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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0002 delivery order | Merrill Corporation | -$24K | No description on the record | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jun 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX18F0122 delivery order | Icf Incorporated, L.l.c | -$25K | C5isr - integrated operations for high performance computing task order delta performance work statement | Army | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT001123F0083 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | -$25K | Essential service to explore application of the agent ontology-based capability and to investigate use of recent large language model advances for problems in biosurveillance. | Defense Health Agency | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN19F0102 delivery order | The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | -$25K | This task order for under the serc contract for transforming systems engineering through model-based systems engineering. | Army | Jul 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT19FR0000053 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | -$25K | Research development test&evaluation (rdt&e) for professional, scientific and technical support services for the transportation security laboratory (tsl) indefinite delivery/indefinite (id/iq) task order for the commercial aircraft ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Nov 15, 2024 |
| W911QX19F0061 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | -$25K | Research of human vulnerability in extreme environments | Army | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT20FR0000167 delivery order | Signature Science LLC | -$25K | This is a new task for test and evaluation (t&e) supporting the characterization and mitigation of concealment vulnerabilities of conventional and hme explosive threats in aviation cargo. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 0240 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$25K | Base period - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Nov 21, 2023 DoD 90d |
| 0424 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$25K | Option year 1 - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017418C0006 definitive contract | Energetics Technology Center, Inc | -$26K | Base year labor | Navy | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0391 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$27K | Option year 1 - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT21CB0000025 definitive contract | Research Triangle Institute | -$27K | Support the development of new scientific data on nature of threats both man-made and of natural causes crimes, organizations and individuals to better understand where, when, and how to best intervene and prevent future public safety ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Nov 21, 2025 |
| FA700019FA176 delivery order | Sabreliner Aviation LLC | -$28K | T-38 fldr and asip: labor | Air Force | Jun 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0315 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$29K | Option year 1 - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0011 delivery order | PPD Development LP | -$30K | Fda regulatory compliance training | Defense Health Agency | Apr 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017317C2009 definitive contract | Cyber 20/20, Inc | -$30K | Igf::ot::igf 55-4001-17-malicious code analysis | Navy | Mar 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600118C4507 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | -$31K | Iarpa felix base period (phase i) | Defense Contract Management Agency | Sep 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF19C0042 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | -$31K | Basic contract (R&D) services-research entitled: "fresnel-focused classification of diffuse observables." | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248718C0131 definitive contract | Southwest Research Institute | -$32K | 10 kilogram detonation chamber | Air Force | Jan 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017307C2044 definitive contract | Stellant Systems Inc | -$32K | 68-4031-07 | Defense Contract Management Agency | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0008 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$33K | Base period - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jul 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RDAD21FR0000159 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | -$34K | The scope of this acquisition is to carry out and disseminate results of a study of facial recognition (fr) technologies that would recommend policies needed to bring clarity and knowledge to public discussion; define a research agenda for ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 26, 2025 |
| HT942523F0025 delivery order | Goldbelt Frontier, LLC | -$35K | Scientific support services for usaarl (ecg) | Defense Health Agency | May 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W52P1J22C0035 definitive contract | Textron Systems Corp | -$37K | Cso award for engineering support for data readiness. | Army | Aug 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0002 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | -$39K | Igf::ot::igf ps-isr technology integration services | Defense Contract Management Agency | Aug 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HC104717F0111 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$40K | Igf::ot::igf t4151 conduct modeling and simulation projects | Defense Information Systems Agency | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSJ23FR0000013 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | -$43K | Continuous diagnostic mitigation (cdm) and maturing new capability building (cb) services and programs | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 25, 2025 |
| W911QX19F0101 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | -$43K | Autonomous battle damage assessment(bda) task order | Defense Contract Management Agency | Aug 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSA22FR0000003 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | -$44K | New task order for adversarial tactics, techniques, and common knowledge (att&ck)-cyber threat intelligence analysis support | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 70RSAT22FR0000160 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | -$45K | Tsl rdt&e id/iq task order for the commercial aircraft vulnerability mitigation (cavm) blast response high fidelity modeling and simulation capability project as internal task order number 31 (to#31). | Office of Procurement Operations | Apr 1, 2025 |
| HC104717F0061 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$45K | Shared spectrum test&demonstration igf::ot::igf | Defense Information Systems Agency | Oct 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19F0512 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | -$45K | Performance requirements: gtri shall provide support to afrl/rqq in accordance with (iaw) the ccdc uarc base contract w31p4q-18-d-0002 pws, including all management, travel, security, logistics, government furnished information, property, ... | Army | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W909MY22F7006 delivery order | Ist Research, LLC | -$46K | Pulse platform operational support | Army | Apr 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002411C6267 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | -$46K | Wcs-engineering and technical services | Defense Contract Management Agency | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0007 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | -$47K | Igf::ot::igf pr 82-206e-16 engineering tasks to support the definition, development, assembly, test, and integration of aerospace platforms, structures, mechanisms, and subassemblies. | Navy | Feb 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0519 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$48K | Hnswdo application development | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| KY01 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | -$48K | Igf::ot::igf task order against r2-3g contract for engineering support services. | Army | Nov 8, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W911QX18F0086 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | -$49K | Compact hpm counter electronics sys cpff | Army | Feb 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0020 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | -$49K | Igf::ct::igf services for pws entitled "air kill chain analysis and programmatic implications-part 3" | Washington Headquarters Services | Sep 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HC104721F2121 delivery order | Cvtek-Jv, LLC | -$49K | Task 3- ems survivability support | Defense Information Systems Agency | Sep 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ20P0069 purchase order | Aquatic Analysts | -$50K | Phytoplankton biologicals u433d30 | Army | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0541 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$50K | Option year 3 - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0542 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$51K | Option year 3 - cpif engineering | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HT942523F0026 delivery order | Goldbelt Frontier, LLC | -$52K | Scientific support services for usaarl (wpg) | Defense Health Agency | Mar 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HC104717F0115 delivery order | Peraton Inc | -$52K | Task 6.4 -cpff igf::ot::igf | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF17C0032 definitive contract | SOS International LLC | -$52K | Igf::ot::igf multi-discipline analysis research (mdar) supplies snd services | Defense Contract Management Agency | Sep 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W81XWH18F0195 delivery order | PPD Development LP | -$53K | Hiv cohort study | Defense Health Agency | Dec 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19F0584 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | -$54K | Task order w31p4q-19-f-0584 (s3i 146-9a) is issued in accordance with section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract, for the performance work statement (pws) entitled, " (gtri) informatics and engineering support to the (cdc)". | Army | Aug 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ22F0014 delivery order | General Dynamics One Source LLC | -$54K | Big data micro services (bdms) integration services | Army | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002415C6201 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | -$55K | Engineering and technical services | Defense Contract Management Agency | May 21, 2026 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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