Top 56 Contractors in PSC AC52: R&D – Defense System: Weapons (Applied Research/Exploratory Development), FY2021

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Rank	Contractor	Net obligations	Share	Trend
1	Leidos Holdings, Inc. Through Leidos, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$25,348,930	19.6%	Rank history: #1 in FY2022; unchanged since FY2020.
2	Northrop Grumman Corporation 2 awardees, including Northrop Grumman Systems Corp Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$14,964,322	11.5%	Rank history: #4 in FY2022; up 6 since FY2020.
3	Ball Corp Through Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$13,473,509	10.4%	Rank history: #2 in FY2022; unchanged since FY2020.
4	Lockheed Martin Corporation 4 awardees, including Lockheed Martin Aculight Corporation and Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$10,822,443	8.4%	Rank history: #3 in FY2022; up 1 since FY2020.
5	Science Applications International Corporation 2 awardees Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) MDA (DOD Missile Defense Agency)	$6,749,015	5.2%	Rank history: #6 in FY2022; up 2 since FY2020.
6	Sossec, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$6,630,247	5.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; down 4 since FY2020.
7	BAE Systems PLC 3 awardees, including BAE Systems National Security Solutions Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$5,182,112	4.0%	Rank history: #31 in FY2022; up 3 since FY2020.
8	Stellar Science Ltd. Co. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$5,087,911	3.9%	Rank history: #9 in FY2022; up 17 since FY2020.
9	Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense)	$3,970,050	3.1%	Rank history: #10 in FY2022; up 4 since FY2020.
10	Science, Engineering, Management Solutions, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$3,379,641	2.6%	Rank history: #22 in FY2022; up 1 since FY2020.
11	University of Dayton Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$2,245,000	1.7%	Rank history: #13 in FY2022; up 20 since FY2020.
12	Applied Research Associates, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) Army (Department of the Army)	$2,155,517	1.7%	Rank history: #19 in FY2022; up 15 since FY2020.
13	Computer Systems Center Incorporated Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$2,143,054	1.7%	Rank history: #7 in FY2022; up 30 since FY2020.
14	Anyar Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,951,815	1.5%	Rank history: #27 in FY2022; up 14 since FY2020.
15	Nlight Inc. 2 awardees, including Nlight Defense Systems, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,925,693	1.5%	Rank history: #16 in FY2022; down 9 since FY2020.
16	Ram Photonics LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,616,981	1.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 1 since FY2020.
17	Verus Research, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,582,454	1.2%	Rank history: #21 in FY2022; down 8 since FY2020.
18	First RF Corporation Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,504,285	1.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 73 since FY2020.
19	Tau Technologies LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,470,000	1.1%	Rank history: #11 in FY2022; up 5 since FY2020.
20	Board of Governers State University System of Florida 3 awardees, including The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and University of Florida Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,398,425	1.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 6 since FY2020.
21	Luna Innovations Incorporated Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,173,470	0.9%	Rank history: #18 in FY2022; up 56 since FY2020.
22	Bluehalo Labs, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,110,380	0.9%	Rank history: #17 in FY2022; up 20 since FY2020.
23	NKT Holding A/S Through NKT Photonics Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,019,233	0.8%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 49 since FY2020.
24	Leidos, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,014,989	0.8%	Rank history: #32 in FY2022; down 8 since FY2020.
25	Electro-Optics Technology Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$939,817	0.7%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 30 since FY2020.
26	Arete Associates Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$868,604	0.7%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 70 since FY2020.
27	The Survice Engineering Company LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$775,000	0.6%	Rank history: #12 in FY2022; up 18 since FY2020.
28	Voss Scientific LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$750,061	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 67 since FY2020.
29	Texas TECH University System Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$750,000	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 31 since FY2020.
30	Radiabeam Technologies, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$749,885	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
31	Corvid Technologies, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$659,953	0.5%	Rank history: #24 in FY2022; down 9 since FY2020.
32	Optical Engines, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$599,927	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 48 since FY2020.
33	Ansys Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$564,083	0.4%	Rank history: #14 in FY2022; down 1 since FY2020.
34	Georgia TECH Research Corp 2 awardees, including Georgia TECH Applied Research Corp Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$552,784	0.4%	Rank history: #34 in FY2022; down 5 since FY2020.
35	RTX Corporation Through Raytheon Company Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$398,662	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; down 20 since FY2020.
36	Physical Optics Corporation Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$299,999	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
37	The Johns Hopkins University Through The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$282,589	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 37 since FY2020.
38	Integration Innovation Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$281,358	0.2%	Rank history: #8 in FY2022; down 24 since FY2020.
39	Helicon Chemical Company LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$262,728	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; new, not ranked in FY2020.
40	Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$249,999	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 42 since FY2020.
41	Southern Research Institute Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$228,868	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 13 since FY2020.
42	Kinetics, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$218,600	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 34 since FY2020.
43	Cummings Aerospace, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) WHS (DOD Washington Headquarters Service)	$217,000	0.2%	Rank history: #20 in FY2022; up 46 since FY2020.
44	HX5 LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$195,154	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 43 since FY2020.
45	Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$195,000	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; down 1 since FY2020.
46	Knobley Technical Associates, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$186,791	0.1%	Rank history: #26 in FY2022; up 52 since FY2020.
47	Witte David Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$150,000	0.1%	Rank history: #28 in FY2022; up 54 since FY2020.
48	Science Systems Solutions, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$125,000	0.1%	Rank history: #29 in FY2022; up 35 since FY2020.
49	MRL Materials Resources LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$125,000	0.1%	Rank history: #30 in FY2022; new, not ranked in FY2020.
50	Kbr, Inc. Through KBR Wyle Services, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$123,406	0.1%	Rank history: #25 in FY2022; new, not ranked in FY2020.
51	Advanced Electronics Labs Inc. Top agencies Army (Department of the Army)	$99,608	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 57 since FY2020.
52	Hart Scientific Consulting International L.L.C. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$77,000	0.1%	Rank history: #15 in FY2022; up 5 since FY2020.
53	Artemis, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$73,692	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 28 since FY2020.
54	General Dynamics Corporation Through General Dynamics-Ots, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$63,770	<0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 49 since FY2020.
55	Management Services Group, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$32,444	<0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 30 since FY2020.
56	Toptica Photonics AG Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$15,000	<0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2022 list; up 3 since FY2020.

How this ranking works

• Source: every contract action FPDS records (as published on SAM.gov) in the period, as GovTribe received it.
• Amounts are net obligations: what was obligated, less what was deobligated. Shares are of $130 million obligated before deobligations, so they never pass 100%.
• Parent companies: each action counts under the ultimate parent its award record names, or under the awardee when it names none, so no dollar counts twice. Parents of the same name (Inc., LLC and the like aside) count as one company, since FPDS records a company's parent under more than one UEI over time. GovTribe corrects a few parents and names by hand; see the corrections.
• Fiscal year 2021 ran Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2021. The Department of Defense reports its contract actions to FPDS about 90 days late, so a fiscal year is ranked once they're in, in February, and the list doesn't change after.
• Rank changes compare with FY2020. "New" marks a company outside that period's top 500, and "Returned" one of those that was on an earlier fiscal year's list.
• Rank lines show each company's rank on every fiscal year's list since FY2021, #1 at the top, on a scale that gives the top of the list more room. A dashed stretch spans years it wasn't on the list. The step from FY2020 takes the color of the rank change beside it.
• Placeholder recipients FPDS uses when it names no company ("Miscellaneous Foreign Contractors" and the like) aren't ranked.

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