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Table 10. Preliminary Department of Defense obligations for research, development, test, and evaluation, by agency and performer: FY 2017

(Dollars in millions)

Agency Total Intramurala Extramural
United States and U.S. territories Foreign
Industry Industry-administered FFRDCs Universities and colleges University-administered FFRDCs Other nonprofits Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs State, local governments
Department of Defense
RDT&E 67,270.2 22,439.2 37,970.7 752.3 2,508.3 367.2 460.6 2,233.9 35.8 502.2
Total research 7,509.7 2,531.9 2,731.2 79.1 1,700.2 73.6 251.0 47.1 2.7 93.0
Basic research 2,313.3 517.2 429.3 28.2 1,128.3 6.7 135.7 8.6 1.6 57.8
Applied research 5,196.4 2,014.7 2,301.9 50.9 571.9 66.9 115.3 38.5 1.1 35.2
Total developmentb 38,477.5 14,255.0 20,192.4 631.9 742.9 265.6 199.6 1,819.4 33.1 337.7
Advanced technology 5,928.6 1,996.2 3,267.2 69.6 270.8 102.8 128.7 45.9 21.0 26.2
Major systems 32,548.9 12,258.7 16,925.2 562.3 472.0 162.7 70.9 1,773.5 12.1 311.5
Total operational systems developmentc 21,283.0 5,652.3 15,047.1 41.3 65.1 28.1 10.1 367.4 0.0 71.5
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
RDT&E 3,078.2 223.3 2,146.1 18.2 461.8 58.4 119.2 22.2 0.0 28.8
Total research 1,695.0 72.2 1,011.5 17.4 436.6 16.2 102.8 11.5 0.0 26.8
Basic research 434.8 13.3 186.4 8.4 170.3 3.3 38.0 5.0 0.0 10.1
Applied research 1,260.2 58.9 825.1 9.0 266.3 12.9 64.8 6.5 0.0 16.7
Total developmentb 1,383.2 151.1 1,134.6 0.8 25.3 42.2 16.4 10.7 0.0 2.0
Advanced technology 1,257.4 98.0 1,061.9 0.8 25.3 42.2 16.4 10.7 0.0 2.0
Major systems 125.8 53.1 72.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total operational systems developmentc 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Air Force
RDT&E 22,872.3 2,881.6 17,043.8 446.3 359.6 35.3 118.8 1,858.4 27.5 100.8
Total research 1,798.8 804.7 544.4 4.1 336.9 0.6 72.7 3.7 0.6 31.0
Basic research 515.9 99.4 48.5 0.1 284.3 0.0 53.9 0.2 0.2 29.2
Applied research 1,282.9 705.3 495.9 4.0 52.6 0.6 18.8 3.5 0.4 1.8
Total developmentb 6,836.7 1,238.6 3,558.9 404.3 21.6 26.0 46.2 1,514.2 26.9 *
Advanced technology 813.0 180.3 575.8 4.3 9.0 0.9 27.3 0.1 15.3 *
Major systems 6,023.7 1,058.3 2,983.1 400.0 12.6 25.0 18.9 1,514.1 11.6 0.0
Total operational systems developmentc 14,236.7 838.2 12,940.5 37.9 1.1 8.7 0.0 340.5 0.0 69.8
Department of the Army
RDT&E 8,574.0 4,394.2 3,690.3 36.2 346.1 10.8 38.2 46.7 * 11.5
Total research 1,699.3 762.3 642.4 15.1 256.5 4.5 8.2 5.1 0.0 5.2
Basic research 505.9 133.7 155.2 14.8 195.7 0.1 3.8 1.5 0.0 1.0
Applied research 1,193.4 628.6 487.3 0.3 60.8 4.3 4.4 3.6 0.0 4.2
Total developmentb 5,644.9 3,165.2 2,297.0 18.0 80.6 6.2 30.0 41.5 * 6.3
Advanced technology 1,352.2 694.2 578.5 1.1 57.7 0.0 16.1 3.9 * 0.6
Major systems 4,292.7 2,471.0 1,718.5 17.0 22.9 6.2 13.9 37.6 * 5.6
Total operational systems developmentc 1,229.9 466.6 750.8 3.1 8.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 *
Department of the Navy
RDT&E 17,486.8 6,689.5 9,468.8 92.9 865.9 80.4 125.4 98.3 2.3 63.2
Total research 1,558.1 572.0 375.3 3.9 513.6 3.5 55.8 7.1 2.0 24.9
Basic research 634.4 198.3 26.3 0.3 352.8 1.1 36.8 0.3 1.4 17.1
Applied research 923.7 373.8 349.0 3.6 160.8 2.3 19.0 6.8 0.7 7.8
Total developmentb 14,428.8 5,577.6 8,210.4 89.1 311.1 57.7 68.9 77.0 0.3 36.8
Advanced technology 692.3 212.6 336.9 * 76.6 2.9 58.0 4.9 0.3 0.1
Major systems 13,736.5 5,365.0 7,873.5 89.1 234.5 54.9 10.9 72.1 0.0 36.6
Total operational systems developmentc 1,499.9 540.0 883.1 0.0 41.1 19.2 0.8 14.2 0.0 1.6
Other defense agencies
RDT&E 15,258.9 8,250.6 5,621.6 158.6 474.8 182.4 59.0 208.2 5.9 297.8
Total research 758.5 320.6 157.5 38.6 156.6 48.8 11.6 19.6 0.0 5.1
Basic research 222.3 72.5 12.9 4.6 125.1 2.1 3.3 1.5 0.0 0.4
Applied research 536.2 248.2 144.6 34.1 31.5 46.7 8.4 18.1 0.0 4.6
Total developmentb 10,183.9 4,122.4 4,991.5 119.6 304.3 133.5 38.1 176.0 5.9 292.6
Advanced technology 1,813.7 811.1 714.1 63.4 102.3 56.9 10.8 26.3 5.4 23.4
Major systems 8,370.2 3,311.3 4,277.3 56.2 202.0 76.7 27.3 149.7 0.5 269.2
Total operational systems developmentc 4,316.5 3,807.5 472.7 0.3 13.9 0.0 9.3 12.6 0.0 0.2
* = amount greater than $0 but less than $50,000.
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; RDT&E = research, development, test, and evaluation.
a Intramural activities cover costs associated with the administration of intramural R&D programs and extramural R&D procurements by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance.
b Department of Defense (DOD) development obligations have been reported in two categories, advanced technology and major systems, since volume 44 (FYs 1994–96). As of this volume, the definition of major systems development was changed to represent DOD Budget Activities 4 through 6 instead of Budget Activities 4 through 7.
c Funding for DOD's Operational Systems Development (Budget Activity 7) was first reported as a separate category for this volume.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Only those agencies and subdivisions that had obligations in variables represented by this table appear in the table. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2016–17.