B541: Defense Studies
Professional Services › Management Advisory Services · Figures are FPDS award actions reporting this code.
Service code
Active
Overview
- FY2026 obligations
- $492.01M
- $492,008,514awarded under B541
- FY2027 to date
- $2.12M
- $2,115,7771 awards · year to date
- FY2026 awards
- 327
- awards with an action under this code
Obligations by fiscal year of action
- FY2027: $2,115,777 (year to date)
- FY2026: $492,008,514
- FY2025: $589,577,060
- FY2024: $825,987,082
- FY2023: $737,195,472
- FY2022: $619,114,572
Total across 6 fiscal years: $3,265,998,477
* 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
- Defense Studies
- Short name
- SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- DEFENSE
- Category
- Professional Services › Management Advisory Services
- Status
- Active since October 1, 2011
Top buying agencies
FY2024–FY2026 · awarding sub-tier agencies
| Rank | Agency | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Headquarters Services | $719,417,861 | 37.7% |
| 2 | Federal Acquisition Service | $483,236,260 | 25.3% |
| 3 | Department Of The Navy | $348,840,803 | 18.3% |
| 4 | Department Of The Air Force | $213,526,903 | 11.2% |
| 5 | Department Of The Army | $109,518,441 | 5.7% |
| 6 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | $33,205,866 | 1.7% |
| 7 | Department Of Energy | $198,854 | <0.1% |
| 8 | U.S. Special Operations Command | $93,282 | <0.1% |
| 9 | Missile Defense Agency | $46,290 | <0.1% |
Top vendors
FY2024–FY2026
| Rank | Vendor | Obligated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC. | $483,236,260 | 1 | 25.3% |
| 2 | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE | $447,875,817 | 45 | 23.5% |
| 3 | CNA CORPORATION, THE | $291,319,626 | 459 | 15.3% |
| 4 | RAND CORPORATION, THE | $256,349,226 | 26 | 13.4% |
| 5 | INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES INCORPORATED | $207,029,061 | 16 | 10.9% |
| 6 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | $49,363,532 | 8 | 2.6% |
| 7 | DZYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $39,518,041 | 1 | 2.1% |
| 8 | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. | $33,833,094 | 6 | 1.8% |
| 9 | HART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | $23,563,918 | 2 | 1.2% |
| 10 | LEIDOS, INC. | $8,361,780 | 1 | 0.4% |