AR21: SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS - BASIC RESEARCH
Figures are FPDS award actions reporting this code.
Research and development code
Inactive
Overview
- FY2026 obligations
- $494.65M
- $494,653,219awarded under AR21
- FY2027 to date
- $14.37M
- $14,368,6006 awards · year to date
- FY2026 awards
- 29
- awards with an action under this code
- Open notices
- 0
- open SAM.gov notices classified under AR21
Obligations by fiscal year of action
- FY2027: $14,368,600 (year to date)
- FY2026: $494,653,219
- FY2025: $482,729,174
- FY2024: $269,059,426
- FY2023: $450,060,274
- FY2022: $601,713,573
Total across 6 fiscal years: $2,312,584,266
* Year to date.
Source: FPDS award actions reporting this PSC. Obligations are the sum of the obligation on each action (modifications included). Department of Defense actions appear about 90 days after they are signed.
Definition
- Official name
- SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS - BASIC RESEARCH
- Short name
- R&D- SPACE: SCIENCE/APPLICATIONS (BASIC RESEARCH)
- Status
- Inactive since October 29, 2020
Top buying agencies
FY2024–FY2026 · awarding sub-tier agencies
| Rank | Agency | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aeronautics And Space Administration | $1,246,455,830 | 100% |
Top vendors
FY2024–FY2026
| Rank | Vendor | Obligated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | $871,368,848 | 1 | 69.9% |
| 2 | ASSOC UNIV RESEARCH ASTRONOMY | $218,793,064 | 1 | 17.6% |
| 3 | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (5111) | $40,786,752 | 50 | 3.3% |
| 4 | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | $39,664,179 | 2 | 3.2% |
| 5 | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE | $39,162,278 | 2 | 3.1% |
| 6 | ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | $9,666,065 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 7 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE | $8,187,496 | 1 | 0.7% |
| 8 | UNIV CALIF BERKELEY | $7,980,321 | 1 | 0.6% |
| 9 | THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERS | $7,437,325 | 1 | 0.6% |
| 10 | SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | $7,277,318 | 1 | 0.6% |