AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Research & Development (2020 - 2026)

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) has 7 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $7.1 million in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Research & Development changed 0.08% year-over-year to $7.1 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $28.1 million, a 11.24% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $28.1 million, down 2.32% from the prior year.
• Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $7.1 million, down from $9.1 million in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Research & Development for ASTS reached as high as $16.4 million in Q1 2023 and fell as low as $4.3 million in Q1 2024.
• Historically, Research & Development has averaged $9.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $9.1 million in 2025.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development surged 2624.01% in 2022 and tumbled 74.01% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Research & Development stood at $14.7 million in 2022, then declined by 26.52% to $10.8 million in 2023, then tumbled by 50.32% to $5.3 million in 2024, then jumped by 69.35% to $9.1 million in 2025, then declined by 21.29% to $7.1 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Research & Development figures were $7.1 million in Q1 2026, $9.1 million in Q4 2025, and $5.5 million in Q3 2025.