N0002424F8378↗

The Pennsylvania State University received this contract from Office of Naval Research Chicago, Department of the Navy: $6.25M obligated so far for national defense r&d services; department of defense - military; applied research. Its period of performance ended 2026-09-30.

Key facts · data as of Oct 25, 2026

Recipient
The Pennsylvania State University
Awarding agency
Department of the Navy (Department of Defense)
Contracting office
Office of Naval Research Chicago (N62880)
Obligated to date
$6.25M
Potential value
$24.76M
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 N0002424F8378, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_N0002424F8378_9700_N0002418D6401_9700

OCEAN EXPLORER EARLY DESIGN AND RISK REDUCTION

Delivery Order · Department of the Navy · to The Pennsylvania State University (UEI NPM2J7MSCF61) · data as of 2026-10-25

Obligated to date$6.25M5 actions
Current value$14.06Mwith options exercised
Potential value$24.76Mif every option is used
Period2024-09-18 → 2026-09-30current end date

Up for re-bid: ends 2026-09-30. Recompete brief →

What it is

Product or service
National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research (PSC AC12)
Industry
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715)
Contracting office
Office of Naval Research Chicago (N62880)
Competition
Not competed
Pricing
Cost plus fixed fee
How it was bought
Single-award IDIQ · under N0002418D6401
Where the work is
Centre, PA · district PA-15

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2024$880.8K
FY2025$578.0K
FY2026$4.79M

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

5 actions since 2024-09-18. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateModificationKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-06-05P00003Funding only$1.59MOCEAN EXPLORER EARLY DESIGN AND RISK REDUCTION
2026-06-05A00001Administrative change$0THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO TRANSFER ALL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY IN ATTACHMENT 1, TOTALING $81,138.30, FROM N00024-18-D- 6401/N0002422F8369 TO THIS DELIVERY ORDER. THIS GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', AT NO COST TO THE GOVT.
2025-12-17P00002Funding only$3.20MOCEAN EXPLORER EARLY DESIGN AND RISK REDUCTION
2025-07-30P00001Option exercised$578.0KARL/PSU - FY2023 - FY 2028 REQUIREMENT
2024-09-180$880.8KOCEAN EXPLORER EARLY DESIGN AND RISK REDUCTION

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 ↗