Who buys Product and Service Code AC12 (National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense – Military; Applied Research), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 88 | $372.7M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 143 | $186.9M | -50% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 37 | $113.2M | -39% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 36 | $36.7M | -68% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 99% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX CORP | $110.5M | 15.6% |
| 2 | INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES | $108.5M | 15.3% |
| 3 | ROGUE SIGNAL PROCESSING CORP | $38.7M | 5.5% |
| 4 | UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON | $32.3M | 4.6% |
| 5 | VERUS RESEARCH, LLC | $20.9M | 2.9% |
| 6 | ASSURED INFORMATION SECURITY, INC. | $18.9M | 2.7% |
| 7 | DATA SYSTEMS ANALYSTS INC | $17.4M | 2.5% |
| 8 | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | $16.0M | 2.3% |
| 9 | RESONANT SCIENCES LLC | $15.3M | 2.2% |
| 10 | UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL RESOURCE SERVICES INC | $13.4M | 1.9% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $700.6M | 98.8% |
| Department of the Interior | $6.2M | 0.9% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $1.5M | 0.2% |
| General Services Administration | $1.1M | 0.2% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2026 | PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH TEST AND DATA ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF HIGH-POWER LASERS (PULSED AND CW) ON MATERIALS, COMPONENTS, AND SYSTEMS VERUS RESEARCH, LLC · Department of Defense | $20.9M |
| Jul 10, 2026 | QUANTUM ACCELERATED TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT FOR NATIONAL ADVANTAGE (QATANA) - PERFORM IMPACTFUL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND EVALUATION (RDTE) OF QUANTUM INFO SCI (QIS) TECHNOLOGY ALONGSIDE AFRL BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · Department of Defense | $3.4M |
| Jul 10, 2026 | STTR II: TERMINAL PHASE OF TRAINING DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (TDST). SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC · Department of Defense | $1.8M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | THIS REQUIREMENT PROVIDES THE C5ISR CENTER WITH ETS FOR PRODUCTION/MANUFACTURING AND SUSTAINMENT ENGINEERING, TESTING, AND PRODUCT QUALITY ASSURANCE EFFORTS FOR VARIOUS C-E, IW, SENSORS, AND IO WEAPON ENVISION INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, INC. · Department of Defense | $1.4M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | AWARD ASK SAGE, INC. · Department of Homeland Security | $1.3M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2026 | PHASE III SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · Department of Defense | $194.1M |
| Feb 19, 2027 | COMPLETE DESIGN, BUILD AND DELIVERY OF A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF PROTOTYPES THAT INTEGRATE INTO EXISTING SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS AS WELL AS NEW INNOVATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK. RAYTHEON COMPANY · Department of Defense | $108.7M |
| Feb 26, 2027 | COST PLUS FIXED FEE (CPFF) TASK ORDER FOR FLIGHT ACTIVITY MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATION SUPPORT SERVICES (FAMMSS), ENGINEERING SUPPORT AND INTEGRATION (ESI) DIRECTORATE, FLIGHT ACTIVITY UTILITY HELICOPTER PROJECT OFFICE (UH PO) MODERNIZATION. YULISTA SUPPORT SERVICES LLC · Department of Defense | $47.5M |
| Jan 6, 2027 | PROJECT EMERGENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CIVIL-MILITARY INNOVATION INSTITUTE INC · Department of Defense | $47.2M |
| Dec 29, 2026 | COST PLUS FIXED FEE CONTRACT FOR PREDICTIVE GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS TOOL (PGAT) PHASE III ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF COMPLETING ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTEGRATION TASKS THAT EXTEND OR ARE DERIVED FROM THE EARLIER SBIR I AND SBIR II WORK YULISTA SUPPORT SERVICES LLC · Department of Defense | $45.6M |
533 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $157.9M | 42.2% |
| 8(a) | $78K | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $216.6M | 57.8% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 53% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 337. Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.