NAICS category

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

NAICS 541710

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

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$9.1B
Federal awards
FY2026 · data still posting
17
Recipients
NAICS 541710
Code

NAICS code 541710 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) accounted for $9.1B in federal contracts in FY2026, led by the Department of Energy, across 17 recipients. Its largest recipient on record was Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, with 41%. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Obligations by year

Computed
$8.4B
FY20
$8.5B
FY21
$9.4B
FY22
$9.4B
FY23
$9.7B
FY24
$8.6B
FY25
$9.1B
FY26 partial
▲ 2%
FY20 to FY25

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541710) accounted for $9.1B in federal obligations in FY2026, compared with $8.6B in FY2025.
  • It ranked #20 among industries by federal contract dollars in FY2026 (data still posting).
  • The Department of Energy provided 95% of it.
  • Its largest recipient was Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, with 41%.

Awards

Source

Largest FY2026 awards in this category

Awards coded NAICS 541710 that started in FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

No award on record in this category started in FY2026.

Largest awards in this category

Management and Operation of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
awarded 2007$42.2B
M&o of Lanl BR of U of CA
awarded 1978$35.3B
Battelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Laboratory Operating and Managing…
awarded 1978$31.2B
Management and Operation of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National…
awarded 2005$20.2B
Performance-Based Contract for Management and Operation of Argonne National…
awarded 2006$17.7B
Design, Development, Test & Evaluation of Project Orion
awarded 2006$15.6B
Operation and Maintenance Linear Accellerator
awarded 1978$15.1B
Contract F0470102C0002
awarded 2001$9B

Total value over each award’s life, largest first.

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