Washington Headquarters Services's contract dollars, traced to the source.
Washington Headquarters Services · Department of War
Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) is the Department of War component that provides administrative, contracting, and facilities support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and other Pentagon-area DoD organizations. Its ~$2.66B in FY2025 contract obligations are dominated by federally funded research-and-development center (FFRDC) task orders for research and analysis — chiefly the Institute for Defense Analyses supporting OSD, the Joint Staff, and combatant commands, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory "Power Projection" research and engineering for the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering. High-value studies, assessments, and analytic support services make up the bulk of the top awards rather than hardware or construction.
Contract obligations (latest complete FY)
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Contract obligations (in progress)
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Signal tier
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USAspending contract feed
What this monitor reads — and what it doesn't
This is the contract-signal tier: the live USAspending award feed for the Washington Headquarters Services awarding sub-agency. It shows where WHS's procurement dollars go — obligations over time and the largest awards — not total budget authority, which also includes payroll, grants, and transfers. Figures reflect the contract (procurement) slice reported to USAspending, not WHS's total budget authority. The appropriation-level view lives on the Department of War monitor.