RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)

NAICS 541715 includes $45,690,558,170 in federal contract obligations across 427 ingested award records.

NAICS Snapshot

Total obligations$45,690,558,170
Award records427
Entity code541715
Data updatedMay 7, 2026

Spending by Fiscal Year

FY20269 awards$13,337,005
FY202559 awards$672,351,748
FY202455 awards$2,830,505,528
FY202359 awards$1,346,423,576
FY202224 awards$535,414,118
FY2021221 awards$40,292,526,195

Top Contractors

FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC1 awards$14,774,555,215
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY90 awards$12,851,553,310
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.1 awards$3,018,254,543
FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC1 awards$2,381,419,816
AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.1 awards$1,911,070,708
BATTELLE SAVANNAH RIVER ALLIANCE, LLC1 awards$1,580,572,858
LEIDOS, INC.1 awards$1,006,187,796
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC17 awards$706,115,874
LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC12 awards$690,070,086
PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.1 awards$503,531,491

Top Agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration220 awards$21,264,329,684
Department of Energy6 awards$19,789,224,757
General Services Administration24 awards$2,169,471,295
Department of Health and Human Services55 awards$1,676,873,462
Department of Defense63 awards$574,192,743
Department of Commerce2 awards$90,927,231
Department of Homeland Security10 awards$40,558,888
Department of Transportation17 awards$32,027,407
Environmental Protection Agency9 awards$22,550,448
Department of the Interior6 awards$19,419,827

Recent Awards

AwardRecipientFiscal yearObligationsDate
89233018CNR000004FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC2021$14,774,555,215Not available
80MSFC20C0034SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.2021$3,018,254,543Not available
80NM0018F0615CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY2021$2,945,898,289Not available
89243024CSC000002FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC2024$2,381,419,816Not available
80MSFC18C0011AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.2021$1,911,070,708Not available
80NM0021F0008CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY2021$1,593,516,202Not available
89303321CEM000080BATTELLE SAVANNAH RIVER ALLIANCE, LLC2021$1,580,572,858Not available
80NM0018F0850CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY2021$1,456,429,449Not available
80NM0018F0616CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY2021$1,283,721,680Not available
89243318CFE000003LEIDOS, INC.2021$1,006,187,796Not available

Source: USAspending.gov. Last updated from ingested federal spending data: May 7, 2026.

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