PSC AD: Defense (Other) R&D

Service group

Code facts

Codes under it
56
Contract obligations
$941,551,022 In FY2025

PSC codes and definitions come from the GSA PSC Manual and contract spending from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Contract obligations by fiscal year

Fiscal year Obligated
FY2027 To date -$42,803
FY2026 $659,601,909
FY2025 $941,551,022
FY2024 $2,406,184,039
FY2023 $2,881,732,235

Top contractors by obligations

Rank Contractor Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 Share
1 Accelint Intelligent Systems, LLC $289,057,284
2 Seqirus Inc. $80,769,000
3 Leidos, Inc. $59,954,434
4 Lockheed Martin Corporation $42,780,651
5 The Aerospace Corporation $42,668,922
6 Two Six Labs, LLC $31,974,958
7 The National Advanced Mobility Consortium, Inc. $23,250,844
8 University Of Dayton $14,316,120
9 Applied Research Associates, Inc. $13,733,608
10 Assured Information Security, Inc. $11,947,797

Top funding agencies by obligations

Rank Agency Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 Share
1 Department of the Army Department of Defense $303,296,382
2 Air Force Department of Defense $80,483,533
3 Department of Health and Human Services $80,463,272
4 Department of Transportation $63,344,755
5 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $42,645,115
6 Washington Headquarters Service Department of Defense $34,325,177
7 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Department of Defense $19,144,431
8 Department of the Navy Department of Defense $17,016,362
9 Defense Threat Reduction Agency Department of Defense $13,469,713
10 Office of the Secretary of Defense Department of Defense $6,638,026

Contract obligations by state

Rank Place of performance Obligated, last 12 months Share
1 New Jersey $293,400,615
2 Virginia $102,134,668
3 Massachusetts $81,848,347
4 Texas $48,092,737
5 California $43,636,090
6 New York $27,680,658
7 Michigan $23,144,268
8 Connecticut $14,695,809
9 Ohio $13,850,985
10 New Hampshire $6,848,199
11 South Carolina $6,168,233
12 Florida $4,267,460
13 North Carolina $3,856,721
14 Arizona $3,504,326
15 Minnesota $1,396,012
16 Colorado $1,281,197
17 Tennessee $512,966
18 Maryland $245,644
19 Pennsylvania $235,378
20 Utah $127,630
21 Georgia $23,155
22 Nevada $829
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Shares are of everything obligated under PSC AD in the last 12 months before deobligations, including work performed abroad or with no place of performance on record.

Contract opportunities

Notice Posted Due
Military uniforms Award Notice · Army National Guard —
Aria: Cross-Scale Capability Runtime Monitoring and Reconfiguration Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) Alternative PNT (APNT) Demonstration Limited / Sole Source Justification · AFLCMC Wright Patterson AFB —
Air Force Cognitive Engine Pre-Solicitation · Air Force Research Laboratory (AFMC)
Charles River Analytics, Inc. Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
CUBRC, Inc. Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Systima Technologies, Inc. Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Metron, Inc. Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning – Methodologies for Implementation Award Notice · ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground —
Disruptive Capabilities for Future Warfare Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · HR001119S0054 —
Test Program Set (TPS) Integration and Major Automated Test Equipment (ATE) Support Pre-Solicitation · ACC Picatinny
Strategic Technologies Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
MARS: Modular Acoustic Receiver System Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Disruptive Capabilities for Future Warfare Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · HR001119S0054 —
No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Raytheon Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Technology Advancement and Retention Center (TARC) Manufacturing Tech Demonstrations Award Notice · ACC Picatinny —
Aria Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Unitary Labs, Inc. Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
L3 Applied Technologies Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Whoi amos INP Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
Multi-INT Analysis for CIP Enrichment (MACE) Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
ONR BAA Announcement #N00014-20-S-B001 Award Notice · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV) —
NAVFAC exwc engineering support services Pre-Solicitation · Naval Facilities Engineering Command (Navy)
Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Consortium (NSTIC): PEO IWS Prototype Project Special Notice · Naval Sea Systems Command (Navy) —
Polyplexus Pilot 3 Award Notice Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Portable Restroom Trailers Award Notice · ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground · W91ZLK-20-R-0031 —
Valproic Acid for the Treatment of Significant Hemorrhage Award Notice · Medical Command (Army) · W81XWH20VPA —
Valproic Acid for the Treatment of Significant Hemorrhage Limited / Sole Source Justification · Medical Command (Army) · W81XWH20VPA —
Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source to Evans Berger Scientific Inc. Solicitation · Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Enabling Comparative Analysis of Privacy Expectation- Risk Misalignments in Exposure-sensitive Populations Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Generalizing to Understudied Populations Through the Lens of Key Privacy Challenges Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Benet Technical Support Pre-Solicitation · ACC Picatinny
Effective 5G Networking (Effigy) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Automated 5G Software Generation, Analysis, and Reasoning using Documentation (A5GARD) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Air Combat Evolution (ACE) Technical Area (TA) 1: Build Combat Autonomy Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Secure Distributed IoT ManagemENT for 5G (SEDIMENT) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
PRogrammable INfrastructure for CounterIng Pugnacious Adversaries on a Large Scale (PRINCIPALS) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Scalable All-Optical Processing – Remotely (SCALOP-R) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Programmable, Distributed Defense in Depth for 5G Services (ProD3) Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Blackjack Phase 2 & 3 Award Notice · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency —
Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) Advanced Materials and Processes Award Notice · Air Force Research Laboratory (AFMC) —
Redacted justification and approval for other than full and open competition Limited / Sole Source Justification · ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground —
Portable Restroom Trailers Award Notice · ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground · W91ZLKR200031 —
Grid step software upgrade Award Notice · ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground —
Data science in the operations center (OC) Pre-Solicitation · Air Force Research Laboratory (AFMC) —
Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites for Hypersonic Applications (MOC3HA) Award Notice · Air Force Research Laboratory (AFMC) —
Autonomous Bathymetric Capabilities for a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel Pre-Solicitation · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV)
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Codes under AD

PSC code
AD10 R&D – Ammunition
AD11 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Basic Research)
AD12 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AD13 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Advanced Development)
AD14 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Engineering Development)
AD15 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Operational Systems Development)
AD16 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Management/Support)
AD17 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Commercialized)
AD20 R&D – Services
AD21 R&D – Defense Other: Services (Basic Research)
AD22 R&D – Defense Other: Services (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AD23 R&D – Defense Other: Services (Advanced Development)
AD24 R&D – Defense Other: Services (Engineering Development)
AD25 R&D – Defense Other: Services (Operational Systems Development)
AD26 R&D – Defense Other: Services (Management/Support)
AD27 R&D – Defense Other: Services (Commercialized)
AD30 R&D – Subsistence
AD31 R&D – Defense Other: Subsistence (Basic Research)
AD32 R&D – Defense Other: Subsistence (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AD33 R&D – Defense Other: Subsistence (Advanced Development)
AD34 R&D – Defense Other: Subsistence (Engineering Development)
AD35 R&D – Defense Other: Subsistence (Operational Systems Development)
AD36 R&D – Defense Other: Subsistence (Management/Support)
AD37 R&D – Defense Other: Subsistence (Commercialized)
AD40 R&D – Textiles, Clothing, Etc
AD41 R&D – Defense Other: Textiles/Clothing/Equipage (Basic Research)
AD42 R&D – Defense Other: Textiles/Clothing/Equipage (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AD43 R&D – Defense Other: Textiles/Clothing/Equipage (Advanced Development)
AD44 R&D – Defense Other: Textiles/Clothing/Equipage (Engineering Development)
AD45 R&D – Defense Other: Textiles/Clothing/Equipage (Operational Systems Development)
AD46 R&D – Defense Other: Textiles/Clothing/Equipage (Management/Support)
AD47 R&D – Defense Other: Textiles/Clothing/Equipage (Commercialized)
AD50 R&D – Fuels & Lubricants
AD51 R&D – Defense Other: Fuels/Lubricants (Basic Research)
AD52 R&D – Defense Other: Fuels/Lubricants (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AD53 R&D – Defense Other: Fuels/Lubricants (Advanced Development)
AD54 R&D – Defense Other: Fuels/Lubricants (Engineering Development)
AD55 R&D – Defense Other: Fuels/Lubricants (Operational Systems Development)
AD56 R&D – Defense Other: Fuels/Lubricants (Management/Support)
AD57 R&D – Defense Other: Fuels/Lubricants (Commercialized)
AD60 R&D – Construction
AD61 R&D – Defense Other: Construction (Basic Research)
AD62 R&D – Defense Other: Construction (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AD63 R&D – Defense Other: Construction (Advanced Development)
AD64 R&D – Defense Other: Construction (Engineering Development)
AD65 R&D – Defense Other: Construction (Operational Systems Development)
AD66 R&D – Defense Other: Construction (Management/Support)
AD67 R&D – Defense Other: Construction (Commercialized)
AD90 R&D – Other Defense
AD91 R&D – Defense Other: Other (Basic Research)
AD92 R&D – Defense Other: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AD93 R&D – Defense Other: Other (Advanced Development)
AD94 R&D – Defense Other: Other (Engineering Development)
AD95 R&D – Defense Other: Other (Operational Systems Development)
AD96 R&D – Defense Other: Other (Management/Support)
AD97 R&D – Defense Other: Other (Commercialized)
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Quick answers

What is PSC AD?

PSC AD is Defense (Other) R&D, a service group in PSC A, Research and Development.

What codes are under PSC AD?

PSC AD has 56 codes under it with their own GovTribe pages, including AD10 R&D – Ammunition, AD11 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Basic Research) and AD12 R&D – Defense Other: Ammunition (Applied Research/Exploratory Development).

How much do federal agencies spend under PSC AD?

Federal contracts under PSC AD obligated $941,551,022 in fiscal year 2025 and $6,889,026,401 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.

Who are the largest contractors under PSC AD?

The contractors with the most obligated under PSC AD in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Accelint Intelligent Systems, LLC ($289,057,284); Seqirus Inc. ($80,769,000); and Leidos, Inc. ($59,954,434).

Which agencies buy the most under PSC AD?

The agencies that obligated the most under PSC AD in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Department of the Army ($303,296,382), Air Force ($80,483,533) and Department of Health and Human Services ($80,463,272).

Which NAICS codes are used with PSC AD?

The NAICS codes with the most obligated under PSC AD in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology); 236210 Industrial Building Construction; and 488111 Air Traffic Control.

Where is the work under PSC AD performed?

By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under PSC AD over the last 12 months are New Jersey ($293,400,615), Virginia ($102,134,668) and Massachusetts ($81,848,347).

What is the latest contract opportunity under PSC AD?

The latest contract opportunity under PSC AD is Military uniforms, award notice from Army National Guard, posted October 28, 2020.

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