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Studies and analysis: $3.3B in defense awards
$3.3B obligated across 3,963 DoD and DHS awards to 1,175 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 2026, 2.0% of Professional services. The RAND Corporation leads with $446.1M; Washington Headquarters Services is the largest buyer at $766.5M.
| Obligated FY2024+ | $3.3B |
|---|---|
| Awards | 3,963 |
| Companies | 1,175 |
| FY2024 | $1.4B |
| FY2025 | $1.0B |
| FY2026 to date | $880.8M |
| Parent category | Professional services |
| # | Agency | Obligated FY2024+ | Awards | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Headquarters Services | $766.5M | 166 awards | 23% |
| 2 | Department of the Air Force | $756.1M | 426 awards | 23% |
| 3 | Department of the Navy | $550.6M | 1,031 awards | 17% |
| 4 | Department of the Army | $465.2M | 1,300 awards | 14% |
| 5 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | $140.1M | 127 awards | 4.3% |
| 6 | Defense Logistics Agency | $126.7M | 42 awards | 3.9% |
| 7 | Office of Procurement Operations | $111.0M | 206 awards | 3.4% |
| 8 | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | $108.4M | 33 awards | 3.3% |
| 9 | Federal Emergency Management Agency | $48.6M | 83 awards | 1.5% |
| 10 | Defense Health Agency | $42.6M | 31 awards | 1.3% |
| 11 | U.S. Coast Guard | $35.9M | 164 awards | 1.1% |
| 12 | U.S. Secret Service | $33.3M | 25 awards | 1.0% |
| PSC | Name | Obligated FY2024+ | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| B541 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- DEFENSE | $1.3B | 682 awards |
| B599 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- OTHER | $338.9M | 720 awards |
| B510 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS | $286.9M | 498 awards |
| B506 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- DATA (OTHER THAN SCIENTIFIC) | $176.1M | 213 awards |
| B540 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- BUILDING TECHNOLOGY | $153.6M | 18 awards |
| B507 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ECONOMIC | $129.0M | 60 awards |
| B550 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ORGANIZATION/ADMINISTRATIVE/PERSONNEL | $127.7M | 186 awards |
| B529 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SCIENTIFIC DATA | $114.1M | 156 awards |
| B546 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SECURITY (PHYSICAL/PERSONAL) | $85.6M | 38 awards |
| B544 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- TECHNOLOGY | $55.7M | 104 awards |
| B503 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ARCHEOLOGICAL/PALEONTOLOGICAL | $52.8M | 330 awards |
| B513 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- FEASIBILITY (NON-CONSTRUCTION) | $52.0M | 21 awards |
| B504 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL | $47.0M | 109 awards |
| B509 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ENDANGERED SPECIES: PLANT/ANIMAL | $44.4M | 80 awards |
| B537 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- MEDICAL/HEALTH | $37.4M | 48 awards |
| B538 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- INTELLIGENCE | $28.6M | 18 awards |
| B505 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- COST BENEFIT | $27.7M | 41 awards |
| B552 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- MANPOWER | $20.6M | 22 awards |
| B516 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ANIMAL/FISHERIES | $20.6M | 20 awards |
| B539 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- AERONAUTICAL/SPACE | $20.1M | 19 awards |
| B543 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ENERGY | $15.0M | 56 awards |
| B518 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOPHYSICAL | $14.0M | 37 awards |
| B519 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOTECHNICAL | $13.5M | 43 awards |
| B528 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- REGULATORY | $12.0M | 33 awards |
| B547 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ACCOUNTING/FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | $11.7M | 24 awards |
| B533 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- WATER QUALITY | $7.2M | 106 awards |
| B542 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- EDUCATIONAL | $6.9M | 33 awards |
| B522 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- LEGAL | $5.5M | 26 awards |
| B549 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- FOREIGN/NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY | $5.2M | 6 awards |
| B521 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- HISTORICAL | $4.7M | 60 awards |
| B532 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SOIL | $4.5M | 29 awards |
| B524 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- MATHEMATICAL/STATISTICAL | $4.0M | 6 awards |
| B553 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- COMMUNICATIONS | $3.1M | 12 awards |
| B554 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- ACQUISITION POLICY/PROCEDURES | $3.0M | 8 awards |
| B502 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- AIR QUALITY | $2.2M | 43 awards |
| B526 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- OCEANOLOGICAL | $2.1M | 10 awards |
| B551 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- MOBILIZATION/PREPAREDNESS | $1.9M | 4 awards |
| B517 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOLOGICAL | $1.5M | 16 awards |
| B545 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- HOUSING/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | $1.3M | 3 awards |
| B525 | SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- NATURAL RESOURCE | $910K | 13 awards |
| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ003424F0002 delivery order | Institute for Defense Analyses | $219.7M | Institute for defense analysis, federally funded research and development center is to provide research and analysis support services | Washington Headquarters Services | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003422F0001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $207.4M | Johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory will support the office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering with this power projection 3 task order to establish and maintain essential research and engineering ... | Washington Headquarters Services | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003424F0003 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $71.2M | Rand national defense research institute federally funded research and development center research and studies | Washington Headquarters Services | Dec 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ003423F0471 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $61.3M | Studies and analyses support | Washington Headquarters Services | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP060420F8001 delivery order | Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc | $55.0M | Espc award yokota ab, japan | Defense Logistics Agency | Dec 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865623FA001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $39.6M | Air warfare systems | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA869126CB007 definitive contract | Dzyne Technologies, LLC | $39.5M | Ultra operational assessment | Air Force | Jun 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003425FE149 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $39.4M | Research and development services | Washington Headquarters Services | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSW26FR0000001 delivery order | KPB Services LLC | $35.9M | Due diligence services and concept design for processing centers and mega centers throughout the united states | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Apr 24, 2026 |
| 70FB8023F00000047 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $35.8M | The department of homeland security (DHS) federal emergency management agency (FEMA) public assistance division has a requirement to acquire subject matter experts through the federally funded research and development center (ffrdc) ... | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Aug 24, 2026 |
| FA714626C0007 definitive contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $35.6M | Bah - cso | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W91CRB24F0012 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $35.3M | Core work - basic ordering period | Army | Aug 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA701425F0325 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $33.0M | Project air force (paf) - fy26 core research projects - 72 staff-year of technical efforts | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701424F0408 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $31.7M | Rand fy25 core plan | Air Force | Jun 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W91CRB25F0031 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $31.1M | Department of defense - ARMY rand arroyo federally funded research and development center (ffrdc) core projects for fiscal year (fy)25 | Army | Sep 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ003426FE010 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $30.6M | Rand ndri research and development services | Washington Headquarters Services | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017821F3011 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $30.1M | Hpm support | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9128A24C0001 definitive contract | Minatoishi Palumbo Architects, Inc | $29.5M | Cultural resource services, initial phase 1 and phase 2 efforts, hawaii wildfire response debris removal support | Army | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HT001123C0079 definitive contract | Mipps, LLC | $29.0M | Support electronic health record core areas and all clinical information systems in the defense health agency portfolio. | Defense Health Agency | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP060418F8008 delivery order | Ameresco Inc | $28.1M | Igf::ot::igf energy savings performance contract | Defense Logistics Agency | Dec 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ003425F0008 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $27.4M | Strategic implication of artificial general intelligence study support services. | Washington Headquarters Services | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912P924F0013 delivery order | Kemron Environmental Services, Inc | $24.5M | Old american zinc facility area | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862525FB002 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $24.2M | C-130j combined aircraft delivery development integration and engineering (caddie)- c130j- core support services- follow on | Air Force | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6274224F0180 delivery order | HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc | $22.6M | Lant idiq - unomia removal | Navy | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017822F3018 delivery order | Hart Technologies, Inc | $20.6M | H30 designs, develops, integrates and evaluates weapons systems support. | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911S024F0124 delivery order | Janus Research Group, LLC | $18.4M | W911s024f0124 aimd task order- base year incrementally funded | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA940122C0005 definitive contract | Universal Technical Resource Services Inc | $18.1M | To provide service and labor to use the integrated risk information system (iris) to conduct flight analysis to support the military flight operations quality assurance program. | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0003022C6041 definitive contract | Unified Industries Inc | $17.4M | Uk trident ssbn tmde-LCS services | Navy | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA714624F0019 delivery order | Everfox LLC | $17.1M | User activity monitoring (uam) and analytics (fabric 1) | Air Force | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA236325CB002 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $16.8M | Continued sustainment of japan airborne warning and control system e-767 mission systems and ground systems with contractor logistics support (cls) | Air Force | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9123822C0011 definitive contract | Jacobs Engineering Group Inc | $16.6M | Recordkeeping and reporting | Army | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001921C0033 definitive contract | Mid Atlantic Technical and Executive Consulting, LLC | $16.6M | Pricing, analysis, & negotiation support | Navy | Mar 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD24FR0000114 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $15.9M | No description on the record | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Sep 27, 2025 |
| FA942224C0001 definitive contract | Mckinsey & Company, Inc Washington D.c | $15.3M | Sentinel industrial base study | Air Force | May 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24C00000001 definitive contract | Merrick & Company | $14.9M | Contract award for the plum island animal disease center (piadc) plum island closure and support (pics) program scientific, technical and engineering support (stens) project. | Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 20, 2026 |
| HQ003423F0207 delivery order | Tecolote Research, Inc | $14.8M | Enterprise visibility and management of operating and support cost (evamosc) support services | Washington Headquarters Services | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RCSJ23FR0000066 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $14.8M | Supply chain risk assessment support services | Office of Procurement Operations | Jun 22, 2026 |
| N0001424FT108 delivery order | The Cna Corporation | $14.3M | Fy2024 NAVY line funded studies | Navy | Apr 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA714625C0059 definitive contract | Pavcon LLC | $13.9M | Pavcon - cso | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HS002124F0070 delivery order | Cherokee Insights LLC | $13.7M | Expedited and analytical services ordering period 2 | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | May 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70US0926F1DHS2607 delivery order | Noresco, LLC | $13.6M | Task order for energy savings performance contract (espc) projects for the james j. rowley training center (jjrtc) | U.S. Secret Service | Sep 22, 2026 |
| FA862524FB007 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $13.6M | C-130j combined aircraft delivery development integration and engineering (caddie) diminishing manufacturing sources material shortages studies follow on | Air Force | Sep 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001425FT219 delivery order | The Cna Corporation | $13.5M | Fy2025 NAVY field representative program | Navy | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003423F0204 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $13.5M | Research, development and analytic support services in the day-to-day operations of the chief information office (cio) | Washington Headquarters Services | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422FB001 delivery order | The Cna Corporation | $13.3M | Fy22 NAVY line funded field program. cna analysts will provide on-scene, analytical support to operating fore and fleet commanders, to include advice and assistance on matters concerning planning and eval of us naval forces operations. | Navy | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA862521F3004 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $13.2M | C-130j / caddie core services | Air Force | Dec 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HS002125FE049 delivery order | Cherokee Insights LLC | $13.1M | Dcsa adjudicating and vetting services requires contractor support to assist with screening and vetting of covered foreign individuals and those seeking a security clearance that have possible foreign nexus concerns. | Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA714624C0001 definitive contract | Bluefoot Inc | $13.1M | Ocea bluefoot 2024 | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424FT135 delivery order | The Cna Corporation | $12.7M | Project title: fy24 analytic modeling for performance-to-plan project no. 0007.5849.f308.01 | Navy | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA251823F0034 delivery order | Linquest Corporation | $12.5M | Delta 12 operational assessment of trainers and tactics development (o&t) | Air Force | Jun 3, 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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