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

NAICS 541715
$48.4B
federal awards, FY2025
239
recipients
NAICS 541715
code
Part of Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services →

Obligations by year

≈ computed
$44B
FY23
$44.9B
FY24
$48.4B
FY25
▲ 10%
since FY23

Top recipients

Lockheed Martin Corporation$6B
Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC$3.6B
California Institute of Technology$2.4B
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC$2B
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC$1.7B
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation$1.5B
The Aerospace Corporation$1.4B
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc$1B
KBR, Inc.$994.7M
The Mitre Corporation$927.1M

Top funding agencies

Department of Defense$33.1B
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$8.1B
Department of Energy$4B
Department of Health and Human Services$1.4B
General Services Administration$1.1B
Department of Commerce$124.7M
Environmental Protection Agency$53.1M
National Science Foundation$17.5M
Federal Communications Commission$11.5M
Nuclear Regulatory Commission$2.3M

Largest awards in this category

Management and Operation of the Naval Nuclear Laboratory and Naval Nuclear…
awarded 2018$14.8B
Naval Nuclear Laboratory
awarded 2018$14.4B
FY19 Engineering Services
awarded 2018$8.4B
Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Space…
awarded 2018$7.4B
Design, Development, and Developmental Testing of the Next Generation…
awarded 2021$5.1B
Ir CPS WS Development and Integration
awarded 2018$4B
Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar Space Vehicles 1 and 2 Study
awarded 2018$3.4B
Work Required for the Design, Development, Manufacture, Test, Launch…
awarded 2020$3B

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

Related industries

Engineering Services$52.3B
Computer Systems Design Services$32B
Other Computer Related Services$25.1B
All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services$12B
Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services$11.3B
Custom Computer Programming Services$10.4B
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$9.1B
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences$8.6B