Contractors / The Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University
prime recipient of federal awards · UEI NPM2J7MSCF61 ✓ from source
$652.6M
obligated · FY2025
10
funding agencies
56%
from Defense
92%
single-source
10
states
97%
in Pennsylvania
10
industries
≈ computedSingle-source: 92% of this recipient’s $345M in federal contracts was awarded without competition (FPDS extent-competed codes); the rest was competed or unclassified. A high share often reflects sole-source or specialized work, not wrongdoing.
Obligations by year
≈ computed$664.9M
FY23
$655.9M
FY24
$652.6M
FY25
▼ 2%
since FY23
Where this money comes from
✓ from sourceFUNDING AGENCIES
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE U
Defense
$0.4B
9 other agencies
$0.3B
The Pennsylvania State University
$0.7B
FY2025 obligated
Biggest awards (total value)
awarded 2023$92.5M
awarded 2013$88.2M
awarded 2020$80.1M
awarded 2009$67.1M
awarded 2020$38.6M
Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2025: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.
What it does (NAICS / PSC)
Bus Testing$12.6M
Where the work lands
Pennsylvania✓ from source$632.3M
Virginia✓ from source$14M
Florida✓ from source$1.8M
Maryland✓ from source$1.1M
Iowa✓ from source$1.1M
New Jersey✓ from source$249K
District Of Columbia✓ from source$29K
Utah✓ from source$27K
Competitors
Lockheed Martin Corporation≈ computed$5.9B
Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC≈ computed$3.6B
California Institute of Technology≈ computed$2.4B
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC≈ computed$1.7B
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation≈ computed$1.5B
The Aerospace Corporation≈ computed$1.4B
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc≈ computed$1B
computed from shared NAICS, not a stated rivalry.
Corporate family
Single registration: no combined family.
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Why the labels? The graph is only worth anything if the links are trusted. Facts taken straight from a federal filing are ✓ from source; anything we compute or infer (corporate parents, districts, competitors) is ≈ inferred and worded carefully, never asserted as fact.