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Science and technology R&D: $5.5B in defense awards
$5.5B obligated across 3,564 DoD and DHS awards to 1,371 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 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 | 3,564 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HT001124F0031 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $3.7M | System engineering and integration support | Defense Health Agency | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0030 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $3.6M | Technical area 4 | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23C0089 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $3.6M | Mastr-e follow on - baa proposal submitted against w911qy-20-r-0022. | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23CB0000008 definitive contract | Analogic Corp | $3.6M | Advanced photon counting computed tomography | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 24, 2026 |
| W31P4Q25F0030 delivery order | National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining | $3.6M | Letterkenny ARMY depot fiscal year 25 manufacturing analysis and development / modernization | Army | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0098 delivery order | Auburn University | $3.6M | Combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc) research & development support for additive manufacturing. | Army | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0023 definitive contract | DSG Tec USA Inc | $3.6M | Baa cavitating round | Army | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU25F0012 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $3.6M | Digital night vision technology (dnvt)for digital counter unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) technology and software integration. task order request (tor) 0003 | Army | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017320C2013 definitive contract | Computational Physics, Inc | $3.5M | Pr 72-9203-19 R&D efforts for development and application of new and existing techniques for remote sensing | Navy | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70B03C26F00001113 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $3.5M | 3d digital twin proof of concept for various poes | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Sep 24, 2026 |
| W31P4Q19F0333 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $3.5M | Task order w31p4q19f0333 is issued in accordance with section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract for the pws entitled, "pacific air force (pacaf) area of responsibility (aor)/deployed range systems sustainment and support ... | Army | Jul 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017322F6002 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $3.5M | R&d labor | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF22C0081 definitive contract | Intel Federal LLC | $3.5M | Iarpa agile program baa award - proposal entitled tigre: a transactional integrated global memory system with dynamic routing and end-to-end flow control | Defense Contract Management Agency | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W913E524C0017 definitive contract | University of North Dakota | $3.5M | R&d university of north dakota submitted (baa) proposal no. 23-0006 titled, integration of predictive modeling computation with supercomputing capabilities into extreme cold weather research cyberinfrastructure under baa w912hz22baa01. ... | Army | Feb 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA700024F0129 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $3.5M | The purpose of this effort is to obtain support in understanding, utilizing and potentially adding to the mission data recorder (mdr) system for the b-52 aircraft structure and integrity program. | Air Force | Sep 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QY23C0083 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $3.5M | Aerial delivery research and development baa | Army | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT25FR0000019 delivery order | Battelle National Biodefense Institute, LLC | $3.5M | To award and fully fund the nbacc analytic tasks for facility subcontracted support and necessary upgrades, modifications, and repairs for 2025 (the nbacc ii extension). | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 29, 2026 |
| FA251821F0028 delivery order | Linquest Corporation | $3.5M | Enable the usspacecom to advance its analytical capability across the command in support of decision-making. innovative advances and support senior leader decisions using cutting edge tools and methodologies. | Air Force | Jun 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA702224F0065 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $3.5M | Modeling, software and engineering support for persistence surveillance program - task order 96 | Air Force | Jun 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24C0032 definitive contract | Newton LLC | $3.4M | Prototype design, component testing, sfr | Army | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0031 definitive contract | Parraid LLC | $3.4M | Baa contract | Army | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR25F0012 delivery order | Joint Research and Development LLC | $3.4M | Air monitoring, quality system management, management of personal protective equipment, laundry services, operation and maintenance of chemical and biological containment and destruction systems, risk management and radiation safety ... | Army | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RTAC24FR0000033 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $3.4M | The purpose of this task order is to provide the joint wireless program management branch (jwpmb) 5g mission deployment and spectrum engineering analysis | Office of Procurement Operations | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 70B06C23C00000165 definitive contract | Thruwave Inc | $3.4M | Purchase and installation of 3 thruwave benchtop inspection systems for a CBP location in los angeles, ca. | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Sep 25, 2025 |
| FA800321F0001 delivery order | Universal Consulting Services, LLC | $3.4M | Integrated test project requirement | Air Force | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W519TC25C0025 definitive contract | Carnegie-Mellon University | $3.4M | Award a 12-month bridge for current apg/ai2c follow-on. | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003425FE160 delivery order | University of Maryland, College Park | $3.3M | Research the physiological effects and health outcomes in individuals afflicted with symptoms of emerging health threats. | Washington Headquarters Services | Sep 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0052 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $3.3M | Enabling and managing resilient network services (rware for pin) technical area 5 | Army | Jun 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70US0925C70094153 definitive contract | The MITRE Corporation | $3.3M | Advanced case research tool (acrt) | U.S. Secret Service | Sep 24, 2026 |
| W911NF24C0006 definitive contract | University of Texas at Austin | $3.3M | Research university of texas at austin | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25FA004 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $3.3M | Relevant environments and sources for de engagement (resde) | Army | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25F0006 delivery order | University of Southern California | $3.3M | University affiliated research contract - modeling and simulation. government fiscal year 2025 mission projects | Army | Nov 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q22F0238 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $3.3M | Georgia institute of technology, georgia tech research institute (gtri) informatics and engineering support to the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) | Army | Aug 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ24C0002 definitive contract | Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc | $3.3M | Incremental funding for clin 0001 | Army | Jul 11, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865824FB006 delivery order | The Survice Engineering Company LLC | $3.3M | Simplified calculator for aircraft attrition and routing (scaar) | Air Force | Feb 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017321C6000 definitive contract | Cubrc, Inc | $3.2M | Advanced tasking, estimation and alerting system (ateas) | Navy | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W519TC23C0003 definitive contract | Carnegie-Mellon University | $3.2M | Drone corridor | Army | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600121C4008 definitive contract | Rockwell Collins, Inc | $3.2M | Research iaw the sow | Navy | Dec 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25CA004 definitive contract | SRI International | $3.2M | This research and development is for an adaptive and active auto-zeroing circuits for scalable analog neural networks (a3c). | Army | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017324C2010 definitive contract | Parsons Government Services Inc | $3.2M | Exploiting data for geospatial enterprise solutions (edges) | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017320C2025 definitive contract | Assurance Technology Corp | $3.2M | 81-2030-19 software definable/ reconfigurable systems (sds) systems development, support, and integration (sdsi) | Navy | Jul 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0093 definitive contract | Seeqc, Inc | $3.2M | Ffp contract - clearflux: guiding flux with on-chip network. proposed research is to remove trapped flux entirely from superconductor integrated circuit areas in digital superconducting circuits. | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C5288 definitive contract | Engineering and Software System Solutions, Inc | $3.1M | Multitude of attritable composite structures (mass) | Air Force | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23F0087 delivery order | The Survice Engineering Company LLC | $3.1M | Devcom analysis center engineering and slv analysis support | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ23C0006 definitive contract | Mississippi State University | $3.1M | Baa 22-0005a mississippi state university data analytics and visualization system infrastructure u434im0 | Army | Sep 11, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF22F0016 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $3.1M | Research and development - 16 air force rdt&e joint isr & cyber operations support (16afjos) | Army | Feb 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0055 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $3.1M | Army modernization priorities tactical shelters | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG23C0021 definitive contract | FN America LLC | $3.1M | Marksmanship research supporting weapon skills development and live training. | Army | Jul 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23CB0000009 definitive contract | Pendar Technologies LLC | $3.1M | Standoff difference raman spectroscopy with automated depth scanning lrbaa | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 20, 2026 |
| FA701423C0031 definitive contract | Virtualitics Inc | $3.1M | Pkf-chwalik-king virtualitics sbir phase iii | Air Force | Jul 1, 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 9, 2026.
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