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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0017318F2042 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | -$11K | Igf::ot::igf, pr 57-4033-18 huas engineering and tech support | Navy | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017318F2031 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | -$11K | Igf::ot::igf pr 75-063c-18 numerical weather prediction research and development | Navy | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX19C0006 definitive contract | Texas Research Institute , Austin, Inc | -$11K | Sbir phase ii topic #a17-035 "inspection system for body and vehicle ballistic armor" | Army | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ20P0023 purchase order | The University of Southern Mississippi | -$12K | Tasks 1-3 for novel learning u433d80 | Army | Aug 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA882313C0001 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | -$12K | Igf::ot::igf gps ii r 5 year | Air Force | Jul 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSA21FR0000020 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | -$12K | Mitre att&ck-cyber threat intelligence analysis support | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 25, 2025 |
| W912HZ21C0033 definitive contract | Jackson State University | -$12K | Baa-jsu 21-0002, u438260 | Army | Mar 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6600118C4503 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | -$12K | Iarpa felix base period (phase i) | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP800021P0015 purchase order | JS Group, LLC | -$12K | 8508176482 physical sciences - app rsrch | Defense Logistics Agency | Aug 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21C0013 definitive contract | Honeywell International Inc | -$13K | Darpa mto baa: research and development, test and evaluation effort of navigation grade inertial measurement units advanced sensor compensation to extend navigation time. | Defense Contract Management Agency | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA520923C0001 definitive contract | University of Western Australia | -$13K | Army research and development - forensic palynology metagenomics for species id | Air Force | Jul 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0073 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$13K | Base period - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02323FRD000004 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | -$13K | Maritime unmanned systems technologies (must) support | U.S. Coast Guard | Dec 4, 2025 |
| 0595 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$13K | Cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23P0080 purchase order | P N Solutions Inc | -$14K | Serdp project wp23-3875 "evaluation of new class of self-intumescent surfactants which have both flame retardant and foaming agent properties in extreme environments" | Army | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19F0505 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | -$14K | Task order w31p4q-19-f-0505 (s3i control number 118-9a) is issued in accordance with section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract, for the performance work statement (pws) entitled, " F-35 effects based simulation track/fuser ". | Army | May 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0383 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$15K | Option year 1 - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0324 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$15K | Option year 1 - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23CB0000002 definitive contract | A4safe Inc | -$15K | R&d: soft target alert notification development to enhance the protection of the st-cp investments. | Office of Procurement Operations | Dec 18, 2025 |
| 70Z0G323FOIPL0010 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | -$15K | The purpose of this task order is to provide funding to establish a new task under u.s. department of homeland security (DHS) contract procurement instrument identifier (piid) 70rsat20d00000001 to support the DHS, c5isc kearneysville, wv. | U.S. Coast Guard | Dec 22, 2025 |
| FA805122C0009 definitive contract | Tda Research, Inc | -$15K | Small business innovation research program, defoamer solution and delivery system for rapid collapse of hi-ex foam, phase ii | Air Force | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0037 definitive contract | Carahsoft Technology Corp | -$15K | Services under baa proposal titled "artificial intelligence and machine learning managing massive data sets" that will result in an ai/ml platform built in the cloud. | Army | Apr 11, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA873022C0016 definitive contract | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | -$15K | Commercial weather data pilot ii drought prediction | Air Force | Aug 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017421F0062 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | -$15K | Task order 0011 award | Navy | Apr 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017317F2014 delivery order | Syntek Technologies, Inc | -$15K | Igf::ot::igf pr 64-0008-17 research support for the laboratories for computational physics and fluid dynamics. | Navy | Dec 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ18C0060 definitive contract | Andrews, Hammock, & Powell, Inc | -$16K | Igf::ot::igf project ew18-53 | Army | Nov 14, 2023 DoD 90d |
| FA700022F0110 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | -$16K | Center for aircraft structural life extension (castle) engineering and research activities for aging structures - cold spray repair support | Air Force | Jan 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ003418F0086 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | -$16K | Dasd cyber operations task igf::ot::igf | Washington Headquarters Services | Nov 16, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19F0143 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | -$17K | Task order w31p4q19f0143 is issued in accordance with section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract, for the performance work statement entitled, technical assessment, concept of operations (conops), and requirements development ... | Army | Jun 14, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017315F6702 delivery order | Praxis, Inc | -$17K | Igf::ot::igf 82-0031-15 research, development and engineering support of specialized aerospace systems | Navy | Oct 25, 2023 DoD 90d |
| HQ003417F0284 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | -$17K | Igf::ct::igf services for pws entitled: "strategic portfolio review technical and performance evaluation support" | Washington Headquarters Services | Jun 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HT001123F0077 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | -$17K | Essential services for sustainment of the DOD implementation of electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (essence). | Defense Health Agency | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0008 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | -$17K | Igf::ot::igf pr# 57-4105-15 high power electromagnetic attack and targeting with emitter detection | Defense Contract Management Agency | Feb 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA300221C0017 definitive contract | Aviture Inc | -$17K | Sbir phase 3 contingency quarters management & accountability platform (cqmap) | Air Force | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT001121F0087 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | -$18K | Essential services for sustainment of the DOD implementation of electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (essence). | Defense Health Agency | Mar 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865016C2637 definitive contract | Vextec Corporation | -$19K | Igf::ot::igf multidisciplinary, multi-fidelity analysis and integration of aerospace vehicles | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0250 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$19K | Base period - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jul 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0253 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$20K | Base period - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSA20FR0000058 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | -$20K | Successful execution of this task requires understanding of: critical infrastructure, sectors, subsectors and related systems, national critical functions and man-made hemp. additionally, as threats associated with hemp and p3 cut across ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 0094 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$20K | Base period - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ21F0027 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | -$20K | Cpff grids iii research & analysis national geospatial intelligence agency spatial reference model | Army | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSA21FR0000099 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | -$20K | Cisa/iod task order award with mitre. | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 15, 2025 |
| QP01 delivery order | BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc | -$22K | Cost plus fixed fee | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0066 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$22K | Base period - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0360 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$22K | Option year 1 - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017321F2001 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | -$22K | Labor - research fields 3 & 4 | Navy | Aug 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ003417F0045 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | -$23K | Igf::ct::igf services for tws entitled "power projection" | Washington Headquarters Services | Sep 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23C00000039 definitive contract | Valid8.com, Inc | -$23K | The purpose of this requisition is to award a new contract for the dhs231-005 pi mission critical services, valid8 project to facilitate a new contract for DHS sbir phase i topic 5: dhs231-005 mission critical services server-to-server ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Feb 16, 2024 |
| W911QX18F0056 delivery order | Parsons Government Services Inc | -$23K | Research and development, scientific, engineering, cyber security, cybersecurity defense service provider (cdsp), and analysis support services | Army | Aug 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ21C0045 definitive contract | Universal Missile Defense International Inc | -$24K | Proposal for designing large shape morph, baa 20-0096a. u438170 | Army | Jan 25, 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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