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HR001123C0054↗

Applied Physical Sciences Corp received this contract from Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: $54.20M obligated so far for national defense r&d services; department of defense - military; experimental development. Its period of performance ended 2026-09-30.

Key facts · data as of Oct 25, 2026

Recipient
Applied Physical Sciences Corp
Awarding agency
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense)
Contracting office
Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
Obligated to date
$54.20M
Potential value
$54.24M
Ends
2026-09-30

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

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award HR001123C0054, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_HR001123C0054_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-

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ADVANCED PROPULSOR, EXPERIMENTAL (APEX) - PHASE 1A

Definitive Contract · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · to Applied Physical Sciences Corp (UEI R494GGV1AEM8) · data as of 2026-10-25

Obligated to date$54.20M23 actions
Current value$54.24Mwith options exercised
Period2023-04-21 → 2026-09-30current end date
Passed on$40.74Mto 30 subcontractors

Up for re-bid: ends 2026-09-30. Recompete brief → · Cattle Run Proposers Day Announcement ↗

What it is

Product or service
National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development (PSC AC13)
Industry
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715)
Contracting office
Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
Competition
Full and open competition · 3 offers received
Pricing
Cost plus fixed fee
How it was bought
Standalone contract
Solicitation
HR001122S0046
Where the work is
New London, CT · district CT-02

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2023$9.56M
FY2024$15.48M
FY2025$20.98M
FY2026$8.19M

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

Subcontractors: where the money went next

42 subawards totaling $40.74M (75.2% of what was obligated), as Applied Physical Sciences Corp reported them. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; smaller ones and unreported ones aren't here.

SubcontractorAmountSubawardsWhereFirstLast
General Electric Company$15.31M4NY2023-05-012025-12-18
Beta Technologies, Inc.$9.46M4VT2025-03-172025-11-20
Submergence Group, LLC$5.60M4TX2024-09-262025-06-02
General Atomics$5.44M1CA2023-05-012023-05-01
GE Energy Power Conversion Naval Systems Inc.$868.2K1PA2025-03-242025-03-24
Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Service, LLC$843.8K1PA2025-02-132025-02-13
Southwest Research Institute$400.0K1TX2025-03-192025-03-19
Adamo Construction Inc$283.9K1CA2024-05-312024-05-31
Coast Line Transfers LLC$234.9K1MA2025-11-242025-11-24
GMW Associates$228.1K1CA2025-02-112025-02-11
Electronic Sales of New England, LLC$192.5K1CT2024-02-222024-02-22
At & F Wisconsin LLC$187.5K1WI2025-11-072025-11-07
Sonardyne, Inc.$183.8K1TX2023-10-022023-10-02
Xometry, Inc$182.5K3MD2024-02-272024-07-17
Ultra Motion LLC$157.8K1NY2023-09-292023-09-29
Francisco Partners Management, L.P.$144.7K1TX2024-03-272024-03-27
Emerson Electric Co$127.6K1TX2025-05-012025-05-01
Micro Epsilon America LP$116.0K1NC2025-05-162025-05-16
Gilchrist Metal Fabricating Co Inc$96.3K2NH2024-06-042024-06-05
Amax Engineering Corporation$94.9K1CA2023-05-252023-05-25
Macartney Inc$88.7K1TX2024-02-142024-02-14
Aurora Machine, LLC$72.7K1NY2024-04-232024-04-23
Fictiv Inc.$70.9K1CA2024-04-162024-04-16
R & D Technologies, Inc.$69.0K1RI2024-09-102024-09-10
B & F Machine Co., Inc.$54.5K1CT2024-05-012024-05-01

The 25 largest of 30; the rest are on USAspending.gov.

The largest single subawards
DateToAmountFor
2025-12-18General Electric Company$6.43MENGINEERING SERVICES
2023-05-01General Atomics$5.44MENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-04-21General Electric Company$3.62MENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-02-28General Electric Company$3.22MENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-11-20Beta Technologies, Inc.$2.84MENGINEERINGSERVICES
2025-10-22Beta Technologies, Inc.$2.48MENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-04-22Beta Technologies, Inc.$2.15MENGINEERING SERVICES & HARDWARE DELIVERY
2023-05-01General Electric Company$2.04MENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-03-17Beta Technologies, Inc.$1.99MENGINEERING SERVICES AND HARDWARE DELIVERY
2025-06-02Submergence Group LLC$1.73MENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-05-20Submergence Group LLC$1.73MENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-03-24Submergence Group LLC$1.59MENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-03-24GE Energy Power Conversion Naval Systems Inc.$868.2KENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-02-13Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation$843.8KENGINEERING SERVICES
2024-09-26Submergence Group LLC$550.0KENGINEERING SERVICES
2025-03-19Southwest Research Institute$400.0KENGINEERING SERVICES
2024-05-31Adamo Construction Inc$283.9K40' SECURITY CONTAINER
2025-11-24Coast Line Transfers LLC$234.9KCHARTER SERVICES
2025-02-11GMW Associates$228.1KSENIS FLUX PROB
2024-02-22Electronic Sales of New England, LLC$192.5KUNDERWATER CONNECTORS
2025-11-07At & F Wisconsin LLC$187.5KENGINEERING SERVICES
2023-10-02Sonardyne, Inc.$183.8KINERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM
2023-09-29Ultra Motion LLC$157.8KACTUATORS
2024-03-27Dell Federal Systems L.P$144.7KUNDERWATER ELECTRONICS
2025-05-01National Instruments Corp$127.6KELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

Every action

23 actions since 2023-04-21. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateModificationKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-06-17P00022Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$2.00MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2026-05-29P00021Administrative change$0DARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2026-03-16P00020Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0DARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-12-01P00019Funding only$2.19MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-10-25P00018Funding only$4.00MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-09-22P00017Administrative change$0DARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-08-18P00016Funding only$2.50MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-06-20P00015Funding only$1.05MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-05-16P00014Funding only$2.00MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-03-25P00013Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0DARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-03-10P00012Administrative change$1.63MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-02-25P00011Change order$5.27MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
2025-01-13P00010Funding only$1.70MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM
2024-11-01P00009Change order$4.30MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM
2024-10-08P00008Change order$2.53MDARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM
2024-05-20P00007Option exercised$7.03MADVANCED PROPULSOR EXPERIMENTAL (APEX) - PHASE 1B
2024-04-26P00006Administrative change$0ADVANCED PROPULSOR EXPERIMENTAL - PHASE 1A
2024-03-07P00005Administrative change$3.31MADVANCED PROPULSOR EXPERIMENTAL - PHASE 1A
2024-01-08P00004Funding only$3.14MADVANCED PROPULSOR EXPERIMENTAL - PHASE 1A AND PHASE 1E
2023-11-06P00003Funding only$2.00MADVANCED PROPULSOR EXPERIMENTAL - PHASE 1E
2023-09-20P00002Funding only$850.0KADVANCED PROPULSOR, EXPERIMENTAL (APEX)- PHASE 1A
2023-09-15P00001Change order$1.68MAPEX (ADVANCED PROPULSOR, EXPERIMENTAL) - PHASE 1
2023-04-210$7.02MADVANCED PROPULSOR, EXPERIMENTAL (APEX) - PHASE 1A

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 ↗