a2-8132 - adaptation of ferrium m54 for personal armor | Army | Feb 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY21C0046 definitive contract | Cornerstone Research Group Inc | $0 | Sttr phase ii | Army | May 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY21C0052 definitive contract | Intellisense Systems Inc | $0 | Heat-transmitting nyco textile | Army | Apr 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY21P0065 purchase order | North Carolina State University | $0 | Predictive performance assessments of innovative technologies for development of smart functional integrated clothing systems (sfincs) | Army | Oct 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22A0004 blanket purchase agreement | Gaston College | $0 | Testing of textiles | Army | Oct 20, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22A0005 blanket purchase agreement | North Carolina State University | $0 | Testing of textiles | Army | Oct 30, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22C0004 definitive contract | Freedom Flight Works, Inc | $0 | Research and development - sbir ii - scalable fluidic propulsion system for reduced signature powered parafoils | Army | Apr 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22C0008 definitive contract | Creare LLC | $0 | Sbir ph ii (b), topic a20-062 | Army | Aug 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22C0019 definitive contract | Si2 Technologies, Inc | $0 | R&d into soldier integrated radar detect | Army | Jul 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22C0026 definitive contract | University of California, San Diego | $0 | Baa ucsd - integrated protective headborne equipment and injury diagnostic/assessment tools | Army | Feb 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22P0072 purchase order | Lukla, Inc | $0 | Advanced thermal protection | Army | Nov 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23C0041 definitive contract | Warwick Mills Inc | $0 | Integrating multiple protection and structural technologies | Army | May 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23C0064 definitive contract | Impressio Inc | $0 | Environmental testing of helmet liners | Army | Oct 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23C0065 definitive contract | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $0 | Baa-mit individual water desalination | Army | Dec 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23C0077 definitive contract | Questek Innovations LLC | $0 | Sbir phase iii- research and development | Army | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23C0079 definitive contract | Southwest Research Institute | $0 | Helmet mounted battery pack testing and assessment baa | Army | Jan 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23F0161 BPA call | North Carolina State University | $0 | Heated handwear | Army | Apr 10, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911SR22C0003 definitive contract | Scientific Applications & Research Associates, Inc | $0 | The overall objective of this small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii is to develop a braking system for a high speed airframe modeled in sbir phase i. | Army | Dec 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911SR22C0015 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $0 | To provide the ARMY with a compact, low cost testbed capability that will speed up the development cycle for new chaff materials by accelerating the testing schedule and lowering the cost of preliminary screening tests. | Army | Feb 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911SR22C0034 definitive contract | CFD Research Corporation | $0 | Phase ii small business innovation research (sbir) to develop a man-portable cold plasma system that utilizes air for biowarfare agent decontamination. | Army | May 3, 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 16, 2026.
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