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Draper

HQ United States

Draper is an independent nonprofit research and development organization.

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About Draper

Draper's official market-area material describes strategic systems work in missile guidance, navigation, radiation-hardened electronics, precision sensors, and cyber-resilience. Its locations page separately identifies the Cambridge campus, Navy Integrated Repair Facility in Pittsfield, Rapid Prototyping Center and Advanced Packaging Facility in St. Petersburg, Odon and Huntsville campuses, and a Navy Trident Guidance Program Technical Support Facility in Cape Canaveral. USAspending recipient obligations are not total revenue or annual operating budget.

Institution
Independent nonprofit research and development organization
Sponsor
Multiple U.S. government customers; no single primary sponsor established in reviewed sources
Operator
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

Funding and financial context

Federal award obligations to recipient · FY2025

$504,347,676

USAspending recipient-level federal obligations; not outlays, total revenue, or annual operating budget.

USAspending Draper recipient profile ↗

Federal Prime Contracts$8.71B obligated · FY2008–FY2026

Obligated
$8.71B
FY2008–FY2026
Contract actions
4,000
572 awards
Peak year
FY2024
$812M
Top buyer
U.S. Navy
91% of obligations
Obligations by fiscal yearLast 5 full years avg $528MFaded: FY2026 so far; DoD publishes actions about 90 days late.
FY2008: $346M · 161 actionsFY2009: $484M · 141 actionsFY2010: $446M · 187 actionsFY2011: $422M · 154 actionsFY2012: $326M · 192 actionsFY2013: $449M · 174 actionsFY2014: $434M · 186 actionsFY2015: $519M · 186 actionsFY2016: $367M · 275 actionsFY2017: $397M · 265 actionsFY2018: $392M · 259 actionsFY2019: $420M · 261 actionsFY2020: $459M · 228 actionsFY2021: $428M · 279 actionsFY2022: $414M · 206 actionsFY2023: $515M · 177 actionsFY2024: $812M · 391 actionsFY2025: $472M · 184 actionsFY2026 (to date): $607M · 94 actions
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Obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligatedActionsAwards
FY2026 (to date)$607M9438
FY2025$472M18465
FY2024$812M391153
FY2023$515M17773
FY2022$414M20673
FY2021$428M279105
FY2020$459M22884
FY2019$420M26197
FY2018$392M25993
FY2017$397M265106
FY2016$367M275119
FY2015$519M18688
FY2014$434M18669
FY2013$449M17475
FY2012$326M192101
FY2011$422M15466
FY2010$446M18791
FY2009$484M14167
FY2008$346M16169

Defense programs

  1. Trident II D5 missile$7.34B 84%
  2. MINUTEMAN III GRP$241M 2.8%
  3. MDA SUPPORT$84.6M 1.0%
  4. NAVSTAR GPS$22.6M 0.3%
  5. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS$1.4M 0.0%
  6. MAVERICK (LASER)$100K 0.0%
  7. 1000−$11K -0.0%
  8. 2000−$18K -0.0%
  9. UGM-96 TRIDENT−$147K -0.0%
  10. 2CNJ−$956K -0.0%

Only actions coded to a DoD acquisition program.

What they sell (PSC)

  1. Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment- Guided Missiles$4.26B 49%
  2. Guided Missile Subsystems$2.76B 32%
  3. Support- Professional: Engineering/Technical$380M 4.4%
  4. National Defense R&D Services; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; Experimental Development$209M 2.4%
  5. R&D- Defense Other: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$135M 1.5%
  6. R&D- Defense Other: Other (Advanced Development)$108M 1.2%
  7. National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development$63.5M 0.7%
  8. Guided Missile Components$55.8M 0.6%
  9. Health R&D Services; Health Care Services; Experimental Development$47.3M 0.5%
  10. National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research$43.9M 0.5%
  11. Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; R&D Administrative Expenses$43.7M 0.5%
  12. Guided Missiles$37.4M 0.4%
  13. R&D- Space: Other (Advanced Development)$35.5M 0.4%
  14. Equipment and Materials Testing- Space Vehicles$34.2M 0.4%
  15. R&D- Other Research and Development (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$33.7M 0.4%
  16. All other$457M 5.2%

Industry (NAICS)

  1. Engineering Services$4.92B 56%
  2. Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing$1.49B 17%
  3. Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing$1.34B 15%
  4. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology)$393M 4.5%
  5. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$220M 2.5%
  6. Research and Development in Biotechnology (Except Nanobiotechnology)$73.9M 0.8%
  7. Testing Laboratories and Services$62.2M 0.7%
  8. Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation$43.3M 0.5%
  9. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences$40.9M 0.5%
  10. Custom Computer Programming Services$34.4M 0.4%
  11. All other$96.2M 1.1%

Where the work is done

  1. Massachusetts$8.59B 99%
  2. Colorado$34.2M 0.4%
  3. Texas$30.9M 0.4%
  4. New Hampshire$28.5M 0.3%
  5. California$12.3M 0.1%
  6. District of Columbia$10.3M 0.1%
  7. Rhode Island$3.5M 0.0%
  8. Florida$2.5M 0.0%
  9. Maryland$2.2M 0.0%
  10. Alabama$25K 0.0%

Contract pricing

  1. Cost Plus Incentive Fee$3.98B 46%
  2. Cost Plus Fixed Fee$2.66B 31%
  3. Firm Fixed Price$1.28B 15%
  4. Fixed Price Incentive$767M 8.8%
  5. Cost No Fee$9.7M 0.1%
  6. Time and Materials$3.1M 0.0%
  7. Combination (Applies to Awards Where Two or More of the Above Apply)$2.1M 0.0%
  8. Labor Hours$1.4M 0.0%
  9. All other−$579K -0.0%

Competition

  1. Not Competed$8.04B 92%
  2. Full and Open Competition$617M 7.1%
  3. Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources$55.0M 0.6%
  4. Not Competed Under SAP$699K 0.0%
  5. Competed Under SAP$322K 0.0%

Largest awards10

Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 9, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI.

View all 572 awards →

Capabilities2

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Supply Chain7 facilities

Facilities7

  • Advanced Packaging Facility
    Lab · St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • Draper Cambridge campus research and development facilities
    Lab · Cambridge, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • Huntsville Campus
    Office · Huntsville, Alabama, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • Odon Campus
    Lab · Odon, Indiana, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • Rapid Prototyping Center
    Lab · St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • U.S. Navy Integrated Repair Facility
    Lab · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed
  • U.S. Navy Trident Guidance Program Technical Support Facility
    Lab · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States
    Operating
    Confirmed

Hiring Observations10 observed listings

Official careers and open roles ↗

Official board checked Oct 8, 2026. Complete employer-board inventory counts postings, not unique vacancies; roles may include non-defense work and multiple locations. This page shows a bounded sample plus previously tracked listings.

A sample of observed listings, not a total vacancy count. Availability may have changed since collection. Categories are inferred from job titles.

Sources7

Profile2

  1. 1

    USAspending.gov · Supports Organization · federal award obligations

  2. 2

    Draper · Supports Organization · organization mission and description

    “As a nonprofit research and development company, Draper focuses on the design, development, and deployment of advanced technological solutions.”

Technologies2

  1. 3
    CompanyDraper

    Draper · Supports Organization · national defense role, Organization · organization description, Organization technology · research capability

    “These projects are applied to several market areas within the national defense realm.”
  2. 4

    Draper · Supports Organization · organization mission and description, Organization technology · documented capability, location, or facility

    “Our work requires continued innovation in radiation-hardened electronics, precision sensors, and cyber-resilience design approaches.”

Supply chain2

  1. 5

    Draper · Supports Facility · facility location, Organization · facility presence

    “Draper’s Cambridge campus”
  2. 6

    Draper · Supports Facility · documented capability, location, or facility, Facility · documented geography or facility relationship, Organization · facility locations, Organization · organization mission and description

    “Huntsville Campus”

Other1

  1. 7

    Supports Job posting

    “CNO Software Engineer - OS, Hypervisor, UEFI/BIOS Specialist”

Government identifiers1

UEI
GTJHZE4M7YK1
confirmed · Checked Oct 10, 2026
Source ↗

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