Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA8651 AFRL RAZ

FA8651 AFRL RAZ obligated $59.5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 279 contract actions (−69% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ($7.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$59.5M
Actions
279
New awards: 21
Sole-source
8.5%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 83.5MFY2017
  2. 119.6MFY2018
  3. 113.6MFY2019
  4. 171.3MFY2020
  5. 99.1MFY2021
  6. 97.4MFY2022
  7. 157.7MFY2023
  8. 147.9MFY2024
  9. 189.4MFY2025
  10. 59.5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$7.5M13%
  2. TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP$5.3M8.9%
  3. ZONE 5 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$4.4M7.5%
  4. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$4.3M7.2%
  5. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$4.2M7.1%
  6. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$3.1M5.3%
  7. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$2.9M4.9%
  8. KARAGOZIAN & CASE, INC.$2.6M4.4%
  9. SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC$1.8M3.0%
  10. ANYAR INC.$1.8M3.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$57.1M96%
  2. IT & telecom$1.3M2.2%
  3. Health & medical$1.1M1.9%
  4. Fuel$10.6K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Florida$16.7M28%
  2. Virginia$10M17%
  3. California$7.1M12%
  4. Ohio$6M10%
  5. Alabama$5.7M9.6%
  6. Georgia$3.1M5.3%
  7. Maryland$2.9M4.9%
  8. North Carolina$1.7M2.8%
  9. New York$1.1M1.9%
  10. New Mexico$1.1M1.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition12%
    US 39% · $7.2M
  • Sole-source awards8.5%
    US 30% · $5.1M
  • Single-offer competitions3.6%
    US 8.8% · $2.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing5.1%
    US 4.2% · $3M

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

Largest awards

  1. CLASSICAL-QUANTUM HYBRID CONSTRUCTS TO ADVANCE WEAPONS SYSTEMS$12.4M
    UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Mar 15, 2024 – May 14, 2026· FA865124FB013
  2. DEVELOPMENT ENERGETIC MATERIALS (HERD) THIS TIME AND MATERIAL TASK ORDER HAS A CEILING NOT TO EXCEED $9,864, 889 IF ADDITIONAL FUNDS COME AVAILABLE.$9.1M
    UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON· Okaloosa County, FL· Research & development· Jul 23, 2024 – Mar 5, 2026· FA865124FB039
  3. COUNTER AIR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CAST) - EXTENDED RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE (ERAAM) SYSTEMS MATURATION$8.8M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis County, MO· Research & development· Aug 31, 2023 – May 28, 2026· FA865123FA039
  4. DIGITAL ENGINEERING FRAMEWORKS FOR CONVERGENCE (DEFCON)$6.9M
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Jul 10, 2023 – Apr 29, 2026· FA865123FA024
  5. MATRIX SBIR II$6M
    MATRIX RESEARCH INC· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Aug 27, 2024 – Feb 4, 2026· FA865124CB031
  6. COUNTER AIR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2$5.6M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jul 2, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026· FA865125FB004
  7. LOW-COST RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SEEKER PROTOTYPING AND TESTING$5.1M
    TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· Jul 28, 2025 – Apr 20, 2026· FA865125FB037
  8. THIS EFFORT WILL INVOLVE THE USE OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING (DE) AND MODEL-BASED ENGINEERING (MBE) PRACTICES FOR REQUIREMENTS, DESIGN, TRADE STUDIES, AND ANALYSES.$5M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Tarrant County, TX· Research & development· Apr 10, 2024 – Apr 15, 2026· FA865124FB002

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.