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Materials Research & Design Inc
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Materials Research & Design Inc, of Wayne, PA, was obligated $24M in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $5.7M, of which $5.7M (100%) came through contracts.
That is up 37% on FY2025 ($4.2M).
Materials Research & Design Inc ranks 437 of 911 listed organisations located in PA by five-year obligations, and 16,217 of 30,989 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Defense: 10 awards worth $18M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)), where it ranks 467 of 1,484 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $7,192,302 | $7,192,302 | $0 | — |
| FY2024 | $6,736,122 | $6,736,122 | $0 | -6% |
| FY2025 | $4,151,643 | $4,151,643 | $0 | -38% |
| FY2026 | $5,705,030 | $5,705,030 | $0 | +37% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in PA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $24M | $148B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $5.7M | $40B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $24M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $0 | $148B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 16,217 of 30,989 | 1 of 911 in PA | 1 |
Largest in state: PA Department of Human Services. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Defense | 10 | $18M | 100% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541715: 467 of 1,484 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Chester County, PA $16M · Montgomery County, PA $1.4M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of DefenseDefense Logistics Agency | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $3.4M | 13 Nov 2025 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $2.0M | 18 Jul 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Logistics Agency | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.9M | 23 Dec 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.8M | 25 Jul 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDefense Logistics Agency | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.8M | 19 Mar 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseMissile Defense Agency | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.5M | 13 Feb 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.4M | 22 Apr 2024 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.3M | 2 Sep 2025 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.2M | 1 Sep 2023 | PA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.2M | 31 Aug 2023 | PA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $3.4M, Department of Defense, 13 Nov 2025: DOMESTICALLY AVAILABLE ABLATIVE MATERIALS - PHASE II
- $2.0M, Department of Defense, 18 Jul 2023: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- $1.9M, Department of Defense, 23 Dec 2024: MATERIALS RESEARCH & DESIGN: SBIR PHASE II PROPOSAL NUMBER:L2S-0059 PROPOSAL TITLE: HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPOSITE NOZZLE EXTENSIONS FOR SPACE ACCESS AND PROPULSION
- $1.8M, Department of Defense, 25 Jul 2024: LARGE FORM-FACTOR OX/OX WINDOW FOR HYPERSONIC SEEKERS
- $1.8M, Department of Defense, 19 Mar 2024: STTR PHASE II MATERIALS RESEARCH & DESIGN PROPOSAL L2-0450 TITLED "A MATERIAL MODEL FOR N-DIMENSIONALLY REINFORCED HIGH- TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES".
- $1.5M, Department of Defense, 13 Feb 2024: SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D
- $1.4M, Department of Defense, 22 Apr 2024: GLEAM_MR_D
- $1.3M, Department of Defense, 2 Sep 2025: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO ESTABLISH A COMPUTATIONAL NETWORK FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF PYROLYSIS PROCESSES TO BE USED FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OF CARBON-CARBON
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Materials Research & Design Inc receive?
$24M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $7.2M; FY2024: $6.7M; FY2025: $4.2M; FY2026: $5.7M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Materials Research & Design Inc?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Defense ($18M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: PA ($18M).
Is Materials Research & Design Inc a large federal recipient?
It ranks 16,217 of 30,989 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 437 of 911 located in PA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.