Who buys Product and Service Code AC33 (National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Experimental Development), 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 | 36 | $70.9M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 80 | $122.7M | +73% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 30 | $53.0M | -57% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 14 | $28.1M | -47% |
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 88% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. | $43.1M | 15.7% |
| 2 | IST RESEARCH, LLC | $24.7M | 9.0% |
| 3 | ICR INC. | $17.9M | 6.5% |
| 4 | INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS, INC | $14.4M | 5.3% |
| 5 | DCS CORPORATION | $11.9M | 4.3% |
| 6 | INTUITIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | $11.8M | 4.3% |
| 7 | ZONE 5 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $11.6M | 4.2% |
| 8 | ADVANCED SYSTEMS SUPPORTABILITY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS, INC | $8.9M | 3.2% |
| 9 | THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | $8.3M | 3.0% |
| 10 | AMSTED GRAPHITE MATERIALS, LLC | $7.7M | 2.8% |
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 | $240.5M | 87.5% |
| General Services Administration | $34.2M | 12.5% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | IST PULSE SBIR III DO 58 DARPASAF IST RESEARCH, LLC · General Services Administration | $9.5M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | SBIR III ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR AGENT DEFEAT COMBUSTION RESEARCH & FLOW TECHNOLOGY INC · Department of Defense | $5.3M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | IST PULSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PHASEE III DELIVERY ORDER 57 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND IST RESEARCH, LLC · General Services Administration | $4.4M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | SEE GEN INFO. SEACORP, LLC · Department of Defense | $2.1M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | NAVAL INFORMATION WARFARE CENTER PACIFIC DLTT, GS AND MINI RACK DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT_TO 0001 COLSA CORP · Department of Defense | $1.6M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2027 | GISMO SBIR III PRESCIENT EDGE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS MOD IS TO 1) AMEND TDL 2025-05 BY ADDING DELIVERABLE 07 WITH THE FOLLOWINGA. MILESTONE/DELIVERABLE: TESTING & INSTALLATION OF SEVEN MISSION PROCESSORS,B)PLANNED COMPLETION DATE : 15 DECEMBER 2025 PRESCIENT EDGE CORPORATION · General Services Administration | $220.3M |
| Jan 15, 2027 | TECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ARMY GROUND VEHICLES DCS CORPORATION · Department of Defense | $109.7M |
| Mar 14, 2027 | THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR IMAGING AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIVISION, NEWPORT (NUWCDIVNPT) CODE 34. RITE-SOLUTIONS, INC. · Department of Defense | $80.4M |
| Mar 9, 2027 | THIS ACTION SUPPORTS DEFENSE WIDE PARTNER COUNTRIES SECURITY AND GLOBAL SECURITY EXECUTION (GSE). MAG DS CORP · Department of Defense | $78.7M |
| Sep 15, 2027 | AIR GAP SOFTWARE DELIVERY SBIR III TO 1 SBIR PHASE III DERIVED FROM WORK COMPLETED UNDER COMPETITIVELY AWARDED SBIR/STTR PHASE I CONTRACT FA8649-21-P-1315 FROM TOPIC AF21A-TCSO1. DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC. · General Services Administration | $69.8M |
143 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 | $49.7M | 44.8% |
| 8(a) | $4.9M | 4.4% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $56.3M | 50.8% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 40% 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 131. 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.