Bell Labs R&D budget in today's dollars would be about $1.5 billion. Google is closer to $10 billion, with DARPA around $3 billion and NASA at $10-15 billion.

Bell Labs R&D budget in today's dollars would be about $1.5 billion. Google is closer to $10 billion, with DARPA around $3 billion and NASA at $10-15 billion. The total budget for all national labs is $12 billion. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/comparing-research-budgets-of-1970s.html https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/comparing-research-bud...