NAICS 541715 — R&D in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

Applied research and development in defense systems, space, energy, biomedical sciences, and national security.

$37.4B

Total Obligated

30,128

Total Awards

$1.2M

Avg Award Value

Jul 2025 – Jul 2026

Data Period

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Year-Over-Year Award Trend

Year	Awards	Total Obligated
2022	15,060	$14.4B
2023	38,943	$43.4B
2024	42,309	$43.3B
2025	41,009	$43.0B

2026 data through March 2026 only. Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT · ≥$100K floor

Top Agencies by Obligation — NAICS 541715

Agency	Awards	Total Obligated
DoDDepartment of Defense (DOD)	20,929	$25.1B
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	5,312	$6.0B
DOEDepartment of Energy (DOE)	164	$3.7B
GSAGeneral Services Administration (GSA)	713	$1.1B
HHSDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS)	705	$917.6M
DHSDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS)	382	$147.3M
OFDepartment of Commerce (DOC)	186	$120.2M
DOTDepartment of Transportation (DOT)	460	$109.5M
OFDepartment of the Interior (DOI)	287	$71.4M
TreasuryDepartment of the Treasury (TREAS)	76	$51.6M

Top Awardees — NAICS 541715

Trailing 12 months · ≥$100K floor · Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT

Rank	Awardee	Awards	Total Obligated
#1	FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC	41	$3.9B
#2	CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	1,316	$2.3B
#3	JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE	1,387	$1.5B
#4	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	90	$1.3B
#5	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	21	$1.1B
#6	THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION	337	$1.0B
#7	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	66	$967.9M
#8	BLUE ORIGIN LLC	15	$882.1M
#9	FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP, LLC	32	$850.4M
#10	BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.	666	$781.9M

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Frequently Asked Questions — NAICS 541715

Data & Methodology

Federal contract and award data sourced from government procurement systems — including FPDS-NG, SAM.gov, and related federal data repositories. PrimeRFP SCOUT ingests, normalizes, and continuously updates records as agencies publish them. Reporting timelines vary by agency; some components (particularly DoD) carry a 60–90 day lag relative to award execution.

Dataset coverage — ≥ $100K floor

All intelligence on this page and within SCOUT is filtered to federal contract awards whose current total award value is $100K or more. PrimeRFP applies this floor at the award level (on current_total_value_award), not per-transaction, so large awards split across many mid-size obligation lines are retained in full. PrimeRFP's own empirical sampling against the raw USASpending dataset shows this threshold captures 98%+ of total federal contract dollars while excluding a long tail of micro-purchases, small modifications, and administrative actions — the trade-off that makes market intelligence tractable without distorting the dollar picture. Coverage: 560,000+ active contract awards and 2.5M+ unique awardees, including small-business set-asides, task orders, and mid-market opportunities.

Award identification: Each record is keyed by federal Award ID (PIID). Task orders recorded as independent awards appear as separate rows. IDIQs and their task orders are tracked distinctly.

Why SCOUT dollar figures differ from published annual totals: Per-agency dollar figures on SCOUT intelligence pages aggregate all USASpending transaction records — including base contract awards, task orders, delivery orders, and modifications to existing contracts. Annual federal contract obligation figures cited in industry reports (e.g., FY2025: $833.8B per Bloomberg Government) count only new prime award actions in the fiscal year, excluding mods. An IDIQ vehicle (like OASIS+) carries no obligation at award — only task orders issued against it are counted. SCOUT's transaction-level aggregates are larger because they capture the full activity picture across a contract's lifecycle, making them useful for competitive analysis and pipeline sizing rather than year-over-year spending comparison.

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About NAICS 541715

Code541715

Family5417

Avg Award$1.2M

Data throughJul 2026

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