HDTRA119F0029↗

Applied Research Associates, Inc. received this contract from Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency: $8.10M obligated so far for r&d- defense other: other (applied research/exploratory development). Its period of performance ended 2025-12-02.

Key facts · data as of Oct 25, 2026

Recipient
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Awarding agency
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Department of Defense)
Contracting office
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (HDTRA1)
Obligated to date
$8.10M
Potential value
$19.70M
Ends
2025-12-02

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 25, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award HDTRA119F0029, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_HDTRA119F0029_9700_HDTRA114D0003_9700

HIGH ALTITUDE EXO-ATMOSPHERIC (HIEX)

Delivery Order · Defense Threat Reduction Agency · to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (UEI LTMGBJ76B9D8) · data as of 2026-10-25

Obligated to date$8.10M8 actions
Current value$19.70Mwith options exercised
Period2019-03-27 → 2025-12-02current end date

What it is

Product or service
R&D- Defense Other: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development) (PSC AD92)
Industry
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology) (NAICS 541712)
Contracting office
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (HDTRA1)
Competition
Full and open competition · 1 offer received
Pricing
Cost plus fixed fee
How it was bought
Multiple-award IDIQ · under HDTRA114D0003
Solicitation
HDTRA112R0016
Where the work is
Bernalillo, NM · district NM-01

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2023$2.78M
FY2024$5.33M
FY2026-$3.3K

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subcontractors: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

8 actions since 2023-05-10. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateModificationKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-06-02P00016Administrative change-$3.3KHIGH-ALTITUDE EXO-ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR EFFECTS. DEVELOP NEW MULTI-PHYSICS, MULTI-SCALE, MULTI-DOMAIN, AND MULTI-REGIME MODELS.
2026-06-01P00015Administrative change$0HIGH-ALTITUDE EXO-ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR EFFECTS. DEVELOP NEW MULTI-PHYSICS, MULTI-SCALE, MULTI-DOMAIN, AND MULTI-REGIME MODELS.
2024-05-23P00014Administrative change$0HIGH ALTITUDE EXO-ATMOSPHERE
2024-04-22P00013Administrative change-$57.2KHIGH ALTITUDE EXO-ATMOSP
2024-02-15P00012Option exercised$5.38MANALYZE HIGH ALTITUDE EXO-ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR EXPLOSION EFFECTS
2023-10-03P00011Additional work (new agreement)$0DEVELOP NEW MULTI-PHYSICS, MULTI-SCALE, MULTI-DOMAIN, AND MULTI-REGIME MODELS FOR PREDICTING NEAR SPACE AND EXO-ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR EXPLOSION PHENOMENOLOGY ALONG WITH NATURAL SPACE ENVIRONMENTS.
2023-05-18P00010Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0PROVIDE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT TEST & ENGINEERING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE HIGH-ALTITUDE EXO-ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR EFFECTS PROGRAM.
2023-05-10P00009Option exercised$2.78MPROVIDE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT TEST & ENGINEERING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE HIGH-ALTITUDE EXO-ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR EFFECTS PROGRAM.

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-25). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗