Around $850 million, specifically. But overall, the budget sees declining R&D requests for nearly every agency.

Agency officials offered details on the $152.2 million in contracts they recently awarded as part of a new research & development pilot program.

The Department of Homeland Security is redesigning the technology accelerator it uses to fund and help commercialize new solutions.

The annual agency budgeting guidance outlines eight areas of interest, including artificial intelligence, quantum information science and drones.

The deal will allow DARPA "to deliver secure collaboration agency-wide and with external research partners," according to Box.

The agency wants advice on how it can use federal regulations to more effectively encourage technology innovation from government-sponsored R&D.