Contracting office · Department of the Navy

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH obligated $507.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,054 contract actions (−31% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was THE CNA CORPORATION ($64.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$507.1M
Actions
1,054
New awards: 161
Sole-source
14%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 489.3MFY2017
  2. 508.6MFY2018
  3. 529.9MFY2019
  4. 577.4MFY2020
  5. 603.1MFY2021
  6. 762.1MFY2022
  7. 871.1MFY2023
  8. 982.7MFY2024
  9. 735.2MFY2025
  10. 507.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. THE CNA CORPORATION$64.3M13%
  2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL$37.5M7.4%
  3. INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$32.8M6.5%
  4. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$18.9M3.7%
  5. AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP$18.5M3.7%
  6. RAYTHEON COMPANY$16.3M3.2%
  7. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$15.2M3.0%
  8. INTEGER TECHNOLOGIES LLC$14.5M2.9%
  9. BCS ALLEGIENT, INC.$12M2.4%
  10. MOEBIUS SOLUTIONS INC$11.9M2.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$379.5M75%
  2. Professional services$121.2M24%
  3. IT & telecom$6.1M1.2%
  4. Education & social services$181.3K0.0%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$83.5K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$219.7M43%
  2. Massachusetts$42.9M8.5%
  3. California$37.1M7.3%
  4. South Carolina$32.5M6.4%
  5. Pennsylvania$20.4M4.0%
  6. Georgia$19.9M3.9%
  7. Texas$16.8M3.3%
  8. Connecticut$16.5M3.3%
  9. Florida$16.4M3.2%
  10. New York$16M3.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition25%
    US 39% · $128.8M
  • Sole-source awards14%
    US 30% · $72M
  • Single-offer competitions11%
    US 8.7% · $56.8M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.1% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $605K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

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

Largest awards

  1. THE OBJECTIVE OF FUTURE ADVANCED STRIKE (FAST) IS TO ENABLE THE CUSTOMERS INTENDED CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS (CONOP) TO PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISR) AND PRECISION STRIKE CAPABILITY.$129.9M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· May 25, 2023 – Mar 24, 2026· N0001423C1022
  2. RAPID AND AFFORDABLE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTED MARITIME OPERATIONS (DMO). IDT HAS STOOD UP A PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT THAT NOT ONLY ALLOWS FOR RAPID AND AFFORDABLE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY M$99.5M
    INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· Apr 1, 2022 – Jun 11, 2026· N0001422C1042
  3. ELECTROMAGNETIC MANEUVER WARFARE MODULAR SUITE (EMWMS)$72.4M
    SEACORP, LLC· Newport County, RI· Research & development· Sep 15, 2022 – Jun 2, 2026· N0001422C1070
  4. DEVELOPMENT OF A NAVAL DIGITAL ENGINEERING ECOSYSTEM UTILIZING ADVANCED AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST (ATRT) ENTERPRISE PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES.$62.3M
    INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· Mar 23, 2023 – Mar 13, 2026· N0001423C1006
  5. NEXT GENERATION SUBMARINE S&T RESEARCH$55.2M
    ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Oct 15, 2018 – Jun 3, 2026· N0001419C1002
  6. MULTI-DOMAIN RADAR IN A CONTESTED ENVIRONMENT (MUDRACE)$45M
    LEIDOS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Sep 3, 2021 – Apr 15, 2026· N0001421C1042
  7. THIS EFFORT IS TO INVESTIGATE THE EXTENSION OF SWARMING AUTONOMY FROM EXPENDABLE, AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) TO ENABLE HETEROGENEITY ACROSS SENSOR MODALITIES, AND SUPER SWARM SYSTEMS.$40.3M
    GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP· Fulton County, GA· Research & development· Sep 12, 2024 – Apr 16, 2026· N0001424C1515
  8. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS (IT OPS)$39.2M
    THE INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS GROUP, INC.· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Apr 30, 2018 – Nov 21, 2025· N0001418F7004

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.