$413,121,263

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

defenseexpired

ACTION DATE2026-03-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFCA20F0022_4732_GS00Q14OADU304_4732

Award description

TASK ORDER AWARD

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

The Buildout's read

What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium

In plain English

Task order award to Applied Research Associates for defense-related applied research and development services.

Sub-sectors

research-developmentapplied-research

Why this matters

Large-scale task order indicates sustained federal investment in specialized defense research capabilities and technical expertise.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for advanced research and engineering services in defense sector; may indicate expansion of ARA's technical workforce and subcontractor network.

U.S.–China competition angle

Applied research in defense domain typically supports U.S. military modernization and technological advantage maintenance against peer competitors.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001253.

Period of performance

Start

2020-09-29

End

2026-03-29

Status

expired47 days ago

Sources

Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_47QFCA20F0022_4732_GS00Q14OADU304_4732.

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