Contracting office · Department of the Navy

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH CHICAGO

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH CHICAGO obligated $4.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 5 contract actions (+484% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY ($4.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.8M
Actions
5
New awards: 0
Sole-source
100%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 135.8MFY2017
  2. 122.3MFY2018
  3. 81.3MFY2019
  4. 89.4MFY2020
  5. 42.9MFY2021
  6. 44.8MFY2022
  7. 20.8MFY2023
  8. 8.1MFY2024
  9. 819.5KFY2025
  10. 4.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$4.8M100%
  2. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE-$3400.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$4.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Pennsylvania$4.8M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $4.8M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $4.8M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.1% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • 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. LOW DRAG STUDIES AND CFD ANALYSIS$7.1M
    THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY· Centre County, PA· Research & development· Jun 29, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· N0002422F8369
  2. OCEAN EXPLORER EARLY DESIGN AND RISK REDUCTION$5.8M
    THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY· Centre County, PA· Research & development· Sep 18, 2024 – Jun 5, 2026· N0002424F8378
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)$1.3M
    UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE· New Castle County, DE· Research & development· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· N0001410C0199

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.