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CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE Federal Contract Obligations (Last Year)

CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE obligated $601.46 million across 170 federal award actions in the last full year, led by the Department of the Navy.

In the last full year, CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE (CAGE 51993, UEI GTJHZE4M7YK1) recorded $601,461,695.52 in total obligations across 170 award actions, for an average action value of $3,538,009.97. Most of this activity came from the Department of the Navy, with additional obligations from the Missile Defense Agency, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army, and DARPA.

Generated at 03/21/2026

Analysis period: Last full year

Agency, NAICS, and annual trend figures reflect the last full year only and use obligated amounts as provided.

CAGE Code
51993
UEI
GTJHZE4M7YK1
Total Obligated
601.46 million
601,461,695.52
Award Actions
170
Average Action Value
3,538,009.97

About CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE federal contract activity

CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE (CAGE 51993, UEI GTJHZE4M7YK1) recorded 601.46 million in obligated awards across 170 actions during the last full year, for an average award value of 3.54 million. The profile indicates a high-value, technically specialized vendor with award activity concentrated in defense and aerospace-related work.

Agency mix and customer concentration

The Department of the Navy dominated obligational volume, accounting for 568.12 million across 87 awards, or the clear majority of the vendor’s funding in the period. The only other material contributors were the Missile Defense Agency at 41.53 million, the Department of the Air Force at 6.88 million, the Department of the Army at 6.22 million, and DARPA at 3.57 million, showing a heavily defense-centric customer base.

Industry profile based on NAICS activity

NAICS 541330 Engineering Services was the primary category by far, with 519.72 million across 40 awards, indicating the vendor’s core work is engineering-intensive. Additional volume appeared in R&D and systems-related codes, including 541712, 334511, 541715, and 541380, which collectively point to a mix of research, advanced systems development, and testing support.

Annual contract trend over the analysis window

The annual trend shows 2025 as the full analysis year, with total obligations of 601.46 million across 170 awards. Because only one year is present, the dataset supports a point-in-time profile rather than a multi-year growth or decline assessment.

How to interpret this page

This summary is based on FPDS-observed obligations tied to the vendor’s CAGE code 51993 and UEI GTJHZE4M7YK1 over the last full year. Agency and NAICS views are ranked by total obligated dollars, and award counts reflect the number of reported actions in the analysis window.

Top Agencies

SELECT
    agency_id,
    agency_name,
    total_obligated,
    award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
    SELECT
        content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID AS agency_id,
        anyHeavy(content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name) AS agency_name,
        sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
        count() AS award_count
    FROM fpds.data
    WHERE
        contract_type = 1
        AND content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode = '51993'
        AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID IS NOT NULL
        AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID != ''
        AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 1 YEAR
        AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
    GROUP BY agency_id
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10
Agency ID Agency Name Total Obligated Readable Award Actions
1700 DEPT OF THE NAVY 568,124,890.76 568.12 million 87
97JC MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) 41,526,859.00 41.53 million 4
5700 DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE 6,878,372.77 6.88 million 16
2100 DEPT OF THE ARMY 6,220,417.53 6.22 million 28
97AE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) 3,569,397.00 3.57 million 7
7505 ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 1,282,415.05 1.28 million 2
97ZS U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (USSOCOM) 952,455.00 952.46 thousand 7
9761 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA) 320,881.00 320.88 thousand 3
7001 OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS -237.71 -237.71 1
9763 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA) -3,112,971.12 -3.11 million 11

Insight

Obligations are highly concentrated with the DEPT OF THE NAVY, which accounts for $568.12 million of the vendor’s $601.46 million total obligated in the last full year across 87 awards. MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) is a distant second at $41.53 million, while all other agencies each obligated less than $7 million, indicating a strong Navy-centric funding profile. Smaller obligations are spread across the Air Force, Army, DARPA, ASPR, USSOCOM, and DTRA, with a few negative obligations at DCMA and the Office of Procurement Operations reducing net totals slightly.

Top NAICS

SELECT
    naics_code,
    naics_name,
    total_obligated,
    award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
    SELECT
        content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode AS naics_code,
        anyHeavy(content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode__description) AS naics_name,
        sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
        count() AS award_count
    FROM fpds.data
    WHERE
        contract_type = 1
        AND content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode = '51993'
        AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode IS NOT NULL
        AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode != ''
        AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 1 YEAR
        AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
    GROUP BY naics_code
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10
NAICS Code Description Total Obligated Readable Award Actions
541330 ENGINEERING SERVICES 519,721,756.18 519.72 million 40
541712 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY) 41,494,071.09 41.49 million 5
334511 SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING 38,334,222.21 38.33 million 20
541715 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) 12,014,950.83 12.01 million 56
541380 TESTING LABORATORIES AND SERVICES 6,029,172.84 6.03 million 8
541714 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (EXCEPT NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY) 5,133,894.05 5.13 million 10
336999 ALL OTHER TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING 2,405,875.00 2.41 million 10
541511 CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES 530,000.00 530.00 thousand 2
541512 COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES 320,881.00 320.88 thousand 2
336419 OTHER GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING 0.00 0.00 10

Insight

CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE received $601.46 million across 170 awards in the last full year, with obligations highly concentrated in NAICS 541330, Engineering Services, which accounted for $519.72 million and 40 awards. The next largest categories were NAICS 541712 at $41.49 million, NAICS 334511 at $38.33 million, and NAICS 541715 at $12.01 million, indicating a secondary mix of R&D and specialized systems work. Awards are distributed across several related technical NAICS codes, but the obligation profile is dominated by engineering services, with all other NAICS categories contributing comparatively small amounts.

Annual Trend

SELECT
    year,
    total_obligated,
    award_count,
    formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
    SELECT
        toYear(parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate)) AS year,
        sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
        count() AS award_count
    FROM fpds.data
    WHERE
        contract_type = 1
        AND content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode = '51993'
        AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 1 YEAR
        AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
    GROUP BY year
)
ORDER BY year DESC
Year Total Obligated Readable Award Actions
2025 601,461,695.52 601.46 million 170

Insight

In the last full year, CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE (CAGE 51993) recorded $601.46 million in obligated value across 170 awards, for an average award value of about $3.54 million. With only one annual data point provided for 2025, the window does not support a year-over-year trend assessment. The obligation profile indicates a relatively concentrated funding base with moderate award volume and high average award value.

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