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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: $4.7B in contract awards
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency obligated $4.7B across 1,059 prime awards to 405 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 2026, 0.4% of Department of Defense. Largest category: Defense systems R&D at $3.3B; largest recipient: Lockheed Martin Corporation at $655.4M.
| Obligated FY2024+ | $4.7B |
|---|---|
| Awards | 1,059 |
| Companies | 405 |
| FY2024 | $1.8B |
| FY2025 | $1.8B |
| FY2026 to date | $1.1B |
| Department | Department of Defense |
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| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Category | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR001122C0074 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $1.8M | Quantum benchmarking program | Defense systems R&D | Jan 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0445 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $1.8M | Darpa research project. | Defense systems R&D | Nov 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0191 definitive contract | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $1.8M | Open programmable secure 5g technical area 2 | Defense systems R&D | Jul 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0330 definitive contract | Pierre John M LLC | $1.8M | On-the-move spatio-temporal processing and exploitation for full motion eo/ir sensor | Defense systems R&D | Aug 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0339 definitive contract | Michigan Technological University | $1.7M | Ddarpa triage challenge (dtc) under the signatures of trauma for algorithm-assisted clinical assessment, triage, and observation (stacato) program | Defense systems R&D | Mar 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0034 definitive contract | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $1.7M | Computational cultural understanding | Defense systems R&D | Feb 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0470 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $1.7M | Ai for retrobiosynthesis: biobulbul and diversification identifying conserved order in target signatures (dicots) | Defense systems R&D | Aug 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0203 definitive contract | Microwave Power Products, Inc | $1.7M | The goal of the waveform agile radio-frequency directed energy (warden) program is to extend the range of high power microwave (hpm) back-door attack by a factor of 10 beyond the current state of the art. | Defense systems R&D | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0302 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.7M | Darpa research support services | Defense systems R&D | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123F0035 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.7M | Studies, test and evaluation of aperture materials and systems for hypersonics | Defense systems R&D | Jan 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0440 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $1.7M | Macaroni aims to develop electrically small receivers and transmitters that exceed the current state of the art (soa). | Defense systems R&D | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0169 definitive contract | University of Southern California | $1.7M | Influence campaign awareness and sensemaking (incas) technical area 2 | Defense systems R&D | May 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001126CE030 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $1.6M | Securing artificial intelligence for battlefield effective robustness | Defense systems R&D | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0124 definitive contract | SRI International | $1.6M | Semantic forensics (semafor) - develop technologies to automatically detect, attribute, and characterize falsified, multi-modal media assets to defend against largescale automated disinformation attacks | Defense systems R&D | Jun 11, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0004 definitive contract | Melwood Horticultural Training Center, Inc | $1.6M | Mail and supply clerk support services | Professional services, other | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0326 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.6M | Darpa research support services | Defense systems R&D | Jan 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125FE011 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.6M | Darpa research support services | Defense systems R&D | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0085 definitive contract | Galois, Inc | $1.6M | Securing information for encrypted verification and evaluation (sieve) program | Defense systems R&D | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0186 definitive contract | Smart Information Flow Technologies LLC | $1.6M | Influence campaign awareness and sensemaking (incas) - develop techniques and tools that enable analysts to detect, characterize, and track geopolitical influence campaigns with quantified confidence | Defense systems R&D | Apr 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0165 definitive contract | University of Illinois | $1.6M | Influence campaign awareness and sensemaking (incas) | Defense systems R&D | Mar 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0168 definitive contract | University of Southern California | $1.6M | Influence campaign awareness and sensemaking (incas) technical area 1 | Defense systems R&D | Aug 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001122F0038 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.5M | Darpa research program support services | Defense systems R&D | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0337 definitive contract | Arete Associates | $1.5M | Darpa triage challenge (dtc) under the signatures of trauma for algorithm-assisted clinical assessment, triage, and observation (stacato) program | Defense systems R&D | Dec 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0319 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.5M | Darpa research program support services | Defense systems R&D | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0042 definitive contract | Metron Incorporated | $1.5M | Darpa research project | Defense systems R&D | Dec 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0155 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Research Corp | $1.5M | Open, programmable, secure 5g (ops-5g) program | Defense systems R&D | Sep 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0451 delivery order | CTG Federal, LLC | $1.5M | Artificial intelligence compute capability | IT products: compute | Sep 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0150 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $1.4M | Hunter phase 2, hunter program seeks to develop an innovative concept for the delivery of advanced undersea payloads from extra-large unmanned underwater vehicles (xluuvs). | Defense systems R&D | Sep 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0063 definitive contract | University of Southern California | $1.4M | Quantum benchmarking program | Defense systems R&D | Sep 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0310 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.4M | Multiobjective engineering and testing of alloy structures (metals) | Defense systems R&D | Jan 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0043 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $1.4M | High enthalpy aperture technology (heat) | Defense systems R&D | Jan 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0214 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $1.4M | Darpa research program | Defense systems R&D | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE017 definitive contract | Kitware Inc | $1.4M | Artificial intelligence quantified (aiq) | Other R&D | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001126CE004 definitive contract | Radiant Technologies, Inc | $1.3M | Hybrid aln pzt piezomems pdk | Defense systems R&D | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0003 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $1.3M | Operational-level mission analysis (awa) | Defense systems R&D | Dec 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001126FE022 delivery order | Nominal, Inc | $1.3M | Software and engineering services to deliver the digital backbone through high-scale data ingestion, synchronized analysis, comparative modeling, and collaborative workflows. | Defense systems R&D | Feb 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0126 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $1.3M | Darpa research project | Defense systems R&D | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0328 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.3M | Darpa research program support services | Defense systems R&D | Jan 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0102 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $1.3M | Phase 3 - rational integrated design of energetics (ride) program | Defense systems R&D | Nov 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0002 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $1.3M | The contractor shall perform research and development of the radio system of the tactical boost glide (tbg) program. | Defense systems R&D | Mar 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE068 definitive contract | Maglev Aero Inc | $1.3M | Embedded entrepreneur initiative (eei) | Studies and analysis | Dec 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0137 definitive contract | Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC | $1.3M | Darpa research project | Defense systems R&D | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0016 definitive contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $1.3M | The liberty lifter program will design, build, and flight test an affordable, innovative, and disruptive seaplane. | Defense systems R&D | Mar 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0175 definitive contract | Vector Atomic Inc | $1.3M | Sbir direct to phase 2: product-ready iodine clock enabled by low-environmental sensitivity subsystems (priceless) phase 2 | Defense systems R&D | May 31, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001122F0041 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.3M | Darpa research program support services no manning required ship (nomars) | Defense systems R&D | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0160 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $1.2M | The quantum apertures program aims to demonstrate the utility of rydberg sensors as part of a portable rf receiver system in the context of defense applications. | Defense systems R&D | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE059 definitive contract | Cortex Dynamix LLC | $1.2M | Protecting warfighters with lightweight bio-inspired cellular helmets designed for mitigating blast induced brain injury and enhancing comfort across multiple environments | Defense systems R&D | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0187 definitive contract | Web Sensing, LLC | $1.2M | Hardening aircraft with fpga's | Defense systems R&D | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0148 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $1.2M | Novel ocean passive active sonar using surface-scatter (nopass) | Defense systems R&D | Feb 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0086 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $1.2M | The compact front-end filters at the element-level (coffee) aims to produce front-end rf filters that protect the elements of digital active electronically scanned arrays (aesas) against interference in increasingly crowded rf spectrum ... | Defense systems R&D | Apr 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
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Source: USAspending.gov prime award data (FPDS), DoD and DHS contracts, orders and IDVs with any action since Oct 1, 2023. Obligated FY2024+ sums the obligations on those actions; total obligated is the award's lifetime figure. DoD contract actions publish on USAspending about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6), so the latest DoD actions here trail the calendar by about 3 months. Data as of Oct 9, 2026.
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