Contracting office · Department of the Navy

NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY obligated $392.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,165 contract actions (−44% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was L3HARRIS NEXGEN COMMUNICATIONS LLC ($53M).

Obligations · FY2026
$392.1M
Actions
1,165
New awards: 471
Sole-source
27%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 387.5MFY2017
  2. 383.8MFY2018
  3. 450.2MFY2019
  4. 383.5MFY2020
  5. 423.8MFY2021
  6. 435.2MFY2022
  7. 568.3MFY2023
  8. 579MFY2024
  9. 699MFY2025
  10. 392.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. L3HARRIS NEXGEN COMMUNICATIONS LLC$53M14%
  2. ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP$33.1M8.4%
  3. ENVISIONEERING INC$30.5M7.8%
  4. TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP$26.7M6.8%
  5. SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.$18.7M4.8%
  6. PERATON INC.$16.2M4.1%
  7. ANALEX CORPORATION$15.1M3.8%
  8. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$14.5M3.7%
  9. EXCET, LLC$12.4M3.2%
  10. EVERWATCH SOLUTIONS INC.$9.3M2.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$318M81%
  2. IT & telecom$31.4M8.0%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$22.7M5.8%
  4. Facilities & utilities$11.7M3.0%
  5. Equipment maintenance$4M1.0%
  6. Professional services$3.3M0.8%
  7. Education & social services$320K0.1%
  8. Construction & real property$311.6K0.1%
  9. Transportation & logistics$229K0.1%
  10. Health & medical$154.3K0.0%
  11. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$21.9K0.0%
  12. Fuel$4,9340.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$274.6M70%
  2. Virginia$32.9M8.4%
  3. Massachusetts$31.4M8.0%
  4. Maryland$13.1M3.3%
  5. California$10.1M2.6%
  6. New York$5.5M1.4%
  7. Alabama$4.7M1.2%
  8. Mississippi$4.7M1.2%
  9. Utah$3.5M0.9%
  10. Georgia$2.5M0.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition65%
    US 39% · $253.5M
  • Sole-source awards27%
    US 30% · $104M
  • Single-offer competitions38%
    US 8.8% · $149.5M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · -$5,500
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · -$13K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · -$279.2K

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

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$35.5K
1 award · 1 recipient

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 4, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 5, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. SPACECRAFT ENGINEERING, SOFTWARE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES$229.6M
    SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Jun 5, 2020 – Jun 2, 2026· N0017320C2021
  2. R&D LABOR$188.9M
    ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Sep 17, 2021 – Apr 30, 2026· N0017321C6004
  3. SATELLITE AND GROUND COMMAND AND CONTROL$107.1M
    ASRC FEDERAL SYSTEM SOLUTIONS LLC· Charles County, MD· Research & development· Dec 31, 2020 – May 13, 2026· N0017321F2006
  4. PANTHER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT$80.2M
    TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· May 11, 2022 – May 12, 2026· N0017322C2005
  5. C4ISR RDT&E LABOR$75.7M
    EVERWATCH SOLUTIONS INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Jul 24, 2020 – May 13, 2026· N0017320C6002
  6. LABOR$72.2M
    ANALEX CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Sep 30, 2020 – Jun 4, 2026· N0017320F2029
  7. SESPD II - ADVANCED SPACE RESEARCH TO INCLUDE THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING OF SPACE VEHICLE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.$65M
    PERATON INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Dec 21, 2021 – Jun 5, 2026· N0017322C2002
  8. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOR NRL SPACE SCIENCES DIVISION$49.9M
    TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Nov 1, 2021 – Jun 3, 2026· N0017322C6000

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.