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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W81XWH22F0293 delivery order | Envigo Global Services Inc | $3.0M | Non-human primate services for wrair | Defense Health Agency | Nov 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT26C00000028 definitive contract | Texas A&m University System, the | $3.0M | Piloting pnt resilience for critical infrastructure contract. this is a sole source pr package for the piloting pnt resilience for critical infrastructure effort. texas a&m university is uniquely positioned to perform rdt&e of next ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 70RSAT26C00000023 definitive contract | Digital Bazaar Inc | $3.0M | Sbir phase iii tak | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 30, 2026 |
| W912HZ24C0013 definitive contract | Marshall University Research Corporation | $3.0M | Baa 23-0030, detection of subterranean threat activity in hard rock environments u483180 | Army | Oct 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26CA049 definitive contract | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $3.0M | Nh25-9776 virginia polytechnic institute and state university new start | Army | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865823FB013 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $3.0M | Suppression of enemy air defense mission planning software | Air Force | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017324F0012 delivery order | University Research Foundation, Inc | $3.0M | Development of optical material and science (doms) | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG24C0011 definitive contract | Kitware Inc | $2.9M | New darpa sbir ii - trailblazer decision maker (tbdm) alignable and efficient algorithmic decision-makers | Army | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0032 delivery order | National Academy of Sciences | $2.9M | To1 under w911nf-23-d-0002, board on ARMY research and development core support | Army | Aug 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0036 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $2.9M | Base year -- | Army | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ22F0013 delivery order | Research Innovations Incorporated | $2.9M | Geospatial engineering support services for united states forces for korea (usfk). | Army | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23F0031 delivery order | The Survice Engineering Company LLC | $2.9M | Survivability lethality vulnerability (slv) analysis support services | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017326F2402 delivery order | Integration Innovation Inc | $2.9M | Naval research laboratory (nrl) rdte support for tactical electronic warfare simulation (tews) | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG20C0010 definitive contract | Dignitas Technologies, LLC | $2.8M | Sbir phase iii - for research and development to focus on improving and expanding the usability, flexibility, functionality, and transition readiness of cyberboss technologies to facilitate cyber modeling and training within m&s. | Army | May 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F5640 delivery order | University of Dayton | $2.8M | Proactive research enabling supportable systems (press) | Air Force | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSJ24FR0000037 delivery order | University of Illinois | $2.8M | Cisa/opo tas: l70-22/24-0412 itar: n/a the purpose of this pr is to issue a new contract for (ciri boa) conformance test lab - 911 resilience and conformance testing. base period of performance is 02/01/2024 through 01/31/2026. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 28, 2026 |
| W911NF25CA029 definitive contract | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $2.8M | Robotic mobility and defense in amphibious environments | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX21F0155 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $2.8M | Task order for human agent teaming services against basic indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (idiq) for human-agent teaming research and engineering services with dcs corporation. | Army | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSJ24FR0000042 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.8M | The purpose of this contract is to award a new federally funded research and development (ffrdc) and homeland security systems engineering and development institute (hssedi) task order contract for office strategy policy and plans. | Office of Procurement Operations | May 29, 2025 |
| W912CG23C0038 definitive contract | Simventions Inc | $2.8M | Darpa baa - smartkm- knowledge management, curation, and analysis | Army | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT22CB0000012 definitive contract | G & H International Services Inc | $2.8M | New contract community lifeline system (cls) platform | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 18, 2026 |
| FA865022F6432 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $2.8M | Task order 1 on idiq fa8650-22-d-6431 chemical biological radiological, and nuclear (cbrn) survivability program | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RDA225FR0000001 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.7M | Hssedi shall provide technical expertise to facilitate transition and implementation management to include advising on operational design, resource planning, operating models, organizational roles and responsibilities, processes and ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 21, 2026 |
| W912HQ25C0024 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $2.7M | Estcp er24-8964 new start validation of a supercritical water oxidation processing facility to destroy aqueous film forming foam | Army | Jan 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24C0048 definitive contract | Newton LLC | $2.7M | Baa with newton, ngads project. | Army | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RDA224FR0000023 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.7M | New mitre cpff task order against idiq no. 70rsat20d00000001 for data analytics support and counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) subject matter expertise | Office of Procurement Operations | May 14, 2024 |
| W56KGU24C0001 definitive contract | L3 Technologies, Inc | $2.7M | The purpose of this contract is to fully fund phase one base period and exercise base option period to esi-baa solicitation w56kgu22r0esi. | Army | May 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT26FR0000067 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.7M | New hssedi ffrdc task order for systems engineering for counter unmanned systems (c-uxs). this effort is valued at $2,680,000.00 and approval was provided on september 22, 2026. | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 25, 2026 |
| W911NF24C0065 definitive contract | University of Texas at Austin | $2.7M | Develop new ceramic matrix composite (cmc) materials suitable for next-generation thermal protection systems (tps) on hypersonic weapons. | Army | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70US0924F1DHS2832 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.7M | Indigo index iv | U.S. Secret Service | Jan 10, 2025 |
| W56KGU25C0006 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $2.7M | This contract award tactical zero trust (tzt) supports ARMY network defense: focused on ARMY tactical networks technologies, understanding of the zero trust framework and its principles, verifying trust and authorization for every user and ... | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| M6785425F7201 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $2.7M | Evaluation, experimentation, & demonstra | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HZ22C0016 definitive contract | University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $2.7M | Baa 21-0029, year 1 - task 1-3 improving the performance of concrete dam infrastructure through use of fiber-reinforced polymers | Army | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24CB0000002 definitive contract | Electric Power Research Institute Inc | $2.6M | The contractor shall perform research and development services related to the evaluation and assessment of vulnerabilities of 5g cellular systems when exposed to early-time (e1) high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (hemp) transient ... | Office of Procurement Operations | Jan 14, 2025 |
| W31P4Q22F0005 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $2.6M | The performance work statement for this action is entitled, "ground combat system technology." | Army | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT942524F0039 delivery order | Goldbelt Frontier, LLC | $2.6M | Scientific support services for warfighter performance group | Defense Health Agency | Mar 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q22F0021 delivery order | National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining | $2.6M | Ch-47 block ii manufacturing technology assessment and support | Army | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0091 definitive contract | University of Texas at Austin | $2.6M | Controlled unclassified information compliant workspace solely dedicated to integrating early-stage academic solutions directly into ARMY robotics software stacks and testing with ARMY-furnished equipment and vehicles. | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT26FR0000002 delivery order | Battelle National Biodefense Institute, LLC | $2.6M | New ffrdc nbacc 2026 insurance | Office of Procurement Operations | Feb 2, 2026 |
| W912CG22C0035 definitive contract | Cole Engineering Services, Inc | $2.5M | Research and development efforts that address the following research lanes of distributed simulation, integration, and interoperability, and training, and immersive learning. | Army | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT22CB0000018 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $2.5M | Seascraper: sea-bottom surveillance cable for real-time awareness of point-of-entry risks project | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 21, 2026 |
| FA700024F0067 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $2.5M | Task order for legacy aircraft training division (ltad) aircraft structural integrity program (asip), avionics and tech data improvements support | Air Force | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ25FA016 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $2.5M | Provide engineering, maintenance, training, logistics, and operations support for divas at both continental united states (conus) and outside the continental united states (oconus) sites. | Army | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701425F0353 delivery order | Rhombus Power Inc | $2.5M | A8 ppbe decision analysis tool (dat) sbir iii | Air Force | Feb 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017326F2410 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $2.5M | Center for computational sciences research and development | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8534 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.5M | Radio frequency connectivity for autonomous vehicle navigation (ravn) | Navy | Aug 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0018924F0526 delivery order | University of Maryland, College Park | $2.5M | Don osa support | Navy | Nov 14, 2024 DoD 90d |
| M6785424C7701 definitive contract | Interagency Readiness Solutions, LLC | $2.5M | Vulnerability scanning service | Navy | Feb 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY25CA055 definitive contract | Sherpa 6 Inc | $2.5M | This is for the soldier human interface and enhanced lethality deployment requirement. | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23FR0000015 delivery order | Apogee-Saic Capabilities Integrator, LLC | $2.5M | Advanced computing branch sme support | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 7, 2026 |
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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