CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

FY 2026

FY 2026 · contracts ≥ $1M

$48M

22 awards · top agency: Department of Defense · as of Jul 25, 2026

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Contracts ≥ $1M, not revenue

$48M

FY 2026 LDA lobbying total

FY 2026 PAC/employee-attributed

Award dollars are federal obligations from contracts of $1M or more (USAspending), not revenue or profit. Lobbying totals come from LDA filings, not contract-level spending. Donations are PAC or employee-attributed records. Overlaps show association, not causation.

USAspending contract awards

What they took

These are obligated federal contract dollars from awards of $1 million or more. They are not profit, revenue, a contract ceiling, or the company's full federal total. Data loaded as of Jul 25, 2026.

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Federal contract obligations (≥$1M) by awarding agency.

Contracts ≥$1M · FY2026

$48M

▲ 0.4× since FY2022

Department of DefenseOther agencies

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: Federal contract obligations (≥$1M) by awarding agency.
Agency	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
Department of Defense	$129M	$147M	$172M	$113M	$48M
Other agencies	$0	$3.6M	$0	$0	$0

Department of Defense$48M

22 loaded awards

Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-01-13 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$7.4M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870226FB002_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-01-13|7442188.14|0Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-03-10 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$5.8M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2026-03-10|5803795.40|P00289Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-04-13 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$5.4M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2026-04-13|5414388.00|P00293Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-01-07 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$3.3M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2026-01-07|3250000.00|P00282Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-01-28 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$2.5M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2026-01-28|2498851.00|P00284Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-04-06 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$2.0M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2026-04-06|1953037.60|P00292Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Army · 2026-04-09 · NAICS 611310 · PSC U004
$1.9M
tx|CONT_AWD_W911NF26FA012_9700_W911NF26DA002_9700|2026-04-09|1855000.00|0Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-01-26 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$1.9M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870225FB035_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-01-26|1850000.00|P00013Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-01-30 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$1.7M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2026-01-30|1749500.00|P00285Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2025-12-17 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$1.6M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2025-12-17|1564816.00|P00280Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-03-03 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$1.6M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870225FB035_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-03-03|1550331.83|P00018Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2025-12-04 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$1.5M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2025-12-04|1491000.00|P00278Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-02-17 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$1.5M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2026-02-17|1479769.25|P00286Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-03-03 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$1.4M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2026-03-03|1434778.52|P00288Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-04-03 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$1.3M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870225FB035_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-04-03|1273300.00|P00022Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-04-15 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$1.2M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870225FB035_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-04-15|1186720.83|P00024Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-04-09 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$1.2M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870225FB036_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-04-09|1165000.00|P00008Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Army · 2026-04-08 · NAICS 611710 · PSC AJ11
$1.1M
tx|CONT_AWD_W519TC25C0025_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-|2026-04-08|1107978.00|P00002Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-03-04 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$1.1M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870225FB036_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-03-04|1100000.00|P00004Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-03-23 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$1.1M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870225FB035_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-03-23|1087500.00|P00019Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2025-12-03 · NAICS 541712 · PSC AC61
$1.1M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870220F0001_9700_FA870215D0002_9700|2025-12-03|1069480.00|P00277Source
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force · 2026-04-20 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC31
$1.0M
tx|CONT_AWD_FA870225FB036_9700_FA870225DB003_9700|2026-04-20|1000000.00|P00009Source

Lobbying and donations

What they spent

LDA lobbying spend

This is the annual total reported in lobbying filings. It is not labeled as spending on a specific contract.

No lobbying-company match is attached yet.

PAC/employee-attributed donations

Donation totals combine PAC and employee-attributed individual records where the contractor resolves to a donor.

Top politicians by matched donation total

Who they funded

Association, not causation

Oversight overlap

Funded 2 of 57 members on House Committee on Armed Services, which oversees Department of Defense.

This shows an overlap between matched donation records and committee membership. It does not show the funding caused an award.

$8K · existing_seed:employer$5K · existing_seed:employer

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