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NAICS 541715 Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology) vendors in California

In FY2026 (provisional), vendors headquartered in California recorded $7.38B in net obligations under NAICS 541715 across 1,555 awards and orders.

FY2026 net obligations (provisional)
$7.38B
FY2026 awards and orders
1,555
FY2026 vendors
559
FY2027 to date
$286.34M
138 awards and orders so far

Top vendors, FY2026

  1. 1. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (PASADENA, CA)$2.16B · 296
  2. 2. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (EL SEGUNDO, CA)$1.12B · 118
  3. 3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP (Sunnyvale, CA)$982.43M · 6
  4. 4. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION (REDONDO BEACH, CA)$427.56M · 8
  5. 5. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (HAWTHORNE, CA)$273.76M · 5
  6. 6. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (PALMDALE, CA)$269.56M · 3
  7. 7. CASTELION CORPORATION (Torrance, CA)$180.25M · 4
  8. 8. GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. (POWAY, CA)$134.52M · 17
  9. 9. RAYTHEON COMPANY (EL SEGUNDO, CA)$122.03M · 8
  10. 10. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (PASADENA, CA)$104.42M · 5

Agencies paying these vendors

$4.22B
Department of War (866 awards and orders)
$2.89B
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (513 awards and orders)
$95.76M
Department of Health and Human Services (47 awards and orders)
$86.74M
Department of Energy (6 awards and orders)
$23.75M
Department of the Interior (20 awards and orders)
$19.95M
General Services Administration (6 awards and orders)
$18.07M
Department of Commerce (20 awards and orders)
$14.47M
Department of Transportation (19 awards and orders)

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NAICS
NAICS 541715 Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)
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Vendors in California

Net obligations by fiscal year of action, from FPDS contract actions under NAICS 541715. Vendors are placed by their headquarters state in SAM.gov, not by where the work is done. Awards and orders count canonical awards with a positive net in the year; IDV vehicles are not counted. FY2026 is provisional for 120 days after it ends, and DoD withholds awards for 90 days at the source. Methodology