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DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY obligated $32.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 69 contract actions (−24% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. ($9.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$32.8M
Actions
69
New awards: 15
Sole-source
30%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22.3MFY2017
  2. 11.2MFY2018
  3. 23.1MFY2019
  4. 39.2MFY2020
  5. 50.8MFY2021
  6. 38MFY2022
  7. 42.6MFY2023
  8. 88.9MFY2024
  9. 43.4MFY2025
  10. 32.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$9.3M28%
  2. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$7.4M22%
  3. LEIDOS, INC.$5.3M16%
  4. NOBLIS, INC.$1.8M5.3%
  5. SONALYSTS INC$1.2M3.7%
  6. GRAF RESEARCH CORPORATION$1.1M3.4%
  7. SENSING STRATEGIES, INC.$1.1M3.3%
  8. PATE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$1.1M3.2%
  9. ADELANTE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC$1M3.1%
  10. DIACONIA LLC$979K3.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$27.8M85%
  2. Professional services$2.5M7.6%
  3. Facilities & utilities$1.1M3.4%
  4. Construction & real property$1.1M3.2%
  5. Equipment maintenance$228K0.7%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$171.1K0.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. New Mexico$14.4M44%
  2. Virginia$7.6M23%
  3. Texas$7.4M22%
  4. New Jersey$1.1M3.3%
  5. Maryland$979K3.0%
  6. Florida$399.9K1.2%
  7. Massachusetts$200K0.6%
  8. North Carolina$200K0.6%
  9. California$199.9K0.6%
  10. Ohio$199.7K0.6%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition40%
    US 39% · $13.2M
  • Sole-source awards30%
    US 30% · $9.8M
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.7% · $3.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing4.2%
    US 4.2% · $1.4M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. PENETRATING WEAPONS EVALUATION TESTS AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT$16.6M
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Aug 26, 2022 – Jun 8, 2026· HDTRA222F0005
  2. ENGINEERING SERVICES$15.3M
    SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE· Bexar County, TX· Research & development· Apr 18, 2024 – Mar 25, 2026· HDTRA224F0002
  3. INSTRUMENTATION INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND UPGRADES$13.1M
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Doña Ana County, NM· Research & development· May 26, 2023 – Apr 10, 2026· HDTRA223F0007
  4. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND EXPLOSIVES SUPPORT$12.4M
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Aug 19, 2022 – Apr 8, 2026· HDTRA222F0004
  5. WEAPONS EFFECTS TEST AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT$11M
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Jan 12, 2023 – May 19, 2026· HDTRA223F0003
  6. DTRA EXPERIMENTATION LAB (DEL) ANALYTICS$11M
    LEIDOS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Mar 7, 2025 – Mar 23, 2026· HDTRA225FE004
  7. CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL THREAT TEST SUPPORT$6.2M
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Jun 20, 2023 – May 20, 2026· HDTRA223F0009
  8. CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE$4.4M
    PATE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.· Doña Ana County, NM· Construction & real property· Oct 17, 2023 – Mar 10, 2026· HDTRA224F0001

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.