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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W5J9CQ24F0003 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $2.4M | Grids iii overseas humanitarian assistance shared information system (ohasis) | Army | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF25CA027 definitive contract | Applied Systems Engineering Incorporated | $2.4M | Ministrike guided munition for UAS | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24CB0000008 definitive contract | Spectral Labs Incorporated | $2.4M | Atr for handheld screening systems lrbaa award | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 7, 2026 |
| 70RDA226FR0000023 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.4M | Accelerated electronic intelligence (aelint) support services | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 18, 2026 |
| 70US0926F1DHS2515 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.4M | 2026 edee / orpheus development and integration | U.S. Secret Service | Mar 20, 2026 |
| 70RSAT24FR0000008 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.4M | New hssedi task order that builds on previous hssedi work including a study on SUAS cybersecurity standards gaps and efficacy, and hssedi independent technical assessments (itas) of standards for selected DHS programs. | Office of Procurement Operations | Feb 4, 2025 |
| 70RSAT24FR0000072 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.4M | New hssedi task order for next generation maritime public communications - nextgen coastal radio and nationwide automatic identification system (nais) enterprise architecture | Office of Procurement Operations | Dec 22, 2025 |
| 70RSAT21CB0000021 definitive contract | Block Mems LLC | $2.4M | Vbied detection technology development | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 70RSAT26FR0000034 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.4M | New hssedi task order for proof-of-concept system for the next generation maritime public communications (ngmpc). this action is valued at $2,375,000.00 and approval was provided on july 27, 2026. | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 25, 2026 |
| W911NF25CA020 definitive contract | Accenture Federal Services LLC | $2.4M | 4d techs reconfigurable mems mirror-based lidar system, will provide a foundational capability upon which proposed tactical lidar functionality will be prototyped through enhancements to both sensing and analytics. | Army | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W913E521C0007 definitive contract | South Dakota School of Mines & Technology | $2.4M | Baa proposal titled "advanced materials and manufacturing for cold regions" u437p00 | Army | Aug 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU22C0004 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $2.4M | Baa award under w56kgu18rpn22. | Army | Mar 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24CB0000014 definitive contract | Quadridox Inc | $2.3M | Tabletop threat resolution using transmitted and diffracted x-rays lrbaa award | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 7, 2026 |
| W911NF24F0060 delivery order | Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station | $2.3M | Laser diagnostics for hypersonics | Army | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0029 delivery order | National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining | $2.3M | Contract description: analysis, development, and implementation of manufacturing technology for the defense industrial base task order description: high-speed computer numerical control milling machine for fixtureless machining | Army | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003424F0712 delivery order | University of Maryland, College Park | $2.3M | Program management support university affiliated research center | Washington Headquarters Services | Apr 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017323C6001 definitive contract | Technology Service Corp | $2.3M | Remote sensing effort | Navy | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017324C0001 definitive contract | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $2.3M | Technology for enhanced remote sensing and imaging (trai). baa contract to blue halo labs. | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RWMD24C00000007 definitive contract | Adelphi Technology Inc | $2.3M | New research & development contract for adelphi technolgy inc. | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 11, 2026 |
| 70RSAT22FR0000054 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.3M | Ffrdc hssedi task order for secure | Office of Procurement Operations | Dec 12, 2024 |
| W56KGU24C0029 definitive contract | University of Delaware | $2.3M | The purpose of this action is to make an award under baa w56kgu23rrtid for the proposal entitled "scalable stable perovskite solar cells for soldier and small unit tactical energy technology". | Army | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23C00000047 definitive contract | Caspia Technologies Inc | $2.2M | The purpose of this pr is to fund a new small business innovative research (sbir) to expand the innovations developed in the DHS sbir phase i contract #70rsat22c00000046 | Office of Procurement Operations | Aug 12, 2026 |
| W911NF24C0067 definitive contract | University of Texas at Austin | $2.2M | This project supports the capability for soldiers to customize robotic assets in the field for varied and emergent mission requirements. | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W913E524C0015 definitive contract | Boise State University | $2.2M | Base: task 1a, 1b, 2b1, 2c, 3a and 3b. u437a00 | Army | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HT942524F0189 delivery order | The Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc | $2.2M | Toxicology research support services | Defense Health Agency | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ26CA054 definitive contract | Regents of the University of Minnesota | $2.2M | Wp25-9775 regents of the university of minnesota entitled demonstration center for critical material recapture (dccmr) | Army | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG25CA022 definitive contract | Dignitas Technologies, LLC | $2.2M | This proposal from dignitas technologies seeks to address this issue by continuing the development, enhancement, and maturation of a cyberspace interoperability framework called the cyberspace battlefield operating system simulation. | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017323F2049 delivery order | Excet, LLC | $2.2M | Polymeric materials development and demonstrations | Navy | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CG22C0002 definitive contract | Attollo Engineering, LLC | $2.2M | New darpa sbir phase ii contract solicitation: hr001120s0019 | Army | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F2017 delivery order | Spectral Energies LLC | $2.2M | Icp research, diagnostic research and development | Air Force | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ24C0061 definitive contract | Gsi Environmental Inc | $2.2M | Estcp project er23-7936 in situ vessel permeable reactive barrier with new high efficiency, replaceable sorbents for pfas plume control | Army | Aug 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24C0028 definitive contract | Human Resources Research Organization (humrro) | $2.2M | "validation of accessions screening tools 2 (vast 2)" | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA700025F0125 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $2.1M | Engineering and research activities related to the degradation of systems and materials due to operational use, often referred to as aging, initiated by external customers, or by the center for aircraft structural life extension (castle) ... | Air Force | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ23C0074 definitive contract | University of Washington | $2.1M | Estcp project mr23-7596 "multi-sensor towbody (must): technology readiness level 7 field efforts and new sensor demonstrations" | Army | Feb 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT25FR0000009 delivery order | Battelle National Biodefense Institute, LLC | $2.1M | Section 2(d) - the purpose of this bilaterally executed task order is to procure annual insurance coverage for the national biodefense analysis and countermeasures center (nbacc) in the amount of $2,431,900.06. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 9, 2026 |
| W31P4Q25F0062 delivery order | Systima Technologies Inc | $2.1M | United states special operations command (USSOCOM),speed loader agile pod (slap) | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833521C0495 definitive contract | Cortana Corporation | $2.1M | R&d | Navy | Jul 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865019F5231 delivery order | University of Dayton | $2.1M | Research in quantitative nondestructive evaluation using model-based and experimental methods | Air Force | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017319F2014 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | $2.1M | Remote electromagnetic disruption of critical advanced threat (redcat) | Navy | Sep 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0150 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $2.1M | Research & development on enterprise product data management (epdm) supporting combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc). | Army | Jun 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911SR25C0004 definitive contract | Spectral Sensor Solutions, LLC | $2.1M | Will engage expert optical, electrical, and signal processing engineers to develop an artificial intelligence (ai) analysis engine that processes light detection | Army | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0102 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $2.1M | Digital engineering research development and analysis via windchill product data management system support to redstone tech loop in enterprise product data management (epdm) | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19F0524 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $2.1M | To issued in accordance with section h-14, ordering procedures of the basic contract for pws entitled, "program management office (pmo) aircraft survivability equipment (ase)system integration laboratory (sil) support" | Army | Sep 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0021 definitive contract | Tda Research, Inc | $2.1M | One (1) year baa under arl broad agency announcement (baa) for arl foundation research competencies. | Army | Sep 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6134022C0017 definitive contract | Carley Technologies Inc | $2.1M | Detecting and countering adversarial inf | Navy | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY25CA061 definitive contract | Sherpa 6 Inc | $2.0M | This award is to do research and development to streamline aerial resupply and airdrop operations. | Army | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000030 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.0M | Establish a new task order for fentanyl activity model. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 23, 2024 |
| 70RSAT26FR0000017 delivery order | Battelle National Biodefense Institute, LLC | $2.0M | Nbacc ii extension work for others (wfo) task order for the equipment acquisition and demonstration project planning for generative unconstrained intelligent drug engineering (guide), phase ii. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 2, 2026 |
| 70US0924F1DHS2108 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.0M | Advanced research case tool | U.S. Secret Service | Aug 27, 2024 |
| FA930125P0009 purchase order | Orgo, LLC | $2.0M | Sbir ii orgo llc. x22d-otcs01 sbir phase ii | Air Force | Jan 22, 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 9, 2026.
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