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Contractors / The Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University

prime recipient of federal awards · UEI NPM2J7MSCF61 ✓ from source
$655.9M
obligated · FY2024
10
funding agencies
55%
from Defense
10
states
98%
in Pennsylvania
10
industries

Obligations by year

≈ computed
$664.9M
FY23
$655.9M
FY24
$652.6M
FY25
▼ 2%
since FY23

Where this money comes from

✓ from source
FUNDING AGENCIES
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE U
Defense
$0.4B
9 other agencies
$0.3B
The Pennsylvania State University
$0.7B
FY2024 obligated
band width = obligations · FY2024 · source: USASpending.gov

Biggest awards (total value)

MK 48 Mod 9 Proof of Design Development
awarded 2023$92.5M
Common Very Light Weight Torpedo Edm 2 Development for FY13 and Fy 14
awarded 2013$88.2M
Swift Ultraviolet & Optical Telescopes X-Ray Telescope, Ground Station System
awarded 2000$81.2M
Technology INSERTON-2 (TI-2)ENGINEERING
awarded 2020$80.1M
Recovery; Recovery Act - Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation -- Efrc; Pi…
awarded 2009$67.1M
Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter
awarded 2020$38.6M

Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2024: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$324.2M
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences$2.2M
Educational Support Services$1.1M
Computer Systems Design Services$900K
Professional and Management Development Training$675.8K
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools$591.2K
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$525.6K
All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services$224K

Where the work lands

Pennsylvania✓ from source$645.4M
Virginia✓ from source$6.2M
Maryland✓ from source$951.3K
District Of Columbia✓ from source$410.2K
Kentucky✓ from source$249K
South Carolina✓ from source$217.8K
Colorado✓ from source$67.2K
Massachusetts✓ from source$15.8K

Competitors

Lockheed Martin Corporation≈ computed$5.9B
Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC≈ computed$3.6B
California Institute of Technology≈ computed$2.4B
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC≈ computed$2B
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.