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Top Contractors in Research and Development

Top Contractors in Research and Development shows which federal contractors rank highest by Primary Metric in FPDS-based procurement data.

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION leads this ranking at 57.84B. The top 10 account for 53.55% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Primary Metric Top Contractors Vendor Ranking All Time Federal Market

Updated 03/19/2026

Top Entity
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
57.84B
Rows Returned
100
Top 10 Share
53.55%
Moderate concentration
Ranking Metric
Primary Metric
Top Contractors

Analysis

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION leads this ranking at 57.84B. The top 10 account for 53.55% of the value in this result set, indicating a moderate concentration pattern.

Why it matters: Use this page to identify leaders, compare major participants, and understand how activity is distributed across this segment of the federal market.

Methodology: The query groups FPDS records by the ranked entity, calculates the main metric, and orders results from highest to lowest. Supporting columns add context to the leaderboard.

Key Findings

  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION holds the top position.
  • The top 10 account for 53.55% of the value in this result set.
  • CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF appears in the second position.

Limitations

  • Interpretation depends on the SQL scope and selected filters.
  • This page reflects only the returned query result set.

Query Used

-- Top Contractors in Research and Development
SELECT
    content__award__vendor__contractorName AS vendor_name,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount)) AS total_obligated_readable,
    count() AS award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(count()) AS award_count_readable,
    sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) / count() AS avg_award_size,
    formatReadableQuantity(sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) / count()) AS avg_award_size_readable
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
    contract_type = 1
    AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode LIKE '5417%'
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName IS NOT NULL
    AND content__award__vendor__contractorName != ''
GROUP BY content__award__vendor__contractorName
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 100

Ranking Table

This table ranks results by Primary Metric from highest to lowest.

# Vendor Name Total Obligated Total Obligated Readable Award Count Award Count Readable Avg Award Size Avg Award Size Readable
1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 57,843,649,211.69
57.84 billion
 57.84 billion 15861 15.86 thousand 3646910.61 3.65 million
2 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 42,508,467,713.52
42.51 billion
 42.51 billion 734 734.00 57913443.75 57.91 million
3 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 40,613,251,292.31
40.61 billion
 40.61 billion 918 918.00 44241014.47 44.24 million
4 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 32,359,716,706.68
32.36 billion
 32.36 billion 10354 10.35 thousand 3125334.81 3.13 million
5 UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 25,310,590,466.62
25.31 billion
 25.31 billion 635 635.00 39859197.58 39.86 million
6 RAYTHEON COMPANY 20,273,007,279.87
20.27 billion
 20.27 billion 6791 6.79 thousand 2985275.7 2.99 million
7 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1741) 19,077,970,520.64
19.08 billion
 19.08 billion 1325 1.32 thousand 14398468.31 14.40 million
8 STANFORD UNIVERSITY 14,991,765,505.47
14.99 billion
 14.99 billion 1000 1.00 thousand 14991765.5 14.99 million
9 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 14,839,335,072.82
14.84 billion
 14.84 billion 14879 14.88 thousand 997334.16 997.33 thousand
10 CHICAGO UNIVERSITY OF 14,829,605,848.68
14.83 billion
 14.83 billion 415 415.00 35733989.99 35.73 million
11 UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC 14,359,112,357.96
14.36 billion
 14.36 billion 847 847.00 16952907.15 16.95 million
12 BOEING COMPANY, THE 11,696,241,547.99
11.70 billion
 11.70 billion 1567 1.57 thousand 7464097.98 7.46 million
13 AT & T CORP 11,413,282,003.00
11.41 billion
 11.41 billion 73 73.00 156346328.8 156.35 million
14 BECHTEL MARINE PROPULSION CORPORATION 10,928,730,009.65
10.93 billion
 10.93 billion 215 215.00 50831302.37 50.83 million
15 ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC 10,522,919,366.84
10.52 billion
 10.52 billion 1504 1.50 thousand 6996621.91 7.00 million
16 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 8,424,520,861.01
8.42 billion
 8.42 billion 897 897.00 9391885.01 9.39 million
17 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 8,423,995,189.14
8.42 billion
 8.42 billion 11990 11.99 thousand 702585.08 702.59 thousand
18 THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION 8,358,112,843.68
8.36 billion
 8.36 billion 270 270.00 30955973.49 30.96 million
19 FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 8,292,579,520.86
8.29 billion
 8.29 billion 385 385.00 21539167.58 21.54 million
20 BOEING CORPORATION 7,464,462,094.40
7.46 billion
 7.46 billion 269 269.00 27748929.71 27.75 million
21 CALIF INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY 6,897,858,489.00
6.90 billion
 6.90 billion 23 23.00 299906890.82 299.91 million
22 UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSN 6,723,872,111.01
6.72 billion
 6.72 billion 280 280.00 24013828.96 24.01 million
23 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS CORP. 6,053,626,168.18
6.05 billion
 6.05 billion 4028 4.03 thousand 1502886.33 1.50 million
24 SHAW AREVA MOX SERVICES, LLC 5,881,975,789.31
5.88 billion
 5.88 billion 267 267.00 22029871.87 22.03 million
25 THE BOEING COMPANY 4,637,665,009.39
4.64 billion
 4.64 billion 3340 3.34 thousand 1388522.45 1.39 million
26 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV APPLIED PHYS LAB 4,516,519,348.53
4.52 billion
 4.52 billion 7626 7.63 thousand 592252.73 592.25 thousand
27 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC 4,431,855,918.64
4.43 billion
 4.43 billion 10719 10.72 thousand 413457.96 413.46 thousand
28 BECHTEL BETTIS INCORPORATED 3,656,901,415.33
3.66 billion
 3.66 billion 103 103.00 35503897.23 35.50 million
29 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV 3,316,383,427.64
3.32 billion
 3.32 billion 2309 2.31 thousand 1436285.59 1.44 million
30 JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY A SURA/CSC COMPANY 3,295,297,277.48
3.30 billion
 3.30 billion 471 471.00 6996384.87 7.00 million
31 BOEING SIKORSKY COMANCHE TEAM 2,853,495,839.00
2.85 billion
 2.85 billion 104 104.00 27437459.99 27.44 million
32 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE&MISSION SYSTEMS CORP. 2,645,426,849.64
2.65 billion
 2.65 billion 2920 2.92 thousand 905968.09 905.97 thousand
33 WYLE LABORATORIES, INC 2,616,685,856.31
2.62 billion
 2.62 billion 4908 4.91 thousand 533147.07 533.15 thousand
34 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & MISSI 2,612,241,795.46
2.61 billion
 2.61 billion 3283 3.28 thousand 795687.41 795.69 thousand
35 UCHICAGO ARGONNE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 2,590,437,466.36
2.59 billion
 2.59 billion 219 219.00 11828481.58 11.83 million
36 KAPL INC 2,563,275,782.64
2.56 billion
 2.56 billion 113 113.00 22683856.48 22.68 million
37 THE BOEING COMPANY (5694) 2,538,389,419.71
2.54 billion
 2.54 billion 268 268.00 9471602.31 9.47 million
38 ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP 2,528,790,377.39
2.53 billion
 2.53 billion 666 666.00 3796982.54 3.80 million
39 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 2,527,375,000.00
2.53 billion
 2.53 billion 29 29.00 87150862.06 87.15 million
40 NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2,510,831,323.56
2.51 billion
 2.51 billion 2332 2.33 thousand 1076685.81 1.08 million
41 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATI 2,444,030,391.71
2.44 billion
 2.44 billion 7111 7.11 thousand 343697.14 343.70 thousand
42 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 2,364,820,887.06
2.36 billion
 2.36 billion 5174 5.17 thousand 457058.54 457.06 thousand
43 LOCKHEED MARTIN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 2,239,830,324.13
2.24 billion
 2.24 billion 1000 1.00 thousand 2239830.32 2.24 million
44 LOCKHEED MARTIN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 2,228,083,159.74
2.23 billion
 2.23 billion 3063 3.06 thousand 727418.59 727.42 thousand
45 ITT CORPORATION 2,146,721,404.35
2.15 billion
 2.15 billion 2381 2.38 thousand 901604.95 901.60 thousand
46 WEST VALLEY NUCLEAR SERVICES 2,067,799,674.01
2.07 billion
 2.07 billion 286 286.00 7230068.79 7.23 million
47 PRATT&WHITNEY ROCKETDYNE 2,057,069,643.92
2.06 billion
 2.06 billion 192 192.00 10713904.39 10.71 million
48 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1,846,217,526.02
1.85 billion
 1.85 billion 1610 1.61 thousand 1146718.96 1.15 million
49 LOCKHEED MARTIN SERVICES INCORPORATED 1,833,430,395.44
1.83 billion
 1.83 billion 77 77.00 23810784.35 23.81 million
50 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION 1,779,741,117.40
1.78 billion
 1.78 billion 787 787.00 2261424.54 2.26 million
51 TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT SERVI 1,678,366,906.24
1.68 billion
 1.68 billion 1144 1.14 thousand 1467103.93 1.47 million
52 GENERAL ATOMICS 1,678,134,784.59
1.68 billion
 1.68 billion 1235 1.24 thousand 1358813.59 1.36 million
53 TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC 1,557,251,925.70
1.56 billion
 1.56 billion 1812 1.81 thousand 859410.55 859.41 thousand
54 WYLE LABORATORIES INCORPORATED 1,519,537,108.74
1.52 billion
 1.52 billion 336 336.00 4522431.87 4.52 million
55 JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1,489,043,955.93
1.49 billion
 1.49 billion 2643 2.64 thousand 563391.58 563.39 thousand
56 ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. 1,484,047,143.12
1.48 billion
 1.48 billion 243 243.00 6107189.88 6.11 million
57 GENERAL DYNAMICS GOVERNMENT SY 1,428,644,260.62
1.43 billion
 1.43 billion 316 316.00 4521026.14 4.52 million
58 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1,377,680,284.26
1.38 billion
 1.38 billion 277 277.00 4973575.03 4.97 million
59 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER COMPANY 1,363,739,722.80
1.36 billion
 1.36 billion 438 438.00 3113561.01 3.11 million
60 LEAR SIEGLER SERVICES INCORPORATED (1024) 1,359,662,332.58
1.36 billion
 1.36 billion 2501 2.50 thousand 543647.47 543.65 thousand
61 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC 1,315,386,750.87
1.32 billion
 1.32 billion 2871 2.87 thousand 458163.27 458.16 thousand
62 INTUITIVE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1,269,032,516.01
1.27 billion
 1.27 billion 2110 2.11 thousand 601437.21 601.44 thousand
63 RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS COMPANY 1,197,926,409.67
1.20 billion
 1.20 billion 202 202.00 5930328.76 5.93 million
64 NETFIRES, LLC 1,159,559,773.12
1.16 billion
 1.16 billion 272 272.00 4263087.4 4.26 million
65 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY THE 1,140,357,611.84
1.14 billion
 1.14 billion 2258 2.26 thousand 505029.94 505.03 thousand
66 COLSA CORPORATION 1,131,480,460.33
1.13 billion
 1.13 billion 3267 3.27 thousand 346336.22 346.34 thousand
67 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EQUITIES CORPORATION 1,099,193,946.62
1.10 billion
 1.10 billion 439 439.00 2503858.64 2.50 million
68 SGT INC 1,070,239,080.99
1.07 billion
 1.07 billion 623 623.00 1717879.74 1.72 million
69 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPO 1,059,524,399.64
1.06 billion
 1.06 billion 1565 1.56 thousand 677012.39 677.01 thousand
70 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. 1,043,027,110.66
1.04 billion
 1.04 billion 2597 2.60 thousand 401627.68 401.63 thousand
71 GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH 1,036,812,526.69
1.04 billion
 1.04 billion 2609 2.61 thousand 397398.43 397.40 thousand
72 SPARTA, INC. 952,618,423.53
952.62 million
 952.62 million 1331 1.33 thousand 715716.32 715.72 thousand
73 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 932,681,615.46
932.68 million
 932.68 million 374 374.00 2493801.11 2.49 million
74 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 926,653,797.86
926.65 million
 926.65 million 3667 3.67 thousand 252700.79 252.70 thousand
75 DATA SYSTEMS ANALYSTS INC 926,371,482.50
926.37 million
 926.37 million 689 689.00 1344515.93 1.34 million
76 BOEING SPACE OPERATIONS CO 861,543,469.11
861.54 million
 861.54 million 388 388.00 2220472.85 2.22 million
77 SVERDRUP TECHNOLOGY, INC 855,292,468.32
855.29 million
 855.29 million 833 833.00 1026761.66 1.03 million
78 SRI INTERNATIONAL 844,130,605.74
844.13 million
 844.13 million 1538 1.54 thousand 548849.54 548.85 thousand
79 BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 813,203,807.00
813.20 million
 813.20 million 153 153.00 5315057.56 5.32 million
80 SWALES AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED 807,565,128.24
807.57 million
 807.57 million 2598 2.60 thousand 310841.08 310.84 thousand
81 TYBRIN CORPORATION 805,447,257.62
805.45 million
 805.45 million 934 934.00 862363.23 862.36 thousand
82 BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC 779,438,627.35
779.44 million
 779.44 million 80 80.00 9742982.84 9.74 million
83 TASC, INC. 760,672,795.19
760.67 million
 760.67 million 492 492.00 1546082.91 1.55 million
84 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 755,846,281.49
755.85 million
 755.85 million 2114 2.11 thousand 357543.17 357.54 thousand
85 JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC. 736,634,391.18
736.63 million
 736.63 million 865 865.00 851600.45 851.60 thousand
86 BOEING COMPANY 733,672,537.60
733.67 million
 733.67 million 98 98.00 7486454.46 7.49 million
87 RAYTHEON COMPANY, DBA RAYTHEON SYSTEMS COMPANY 728,235,093.55
728.24 million
 728.24 million 210 210.00 3467786.15 3.47 million
88 RAND CORPORATION 709,667,203.77
709.67 million
 709.67 million 413 413.00 1718322.52 1.72 million
89 IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE 667,176,628.48
667.18 million
 667.18 million 1456 1.46 thousand 458225.7 458.23 thousand
90 ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY C 643,286,824.71
643.29 million
 643.29 million 998 998.00 644575.97 644.58 thousand
91 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AEROSPACE L 636,547,515.71
636.55 million
 636.55 million 76 76.00 8375625.2 8.38 million
92 APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. 626,938,522.01
626.94 million
 626.94 million 2180 2.18 thousand 287586.47 287.59 thousand
93 AVIATION&MISSILE SOLUTIONS, LLC 624,915,790.89
624.92 million
 624.92 million 1364 1.36 thousand 458149.4 458.15 thousand
94 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 624,393,926.99
624.39 million
 624.39 million 921 921.00 677952.14 677.95 thousand
95 UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH 619,900,023.62
619.90 million
 619.90 million 345 345.00 1796811.66 1.80 million
96 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (3632) 614,195,891.54
614.20 million
 614.20 million 748 748.00 821117.5 821.12 thousand
97 BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS&SERVICES INC. 614,081,658.11
614.08 million
 614.08 million 1511 1.51 thousand 406407.45 406.41 thousand
98 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 611,746,738.48
611.75 million
 611.75 million 574 574.00 1065760.86 1.07 million
99 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP 605,193,525.02
605.19 million
 605.19 million 1227 1.23 thousand 493230.25 493.23 thousand
100 BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 603,762,335.18
603.76 million
 603.76 million 1183 1.18 thousand 510365.45 510.37 thousand

How This Ranking Is Built

Build a ranked FPDS view for "Top Contractors in Research and Development" using aggregated procurement data.

Query structure

  • Results are sorted from highest to lowest by the main ranking metric.
  • Grouping is used to combine FPDS records into comparable entity-level results.

Included fields

  • vendor_name — Defines the ranked vendor or contractor.
  • total_obligated — Defines the main ranking metric: Primary Metric.
  • award_count — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.
  • avg_award_size — Adds supporting context to the leaderboard.

How to use this ranking

  • Supports fast market review.
  • Helps compare leaders and close competitors.
  • Adds context beyond a raw transaction list.

Computed Metrics

Top 3 Share
26.71%
Top 5 Share
37.63%
Mean
5,278,184,279.78
Median
1,729,054,011.82
Max
57,843,649,211.69
Min
603,762,335.18
Concentration
Moderate
Fragmentation
Moderate

Top Entities

# Entity Value
1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 57.84B
2 CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF 42.51B
3 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 40.61B
4 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 32.36B
5 UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 25.31B
6 RAYTHEON COMPANY 20.27B
7 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1741) 19.08B
8 STANFORD UNIVERSITY 14.99B
9 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 14.84B
10 CHICAGO UNIVERSITY OF 14.83B

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