Where federal dollars
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We track every U.S. federal contract, grant, and rule the moment it lands — and synthesize them into a weekly intelligence brief. No PR, no press releases. Just the money.
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The current database
What's actually changing
Recipients newly tracked
Recipients whose first tracked federal award landed in the past 24 months. Worth a closer look — new vendors, new programs, new policy directions.
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Coming up for bid
Contracts above $10M with period_end inside the next 12 months. If you're a competitor, this is your shortlist. If you're an incumbent, this is your defense calendar.
- SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$44.6M·Department of Transportation·ends 2026-05-15
- SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$74.9M·Department of Transportation·ends 2026-05-15
- DYNAXYS, LLC$42.0M·Department of Housing and Urban Development·ends 2026-05-15
- CENTERRA GROUP, LLC$140.9M·Department of Energy·ends 2026-05-17
- DLH, LLC$61.8M·Department of Health and Human Services·ends 2026-05-18
- CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$140.5M·General Services Administration·ends 2026-05-19
Where it's heating up
Which sectors are accumulating dollars right now, by LLM-classified award. Snapshot, last 30 days of enrichments.
- other$445.3B·206 awards
- defense$297.7B·112 awards
- energy$292.3B·47 awards
- aerospace$103.3B·80 awards
- biotech$18.7B·51 awards
- transportation$16.0B·21 awards
- telecom$5.1B·9 awards
- critical-minerals$1.1B·1 award
This week's briefs
Where the $42B Sandia contract actually goes
A single Department of Energy line item to NTESS covers the entire operation of one of the country's largest weapons labs. Here's how it breaks down by program.
DOE's quiet pivot toward grid-scale storage
Across three weeks of awards, the Department of Energy committed $2.1B to long-duration battery storage research — a sector that didn't crack the top ten a year ago.
Why three universities suddenly run nuclear weapons labs
Caltech, UC, and Battelle hold the management contracts for five of America's nuclear weapons facilities. The structure is older than you think — and the dollar amounts are larger.