NAICS category

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)

NAICS 541712

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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$6.8B
Federal awards
FY2026 · data still posting
71
Recipients
NAICS 541712
Code

NAICS code 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)) accounted for $6.8B in federal contracts in FY2026, led by the Department of Defense, across 71 recipients. Its largest recipient on record was Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with 16%. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Obligations by year

Computed
$20.2B
FY20
$16.1B
FY21
$13.8B
FY22
$11.5B
FY23
$9.7B
FY24
$9.1B
FY25
$6.8B
FY26 partial
▼ 55%
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 (except Biotechnology) (NAICS 541712) accounted for $6.8B in federal obligations in FY2026, compared with $9.1B in FY2025.
  • It ranked #24 among industries by federal contract dollars in FY2026 (data still posting).
  • The Department of Defense provided 66% of it.
  • Its largest recipient was Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with 16%.

Top recipients

Computed

The five largest recipients on record received 47% of this category's FY2026 obligations, and the ten largest 67%.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology$1.2B
Brookhaven Science Associates LLC$862.7M
Torch Technologies Inc$444.8M
Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.$390.4M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp$390.3M
Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc$335.1M
Amentum Technology, Inc.$290.1M
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.$265M
Applied Research Solutions, Inc.$228.4M
Science Applications International Corporation$226.9M

Recipient breakdown available for 86% of obligations shown

Awards

Source

Largest FY2026 awards in this category

Awards coded NAICS 541712 that started in FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

AwardIDRecipientObligatedStartEndPlace
EPASS in Support of HBFA872126FB004Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.$188.5M2026-05-012027-04-30Massachusetts

Largest awards in this category

M&o Contract for BNL
awarded 2015$8.8B
Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development…
awarded 2011$6.5B
GPS Advanced Control Segment (Ocx) Phase B Blocks 1 and 2
awarded 2010$4.5B
Aerospace FFRDC Contract from 1 Oct 2013 to 30 Sept 2018
awarded 2013$4.3B
RS-25 Production Restart to Be Undertaken by the Contractor in Support of…
awarded 2015$3.4B
Aegis BMD International Support
awarded 2009$3.1B
SM-3 BLK Iia Rdt&e Guided Missile Rounds
awarded 2015$2.8B
Block Iia AUR Preliminary Design
awarded 2010$2.1B

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

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