Federal contractor · COLLEGE STATION, TX

TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION received $4.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 20 awards (−77% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $68.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($4.6M). It also received $69.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$4.8M
New awards
20
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
10%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.2MFY2017
  2. 220.2KFY2018
  3. 268.4KFY2019
  4. 374.4KFY2020
  5. 709.7KFY2021
  6. 7.3MFY2022
  7. 17.4MFY2023
  8. 15.4MFY2024
  9. 20.9MFY2025
  10. 4.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$4.6M94%
    15 awards
  2. Federal Railroad Administration$273K5.7%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  5. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement$00.0%
    1 awards
  6. National Science Foundation-$2.170.0%
    1 awards

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. Brazos County, TX$4.8M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition10%
    US 39% · $486.2K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.7% · $486.2K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Largest awards

  1. COORDINATED AIR-GROUND MANEUVERING$5.6M
    Department of the Army· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 17, 2024 – May 4, 2026· W911NF24F0063
  2. RAPID DESIGN OF HYPERSONIC VEHICLES$5.2M
    Department of the Army· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 26, 2024 – May 11, 2026· W911NF24F0064
  3. ENABLING AND MANAGING RESILIENT NETWORK SERVICES (RWARE FOR PIN) TECHNICAL AREA 5$4.4M
    Department of the Army· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Jun 29, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· W911NF24F0052
  4. RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS AND SOURCES FOR DE ENGAGEMENT (RESDE)$3.3M
    Department of the Army· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Apr 28, 2025 – Apr 15, 2026· W911NF25FA004
  5. LASER DIAGNOSTICS FOR HYPERSONICS$2.4M
    Department of the Army· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Aug 27, 2024 – May 4, 2026· W911NF24F0060
  6. ADVANCED HYPERSONICS DIAGNOSTIC$2.2M
    Department of the Army· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 17, 2024 – May 12, 2026· W911NF24F0061
  7. ROBOTIC MOBILITY AND DEFENSE IN AMPHIBIOUS ENVIRONMENTS$2.1M
    Department of the Army· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Sep 16, 2025 – May 14, 2026· W911NF25CA029
  8. LONG-TERM PATIENT IPSC VESSEL CHIP MODEL TO ASSESS STRESSORS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND MRNA THERAPEUTICS$2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brazos County, TX· Research & development· Mar 20, 2023 – Jun 24, 2026· 80ARC023CA002

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION received $69.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 297 actions (81 new awards), −21% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.041 · Engineering ($7.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$69.7M
New awards
81
Actions
297
Since FY2021
$518.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 97MFY2021
  2. 67.1MFY2022
  3. 98.4MFY2023
  4. 98.5MFY2024
  5. 87.9MFY2025
  6. 69.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$68.6M98%
  2. Other assistance$1.1M1.6%

Top programs

  1. 47.041 · Engineering$7.7M11%
  2. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$7M10.0%
  3. 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program$5.2M7.4%
  4. 81.121 · Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration$4M5.8%
  5. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$3.7M5.3%
  6. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$3.6M5.2%
  7. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$3.6M5.2%
  8. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$3.5M5.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$17.4M25%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. National Science Foundation$16.7M24%
  3. Department of Energy$11.9M17%
  4. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$6.5M9.3%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of the Air Force$5.2M7.4%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of the Navy$3.6M5.2%
    Department of Defense
  7. National Institute of Standards and Technology$2.2M3.1%
    Department of Commerce
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2M2.9%

Largest awards

  1. ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR PRECISE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND HEALTH SYSTEMS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS (PATHS-UP)$38.5M
    47.041 · Engineering· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Mar 11, 2021 – Jul 24, 2026· 1648451
  2. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OCEAN ENERGY SAFETY INSTITUTE (OESI 2.0)$24.2M
    15.441 · Safety and Environmental Research and Data Collection for Offshore Energy and Mineral Activities· Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement· Cooperative agreement· May 17, 2021 – Jun 24, 2026· E21AC00000
  3. THE STARFISH CALL FOR A SPACE STRATEGIC TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOCUSES ON "CORE TECHNOLOGIES" NECESSARY TO IMPROVE SPACE ACCESS, MOBILITY, AND…$18.2M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Apr 4, 2024 – Jun 29, 2026· FA94532420004
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FUND RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY DARPA BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES…$13.2M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Cooperative agreement· Dec 21, 2022 – Mar 26, 2026· HR00112320006
  5. SCIENTIFIC PLATFORM FOR HIGH EFFICACY ANTIGEN DESIGN VIA ROBUST INTEGRATION OF COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENTS, AI, AND PROTEIN MODELING…$8.9M
    93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 27, 2024 – Mar 3, 2026· AY1AX000053
  6. ASSURED MICROBIAL PRESERVATION IN HARSH OR REMOTE AREAS (AMPHORA)$7.4M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Cooperative agreement· Jul 22, 2024 – Jan 22, 2026· HR00112420365

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.2M (15 subawards)

15 sub-recipients

  1. POWERWORLD CORP$500K23%
    CHAMPAIGN, IL · 1 subaward
  2. TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE$250K12%
    WACO, TX · 1 subaward
  3. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$234.9K11%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$165.5K7.7%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  5. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$129.9K6.0%
    TEMPE, AZ · 1 subaward
  6. KELSON MARINE CO$115K5.3%
    PORTLAND, ME · 1 subaward
  7. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$114.2K5.3%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  8. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$106.2K4.9%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  9. GRID FOCUS, LLC$102K4.7%
    WILLIAMSTOWN, MA · 1 subaward
  10. TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$100K4.6%
    BLOOMINGTON, IN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $365.3K (4 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $5.9M (26 subawards)

22 primes

  1. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$1.5M24%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward
  2. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$821.8K13%
    EVANSTON, IL · 1 subaward
  3. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION$600K9.6%
    AUSTIN, TX · 2 subawards
  4. THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$519.3K8.3%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  5. WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$467.8K7.5%
    WORCESTER, MA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON$355.7K5.7%
    GALVESTON, TX · 3 subawards
  7. DUKE UNIVERSITY$311.5K5.0%
    DURHAM, NC · 1 subaward
  8. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$269.9K4.3%
    TEMPE, AZ · 1 subaward
  9. PANTEXAS DETERRENCE, LLC$250.3K4.0%
    LYNCHBURG, VA · 2 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM$207K3.3%
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $19.7M paid out · $19M received
  • FY2022: $10M paid out · $15.9M received
  • FY2023: $15.9M paid out · $22M received
  • FY2024: $20.8M paid out · $25.9M received
  • FY2025: $13.3M paid out · $17.8M received
  • FY2026: $2.2M paid out · $6.3M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

138 companies · $81.9M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$6.5M
    COLUMBIA, MO · 14 subawards
  2. SM ENERGY COMPANY$4.8M
    MIDLAND, TX · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$4.4M
    AUSTIN, TX · 15 subawards

Primes that pay it

119 companies · $106.8M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$8.9M
    COLUMBIA, MO · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$5.6M
    NEWARK, DE · 9 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC$5M
    FREDERICK, MD · 27 subawards · Facilities support services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$43.4M−73% in FY2026
    HOUGHTON, MI · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesFederal Railroad Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. SYSTEMS PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS, INC$41.8M+29% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 80% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. VRC METAL SYSTEMS, LLC$34.2M+142% in FY2026
    BOX ELDER, SD · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.