General Science and Technology R&D Services Government Contracts

PSC AJ Service group

Code facts

Codes under it
57
Contract obligations
$5,384,966,671 In FY2025

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

Market summary

Open opportunities
67 148 notices posted in the last 90 days
Contract awards
1,369 In the last 12 months
Obligated
$3,922,022,739 In the last 12 months, net of deobligations

Top buying agencies by obligations

Rank Agency Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 Share
1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $847,368,027
2 Department of the Army Department of Defense $784,601,218
3 Office of the Secretary of Defense Department of Defense $441,519,589
4 Department of the Navy Department of Defense $379,232,420
5 Air Force Department of Defense $351,559,062
6 Department of Energy $346,462,833
7 Department of Health and Human Services $224,074,628
8 Department of Homeland Security $212,822,779
9 Department of Commerce $71,537,967
10 Washington Headquarters Service Department of Defense $66,775,646

Top contractors by obligations

Rank Contractor Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 Share
1 Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC $296,568,487
2 Georgia TECH Applied Research Corp $212,805,512
3 Advanced Technology International $188,118,805
4 The Mitre Corporation $139,799,561
5 Columbus Technologies And Services, Inc. $82,813,206
6 Leidos, Inc. $77,762,711
7 Every Cure Inc. $76,045,600
8 National Security Technology Accelerator Inc. $71,972,607
9 Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. $64,053,301
10 Advanced Space LLC $60,122,870

Open contract opportunities

Notice Posted Due
NRL VXS-1 Aircraft Maintenance IDIQ Pre-Solicitation · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV)
Amendment 0001** RFI / SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS - EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES TECHNICIAN SUPPORT SERVICES Pre-Solicitation · ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: PinPoint Photon Special Notice · Department of Energy
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Core Broad Agency Announcement Pre-Solicitation · Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (USACE)
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Exploratory Development (SEED) Broad Agency Announcement Pre-Solicitation · Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (USACE)
Electron Storage Ring D2 Dipole Magnets Solicitation · Office of Science
Concrete Shield Blocks Solicitation · Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (DOE)
Mission System R and D Support for Blossom Point Tracking Facility (BPTF) Solicitation · Office of Naval Research (SECNAV)
FY27 FDA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Advanced Research and Development of Regulatory Science Special Notice · FDA Office of Acquisition and Grant Services
FLOW Market Survey Special Notice · Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Hydrosphere, biosphere, & geophysics (HBG) support services II - final request for proposal (FRFP) Solicitation · Goddard Space Center
Cavity Solicitation · Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (DOE)
Alternative Protein Technologies for Military Field Feeding Pre-Solicitation · ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground
Experimental and Mathematical Biomechanics Injury Research IDIQ Pre-Solicitation · National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NSF X-Labs Initiative - From Sequence to Function Solicitation
2026 Distributed Wind Turbine Competitiveness Improvement Project Solicitation · Office of Science
NSF Ecosystem for Low-dimensional Electronics: Growth, Assembly, Nanoelectronics, and Translation (NSF ELEGANT) Solicitation · National Science Foundation
NSF X-Labs Initiative – AI for Physical Systems Topic Announcement Solicitation · National Science Foundation
TIDAL: Target-Induced Droplet Assembly of Ligands Special Notice · Department of Energy
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: AmineBind ML Special Notice · Department of Energy
STAR-FISH CALL 017 - Secure By Design Solicitation · Air Force Research Laboratory (AFMC)
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) – Open Topics Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Pre-Solicitation · Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (USACE)
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) – Energy and Environmental Technology Demonstrations – Open Topics BAA Pre-Solicitation · Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (USACE)
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Research Initiative – FY2026 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) Solicitation · Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration
W56KGU-22-R-0ESI BAA Amendment 0009 Special Notice · ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Latest 25 of 67 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

Recent contract awards

Award Awarded Obligated
Sbir phase II - axolotl: autonomous robotics to enable cost-effective in-space assembly and outfitting of orbital… 80NSSC27C0043 · Starfish Space Inc. · Shared Services Center $1,273,575
Sbir phase II - 80NSSC27C0050 scalable metasurface array telescope, smart Exciting Technology LLC · Shared Services Center $1,275,000
Sbir phase II 80NSSC27C0048 - digital twin and thread ecosystem for automated icme and modeling workflow optimization Materials Data Management Inc. · Shared Services Center $1,274,842
Sbir phase II - quantum waveguide infrared photodetector for heterodyne spectroscopy 80NSSC27C0020 · Emode, Inc. · Shared Services Center $1,227,200
AJ15 - technical support for management of animal carcasses 68HERW27F0037 · Eastern Research Group Inc. · Environmental Protection Agency $76,174
4 year BAA contract- FY26C1AP5-enhancing regulatory confidence in pediatric bioequivalence through validated TIM… 75F40126C00101 · University Of Strathclyde · Food and Drug Administration $534,032
Nirsense, INC. Phase I 140D0427P0335 · Nirsense, Inc. · Interior Business Center (DO) $314,000
Research - njit - fnirs 36C24E27C0001 · New Jersey Institute Of Technology · Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (VHA) $153,238
Research - academic affiliate - scans EO 14398 36C24E27N0027 · University Of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education · Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (VHA) $11,040
Research - academic affiliate - scans EO 14398 36C24E27N0026 · University Of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education · Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (VHA) $2,820

Latest 10 of 1,369 awarded in the last 12 months listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

Contract obligations by fiscal year

Fiscal year Obligated
FY2027 To date $82,566,041
FY2026 $3,865,790,196
FY2025 $5,384,966,671
FY2024 $5,522,518,224
FY2023 $5,196,518,509

Contract obligations by state

Rank Place of performance Obligated, last 12 months Share
1 Virginia $663,355,999
2 Maryland $501,207,751
3 California $464,981,147
4 South Carolina $300,670,536
5 District of Columbia $273,059,099
6 Georgia $233,920,748
7 Massachusetts $181,531,075
8 Colorado $171,275,313
9 Utah $119,509,256
10 Ohio $95,711,727
11 Florida $91,310,803
12 North Carolina $84,672,280
13 Texas $76,172,315
14 Pennsylvania $68,671,652
15 New Jersey $67,568,184
16 Oregon $63,268,654
17 New York $42,809,393
18 Alabama $42,441,903
19 Mississippi $40,697,416
20 Illinois $37,078,587
21 West Virginia $31,131,955
22 Arizona $27,274,865
23 Washington $25,175,951
24 Oklahoma $22,525,854
25 New Hampshire $21,471,343
26 Connecticut $20,328,337
27 Michigan $17,474,354
28 Indiana $16,669,847
29 Hawaii $14,511,503
30 Alaska $14,399,114
31 New Mexico $13,568,850
32 Minnesota $10,975,740
33 Maine $10,262,911
34 Rhode Island $7,008,309
35 Missouri $6,636,784
36 Delaware $6,506,496
37 Tennessee $3,539,057
38 Wisconsin $3,464,695
39 Montana $3,099,390
40 Kansas $3,053,008
41 Nevada $2,118,258
42 South Dakota $2,084,418
43 Vermont $2,083,083
44 Idaho $1,935,648
45 Louisiana $1,830,954
46 Kentucky $1,696,698
47 North Dakota $782,714
48 Wyoming $752,560
49 Arkansas $480,406
50 Puerto Rico $217,935
51 Nebraska $196,112
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Shares are of everything obligated under PSC AJ in the last 12 months before deobligations, including work performed abroad or with no place of performance on record.

Codes under AJ

PSC code
AJ10 R&D – Physical Science
AJ11 General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Basic Research
AJ12 General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Applied Research
AJ13 General Science & Technology R&D Services; General Science & Technology; Experimental Development
AJ14 General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; R&D Administrative Expenses
AJ15 General Science & Technology R&D Services; General Science & Technology; R&D Facilities & Major Equipment
AJ16 R&D – General Science/Technology: Physical Sciences (Management/Support)
AJ17 R&D – General Science/Technology: Physical Sciences (Commercialized)
AJ21 R&D – General Science/Technology: Mathematical/Computer Sciences (Basic Research)
AJ22 R&D – General Science/Technology: Mathematical/Computer Sciences (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AJ23 R&D – General Science/Technology: Mathematical/Computer Sciences (Advanced Development)
AJ24 R&D – General Science/Technology: Mathematical/Computer Sciences (Engineering Development)
AJ25 R&D – General Science/Technology: Mathematical/Computer Sciences (Operational Systems Development)
AJ26 R&D – General Science/Technology: Mathematical/Computer Sciences (Management/Support)
AJ27 R&D – General Science/Technology: Mathematical/Computer Sciences (Commercialized)
AJ31 R&D – General Science/Technology: Environmental Sciences (Basic Research)
AJ32 R&D – General Science/Technology: Environmental Sciences (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AJ33 R&D – General Science/Technology: Environmental Sciences (Advanced Development)
AJ34 R&D – General Science/Technology: Environmental Sciences (Engineering Development)
AJ35 R&D – General Science/Technology: Environmental Sciences (Operational Systems Development)
AJ36 R&D – General Science/Technology: Environmental Sciences (Management/Support)
AJ37 R&D – General Science/Technology: Environmental Sciences (Commercialized)
AJ41 R&D – General Science/Technology: Engineering (Basic Research)
AJ42 R&D – General Science/Technology: Engineering (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AJ43 R&D – General Science/Technology: Engineering (Advanced Development)
AJ44 R&D – General Science/Technology: Engineering (Engineering Development)
AJ45 R&D – General Science/Technology: Engineering (Operational Systems Development)
AJ46 R&D – General Science/Technology: Engineering (Management/Support)
AJ47 RDTE/Engineering Sciences-Oper Sy Dev
AJ51 R&D – General Science/Technology: Life Sciences (Basic Research)
AJ52 R&D – General Science/Technology: Life Sciences (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AJ53 R&D – General Science/Technology: Life Sciences (Advanced Development)
AJ54 R&D – General Science/Technology: Life Sciences (Engineering Development)
AJ55 R&D – General Science/Technology: Life Sciences (Operational Systems Development)
AJ56 R&D – General Science/Technology: Life Sciences (Management/Support)
AJ57 R&D – General Science/Technology: Life Sciences (Commercialized)
AJ61 R&D – General Science/Technology: Psychological Sciences (Basic Research)
AJ62 R&D – General Science/Technology: Psychological Sciences (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AJ63 R&D – General Science/Technology: Psychological Sciences (Advanced Development)
AJ64 R&D – General Science/Technology: Psychological Sciences (Engineering Development)
AJ65 R&D – General Science/Technology: Psychological Sciences (Operational Systems Development)
AJ66 R&D – General Science/Technology: Psychological Sciences (Management/Support)
AJ67 R&D – General Science/Technology: Psychological Sciences (Commercialized)
AJ71 R&D – General Science/Technology: Social Sciences (Basic Research)
AJ72 R&D – General Science/Technology: Social Sciences (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AJ73 R&D – General Science/Technology: Social Sciences (Advanced Development)
AJ74 R&D – General Science/Technology: Social Sciences (Engineering Development)
AJ75 R&D – General Science/Technology: Social Sciences (Operational Systems Development)
AJ76 R&D – General Science/Technology: Social Sciences (Management/Support)
AJ77 R&D – General Science/Technology: Social Sciences (Commercialized)
AJ91 R&D – General Science/Technology: Other (Basic Research)
AJ92 R&D – General Science/Technology: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
AJ93 R&D – General Science/Technology: Other (Advanced Development)
AJ94 R&D – General Science/Technology: Other (Engineering Development)
AJ95 R&D – General Science/Technology: Other (Operational Systems Development)
AJ96 R&D – General Science/Technology: Other (Management/Support)
AJ97 R&D – General Science/Technology: Other (Commercialized)
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Quick answers

What is PSC AJ?

PSC AJ is General Science and Technology R&D Services, a service group in PSC A, Research and Development.

How many government contracts for general science and technology R&D services are there?

67 contract opportunities under PSC AJ are open now, and 148 notices were posted in the last 90 days. Federal agencies awarded 1,369 contracts under PSC AJ in the last 12 months, obligating $3,922,022,739.

What codes are under PSC AJ?

PSC AJ has 57 codes under it with their own GovTribe pages, including AJ10 R&D – Physical Science, AJ11 General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Basic Research and AJ12 General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Applied Research.

How much do federal agencies spend under PSC AJ?

Federal contracts under PSC AJ obligated $5,384,966,671 in fiscal year 2025 and $20,052,359,641 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.

Who are the largest contractors under PSC AJ?

The contractors with the most obligated under PSC AJ in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC ($296,568,487); Georgia TECH Applied Research Corp ($212,805,512); and Advanced Technology International ($188,118,805).

Which agencies buy the most under PSC AJ?

The agencies that obligated the most under PSC AJ in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($847,368,027), Department of the Army ($784,601,218) and Office of the Secretary of Defense ($441,519,589).

Which NAICS codes are used with PSC AJ?

The NAICS codes with the most obligated under PSC AJ in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology); 541330 Engineering Services; and 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

Where is the work under PSC AJ performed?

By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under PSC AJ over the last 12 months are Virginia ($663,355,999), Maryland ($501,207,751) and California ($464,981,147).

What is the latest open contract opportunity under PSC AJ?

The latest open contract opportunity under PSC AJ is NRL VXS-1 Aircraft Maintenance IDIQ, pre-solicitation from Office of Naval Research (SECNAV), posted November 10, 2026.

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