SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE Federal Contracts — Government Award History

Total (All Time)$1.7B
Latest FY$5M
Primary AgencyDepartment of Defense

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE has received $1.7B in total federal contract awards
across 18 fiscal year(s). ▼ 97.5% vs FY2025 Peak year was FY2024 ($220M).
Primary awarding agency: Department of Defense.

Data covers largest contracts by award amount. Source: USASpending.gov (FPDS).

Awards by Fiscal Year

Year Spending Total Contracts Top Agency
FY2026

$4.8M 7건 Department of Defense
FY2025

$189.7M 58건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2024

$220.2M 65건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2023

$125.1M 69건 Department of Defense
FY2022

$71.5M 74건 Department of Defense
FY2021

$206.6M 76건 Department of Defense
FY2020

$126.5M 51건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2019

$118.2M 40건 Department of Defense
FY2018

$193.0M 31건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2017

$105.2M 13건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2016

$31.8M 8건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2015

$45.0M 13건 Environmental Protection Agency
FY2014

$14.8M 15건 Department of Defense
FY2013

$37.9M 7건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2012

$31.5M 9건 Department of Defense
FY2011

$47.0M 12건 Department of Defense
FY2010

$67.8M 15건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2009

$71.2M 8건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Notable Contracts

Date Agency Amount Description
2004-04-21 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $390.3M TAS::80 0120::TAS AS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) INSTITUTION FOR THE MAGNETO
2002-03-15 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $150.5M NEW HORIZON — PLUTO MISSION PHASE B
2006-02-23 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $143.1M THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION HAS SELECTED JUNO NEW FRONTIER
2017-11-22 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $121.5M UNDER THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUI
2020-12-07 Department of Defense $81.9M RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, EVALUATION (RDT&E), AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING OF S
2017-06-29 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $78.9M LUCY PAYLOAD AND SCIENCE OPERATION CENTER
2009-12-22 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $63.4M SOLAR ORBITER MEASUREMENT INVESTIGATION “HEAVY ION SENSOR”. THE CONTRACTOR SHAL
2024-12-23 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $60.3M SPACE WEATHER CORONAGRAPH – EFFORTS INCLUDE INTEGRATE, TEST, CALIBRATE, EVALUATE
2023-10-25 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $43.8M DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUICKSOUNDER SC AND THE QUICKSOUNDER SATELLITE, INTEGRATION O
2009-09-14 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $36.8M STROFIO – PHASE B IS AWARDED FROM ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) NNM08ZDA009O,
2024-04-18 Department of Defense $35.0M ENGINEERING SERVICES
2005-03-16 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $34.5M LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE OBITER MEASUREMENT INVESTIGATION PHASES A/B AND BRIDGE PHAS
2021-05-31 Department of Defense $34.0M AUTONOMOUS & GROUND VEHICLE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (R&D) SERVICES FOR UNITED STA
2013-06-28 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $33.3M PHASE A/B DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUICE ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPH IGF::CT,CL::IGF THE
2009-02-06 Department of Defense $32.1M FUELS AND LUBES RESEARCH CONTRACT
2011-04-01 Department of Defense $31.2M SMLL UNIT MBLITY ENHNCMNT TECHNOLOGY
2024-08-01 Department of Energy $30.7M APEX DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN, FABRICATION, TESTING AND INSTALLATION FOR THE OFFICE O
2023-09-29 Department of Defense $30.5M RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: HYPERSONICS SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH
2025-01-22 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $26.2M DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, VERIFY, EVALUATE, SUPPORT
2019-09-18 Department of Defense $24.0M ENGINEERING, TEST, AND EVALUATION – PROJECT MINERVA