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Table 9. Department of Defense obligations for research, development, test, and evaluation, by agency and performer: FY 2018

(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 83,725.0 26,013.2 50,940.7 506.1 3,065.8 412.2 971.0 1,368.6 36.2 411.1
Total research 7,652.7 2,623.8 2,438.1 51.3 1,974.3 81.1 331.4 55.9 0.5 96.3
Basic research 2,389.9 526.5 354.7 13.2 1,282.3 10.7 125.4 8.8 0.5 68.0
Applied research 5,262.8 2,097.3 2,083.4 38.1 692.1 70.4 206.1 47.1 * 28.3
Total experimental developmentb 45,320.5 16,375.0 25,591.5 321.5 984.5 278.0 558.8 894.7 35.6 280.9
Advanced technology 6,367.4 2,468.7 3,067.2 53.4 294.7 81.0 310.3 46.9 2.6 42.6
Major systems 38,953.1 13,906.4 22,524.3 268.1 689.8 197.0 248.5 847.8 33.0 238.3
Total operational systems developmentc 30,751.7 7,014.4 22,911.2 133.3 107.0 53.1 80.8 417.9 * 33.9
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
RDT&E 3,018.2 274.1 1,965.4 20.3 545.7 46.6 106.4 29.3 0.0 30.3
Total research 1,680.0 68.8 905.8 16.2 522.7 26.4 94.8 19.0 0.0 26.2
Basic research 458.4 15.5 147.0 8.0 227.1 6.0 37.8 5.6 0.0 11.3
Applied research 1,221.6 53.3 758.8 8.2 295.6 20.4 57.0 13.4 0.0 14.9
Total experimental developmentb 1,338.2 205.3 1,059.5 4.1 23.0 20.2 11.6 10.3 0.0 4.1
Advanced technology 1,160.9 147.8 939.8 4.1 23.0 20.2 11.6 10.3 0.0 4.1
Major systems 177.3 57.5 119.8 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 32,225.1 4,319.5 26,078.3 172.2 453.1 93.8 130.9 934.7 6.6 36.0
Total research 1,904.8 801.1 630.1 1.1 383.2 1.1 54.1 1.8 0.1 32.2
Basic research 564.1 96.6 88.5 0.0 318.1 0.0 30.2 0.3 0.1 30.4
Applied research 1,340.7 704.6 541.6 1.1 65.1 1.1 23.9 1.6 0.0 1.7
Total experimental developmentb 9,297.9 2,859.9 5,595.9 129.6 54.6 50.5 43.1 557.6 6.6 *
Advanced technology 818.4 350.2 426.8 1.2 26.1 0.5 10.3 2.8 0.6 0.0
Major systems 8,479.5 2,509.8 5,169.1 128.4 28.5 50.0 32.9 554.8 6.0 *
Total operational systems developmentc 21,022.3 658.4 19,852.3 41.5 15.2 42.2 33.7 375.2 0.0 3.9
Department of the Army
RDT&E 10,653.2 4,364.9 5,495.2 23.2 417.9 25.4 263.9 21.1 * 41.6
Total research 1,689.1 863.7 444.5 0.9 308.5 2.7 59.0 0.4 * 9.5
Basic research 471.9 136.6 70.1 0.2 228.1 0.8 29.1 0.0 * 7.1
Applied research 1,217.2 727.1 374.4 0.6 80.4 1.9 29.9 0.4 0.0 2.4
Total experimental developmentb 6,892.2 2,920.7 3,608.9 22.3 109.0 19.6 180.5 20.7 * 10.5
Advanced technology 1,400.2 716.8 583.1 1.7 53.4 4.9 37.4 0.0 0.0 2.9
Major systems 5,491.9 2,203.9 3,025.8 20.6 55.6 14.6 143.1 20.7 * 7.6
Total operational systems developmentc 2,071.9 580.6 1,441.8 0.0 0.4 3.1 24.4 0.0 * 21.6
Department of the Navy
RDT&E 18,008.4 6,786.3 9,620.7 95.4 1,003.6 48.4 261.2 133.6 1.0 58.1
Total research 1,549.4 551.5 276.5 4.0 563.2 2.5 116.4 8.9 0.5 25.8
Basic research 596.1 189.3 13.6 0.1 347.9 1.1 25.6 0.2 0.5 17.7
Applied research 953.3 362.2 262.8 3.9 215.3 1.3 90.9 8.8 * 8.1
Total experimental developmentb 13,896.8 4,974.5 8,275.0 0.9 358.0 38.1 127.5 98.1 0.6 24.1
Advanced technology 809.6 308.2 339.2 0.9 65.2 0.9 89.8 4.7 0.2 0.5
Major systems 13,087.2 4,666.3 7,935.8 0.0 292.8 37.2 37.7 93.4 0.4 23.6
Total operational systems developmentc 2,562.2 1,260.2 1,069.3 90.5 82.4 7.8 17.3 26.6 0.0 8.2
Other defense agencies
RDT&E 19,820.1 10,268.4 7,781.2 195.0 645.6 198.0 208.6 249.9 28.5 245.0
Total research 829.4 338.6 181.2 29.0 196.7 48.4 7.2 25.8 0.0 2.6
Basic research 299.3 88.5 35.4 4.9 161.0 2.7 2.7 2.8 0.0 1.4
Applied research 530.1 250.1 145.8 24.1 35.7 45.7 4.5 23.0 0.0 1.2
Total experimental developmentb 13,895.5 5,414.6 7,052.1 164.6 439.9 149.6 196.0 208.0 28.5 242.2
Advanced technology 2,178.2 945.7 778.3 45.5 127.0 54.4 161.3 29.1 1.9 35.2
Major systems 11,717.2 4,468.9 6,273.9 119.1 312.9 95.2 34.8 178.9 26.6 207.1
Total operational systems developmentc 5,095.2 4,515.2 547.9 1.4 9.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 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 volume 66 (FYs 2016–17), 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 volume 66.
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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2018–19.