Top 100 Contractors in PSC AD92: R&D – Defense Other: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development), FY2024

Full ranking

Rank	Contractor	Net obligations	Share	Trend
1	Leidos Holdings, Inc. 6 awardees, including Leidos, Inc. Top agencies DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$13,127,986	6.9%	Rank history: #2 in FY2021, #2 in FY2022, #7 in FY2023 and #7 in FY2025; up 6 since FY2023.
2	University of Dayton Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) Army (Department of the Army) OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense)	$12,871,827	6.8%	Rank history: #16 in FY2021, #23 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023 and #4 in FY2025; up 6 since FY2023.
3	Lockheed Martin Corporation 10 awardees, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) USAF (Department of the Air Force) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$12,061,215	6.4%	Rank history: #9 in FY2021, #9 in FY2022, #12 in FY2023 and #3 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2023.
4	Apogee Research LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) WHS (DOD Washington Headquarters Service) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$8,977,120	4.7%	Rank history: #22 in FY2021, #18 in FY2022, #5 in FY2023 and #15 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2023.
5	Sri International Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) USAF (Department of the Air Force) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$8,539,617	4.5%	Rank history: #8 in FY2021, #13 in FY2022, #3 in FY2023 and #5 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2023.
6	Applied Research Associates, Inc. Top agencies DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency)	$8,076,157	4.3%	Rank history: #5 in FY2021, #10 in FY2022, #15 in FY2023 and #9 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2023.
7	Par Technology Corporation Through Par Government Systems Corporation Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) WHS (DOD Washington Headquarters Service)	$7,772,137	4.1%	Rank history: #35 in FY2021, #36 in FY2022, #33 in FY2023 and #14 in FY2025; up 26 since FY2023.
8	Advanced Technology International Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$7,629,857	4.0%	Rank history: #41 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists and #16 in FY2025; returned.
9	DCS Corporation Top agencies Army (Department of the Army) USAF (Department of the Air Force) OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense)	$6,835,857	3.6%	Rank history: #13 in FY2021, #21 in FY2022, #4 in FY2023 and #38 in FY2025; down 5 since FY2023.
10	RTX Corporation 11 awardees, including Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Raytheon Company and RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$6,575,611	3.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #33 in FY2025; up 143 since FY2023.
11	Cerebras Systems Inc. Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$5,467,099	2.9%	Rank history: #19 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #17 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 6 since FY2023.
12	Qinetiq Group PLC Through Qinetiq Inc. Top agencies Army (Department of the Army)	$4,787,913	2.5%	Rank history: #4 in FY2021, #1 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 1 since FY2023.
13	A2 Labs, LLC Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$4,239,417	2.2%	Rank history: #56 in FY2021, #64 in FY2022, #55 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 42 since FY2023.
14	University of Southern California Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$3,702,964	2.0%	Rank history: #66 in FY2021, #48 in FY2022, #32 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 18 since FY2023.
15	Nexus Photonics, Inc. Top agencies WHS (DOD Washington Headquarters Service) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$3,525,565	1.9%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #98 in FY2022, #77 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 62 since FY2023.
16	Kitware Inc. Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$3,467,070	1.8%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #56 in FY2023 and #24 in FY2025; up 40 since FY2023.
17	University of Montana Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$3,097,822	1.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
18	Peraton Labs Inc. Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$2,936,115	1.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
19	HRL Laboratories, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$2,360,000	1.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
20	CACI International Inc. 5 awardees, including LGS Innovations LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$2,277,169	1.2%	Rank history: #30 in FY2021, #16 in FY2022, #16 in FY2023 and #8 in FY2025; down 4 since FY2023.
21	The Boeing Company 6 awardees Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) Navy (Department of the Navy) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$2,085,415	1.1%	Rank history: #14 in FY2021, #7 in FY2022, #26 in FY2023 and #13 in FY2025; up 5 since FY2023.
22	Analytic Services Inc. Through Advanced Technology International Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,904,512	1.0%	Rank history: #1 in FY2021, #4 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 21 since FY2023.
23	The Veritas Capital Fund VII L P Through Peraton Labs Inc. Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$1,752,350	0.9%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #22 in FY2022, #25 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 2 since FY2023.
24	Science Applications International Corporation 2 awardees Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,742,809	0.9%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #44 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 20 since FY2023.
25	Synergene Therapeutics Inc Top agencies DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency)	$1,573,584	0.8%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #20 in FY2025; new.
26	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$1,549,845	0.8%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #73 in FY2022, #53 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 27 since FY2023.
27	Mile Two LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,517,485	0.8%	Rank history: #23 in FY2021, #37 in FY2022, #34 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 7 since FY2023.
28	Georgia TECH Research Corp Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$1,490,305	0.8%	Rank history: #28 in FY2021, #39 in FY2022, #43 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 15 since FY2023.
29	Systems & Technology Research LLC Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Army (Department of the Army) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,452,305	0.8%	Rank history: #12 in FY2021, #17 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 15 since FY2023.
30	Northrop Grumman Corporation 13 awardees, including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,450,908	0.8%	Rank history: #10 in FY2021, #12 in FY2022, #6 in FY2023 and #37 in FY2025; down 24 since FY2023.
31	Qinetiq Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,181,235	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #12 in FY2025; new.
32	Spaceworks Enterprises Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,174,110	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #18 in FY2025; new.
33	Caci Technologies LLC 2 awardees, including LGS Innovations LLC and Caci, Inc. - Federal Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force) DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency)	$1,174,085	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
34	Advanced Core Concepts LLC Through Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,117,500	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #82 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 48 since FY2023.
35	Carley Technologies Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$999,866	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 128 since FY2023.
36	Physical Sciences Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$966,494	0.5%	Rank history: #48 in FY2021, #62 in FY2022, #39 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 3 since FY2023.
37	Serco Inc Top agencies Army (Department of the Army)	$952,366	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #66 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 29 since FY2023.
38	Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai 2 awardees Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$950,274	0.5%	Rank history: #36 in FY2021, #20 in FY2022, #94 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 56 since FY2023.
39	Parsons Corporation 2 awardees, including Xator LLC Top agencies DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency)	$938,801	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #36 in FY2025; new.
40	Galois, Inc. Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$935,609	0.5%	Rank history: #27 in FY2021, #31 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023 and #22 in FY2025; down 20 since FY2023.
41	Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$892,259	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
42	Phoenix LLC Top agencies Army (Department of the Army)	$883,047	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
43	PC Krause & Associates Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$879,799	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 89 since FY2023.
44	Avatar Partners Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$879,254	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
45	Charles River Analytics, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$869,605	0.5%	Rank history: #39 in FY2021, #41 in FY2022, #90 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 45 since FY2023.
46	Subuas LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$862,000	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #100 in FY2022, #74 in FY2023 and #23 in FY2025; up 28 since FY2023.
47	Intellisense Systems Inc Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$799,996	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 103 since FY2023.
48	State of California Controllers Office 2 awardees, including University of California, San Diego and The Regents of the University of California Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$793,387	0.4%	Rank history: #54 in FY2021, #63 in FY2022, #54 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 6 since FY2023.
49	Mayo Clinic Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$749,000	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #25 in FY2025; new.
50	Agiledelta Inc. 2 awardees Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$730,828	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #75 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 25 since FY2023.
51	Teledyne Flir Defense, Inc. Top agencies DTRA (Defense Threat Reduction Agency)	$702,973	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
52	Gryphon Technologies, Inc. Through Schafer Government Services, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$639,968	0.3%	Rank history: #18 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #23 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 29 since FY2023.
53	Red Balloon Security, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$586,532	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #72 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 19 since FY2023.
54	The Vanderbilt University Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$582,369	0.3%	Rank history: #76 in FY2021, #44 in FY2022, #65 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 11 since FY2023.
55	General Electric Company 3 awardees Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$579,209	0.3%	Rank history: #32 in FY2021, #34 in FY2022, #28 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 27 since FY2023.
56	Accelint AI, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$574,080	0.3%	Rank history: #43 in FY2021, #70 in FY2022, #95 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 39 since FY2023.
57	The Pennsylvania State University Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$561,000	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #57 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; unchanged since FY2023.
58	Pacmar Technologies LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$545,081	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #19 in FY2025; new.
59	Battelle Memorial Institute Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$536,506	0.3%	Rank history: #31 in FY2021, #27 in FY2022, #31 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 28 since FY2023.
60	Rdrtec, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$524,897	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #70 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 10 since FY2023.
61	Regents of the University of Michigan Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$523,219	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #97 in FY2022, #83 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 22 since FY2023.
62	Applied Optimization, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$500,000	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
63	Perceptronics Solutions, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$499,977	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 44 since FY2023.
64	Metis Design Corp Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$499,936	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #91 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and not on the FY2025 list; returned.
65	Qualtech Systems Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$499,921	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 43 since FY2023.
66	Bnnt LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$492,206	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
67	Arizona State University Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$468,423	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
68	Kairos Autonomi Inc. 2 awardees Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$431,340	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #21 in FY2025; up 78 since FY2023.
69	Coldquanta Inc. Through Infleqtion Quantum, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$427,208	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
70	High REZ Consulting, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$427,148	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 82 since FY2023.
71	Metron Incorporated Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$423,202	0.2%	Rank history: #29 in FY2021, #24 in FY2022, #19 in FY2023 and #34 in FY2025; down 52 since FY2023.
72	The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$403,524	0.2%	Rank history: #92 in FY2021, #79 in FY2022, #46 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 26 since FY2023.
73	Assured Information Security, Inc. Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$402,913	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #76 in FY2022, #42 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 31 since FY2023.
74	HII Unmanned Systems, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$390,000	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 69 since FY2023.
75	Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$388,891	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
76	Hy-Tek Manufacturing Co., Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$375,000	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #26 in FY2025; new.
77	Honeywell International Inc. Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$350,113	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #58 in FY2022, #41 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 36 since FY2023.
78	P & J Robinson Corp Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$343,266	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #97 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; up 19 since FY2023.
79	Purdue University Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$327,785	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #61 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 18 since FY2023.
80	Siemens Corporation Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$323,524	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
81	Boston Engineering Corporation Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$313,314	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 32 since FY2023.
82	Engin LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$308,870	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 41 since FY2023.
83	Riverside Research Institute Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$300,000	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #28 in FY2025; up 62 since FY2023.
84	Propel LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$299,788	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 57 since FY2023.
85	Signature Solutions Inc Top agencies Army (Department of the Army)	$286,900	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
86	Cybersec Technologies OU Through Cybernetica AS Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$286,397	0.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 70 since FY2023.
87	Innovative Defense Technologies LLC 2 awardees Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$265,488	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
88	Tipd LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$250,000	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
89	The Regents of the University of California Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$250,000	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
90	Polaris Sensor Technologies, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$249,968	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
91	Eospace Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$249,911	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
92	Texas High Energy Materials, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$249,905	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
93	Materials Research & Design Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$249,854	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #31 in FY2025; up 17 since FY2023.
94	TDA Research, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$249,784	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
95	MRV Systems, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$249,616	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 71 since FY2023.
96	Trail of Bits Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$232,602	0.1%	Rank history: #96 in FY2021, #72 in FY2022, #35 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 61 since FY2023.
97	Metamagnetics Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$230,349	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; new.
98	Matsys Incorporated Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$200,000	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #93 in FY2023 and not on the FY2025 list; down 5 since FY2023.
99	Dual Sense, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$193,015	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 52 since FY2023.
100	Sequent Logic LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$183,822	0.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and not on the FY2025 list; up 21 since FY2023.

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 $189 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 2024 ran Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024. 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 FY2023. "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 FY2023 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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