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Defense systems R&D: $104B in defense awards
$104B obligated across 31,432 DoD and DHS awards to 7,037 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 2026, 90% of Research and development. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp leads with $7.6B; Department of the Air Force is the largest buyer at $43.9B.
| Obligated FY2024+ | $104B |
|---|---|
| Awards | 31,432 |
| Companies | 7,037 |
| FY2024 | $39.3B |
| FY2025 | $36.6B |
| FY2026 to date | $27.8B |
| Parent category | Research and development |
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| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ072724F1100 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $29.9M | Cet 23-320, analyze, develop and integrate an advanced technology microelectronic podded irst system solution to add capability to the microelectronics-based F-16 fighting falcon. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jun 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085723F8600 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $29.9M | Enable facility modifications and sustainment projects that are required to support mda mission activities at missile defense integration & operations center (mdioc) and its area of responsibility. | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623F3021 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $29.9M | The contractor shall provide a range of systems engineering and technical assistance (seta) support services to new concept development, existing programs, and future programs in the darpa tto for freedom of access and operations. | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1507 definitive contract | The Stratagem Group LLC | $29.8M | Red wing accelerated ped | Air Force | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085624F0004 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $29.8M | Exo-atmospheric kill vehicle (ekv) task order 01 ti-to-0010-24-01 cybersecurity coverage | Missile Defense Agency | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017824F3003 delivery order | Simventions Inc | $29.8M | Asymmetric and intelligent automation technical and engineering support. | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY22F0085 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $29.7M | Research, development and engineering support for image processing and advanced optics technologies | Army | Feb 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0018 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $29.7M | Hypersonics and strategic missions research, development, test, and evaluation for the naval surface warfare center crane strategic systems hardware division | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085426FE016 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $29.6M | Missile defense agency (mda) modeling and simulation vistas - threat and advanced simulations development (msv-tasd) efforts. see section j attachment 1a msv-tasd-pws | Missile Defense Agency | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925C0117 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $29.5M | Japan integration contract increment 3 for continued support of the three F-35 sites and the standup and support of the komaki site | Navy | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238524FB003 delivery order | Dzyne Technologies, LLC | $29.5M | Ultra flight tests | Air Force | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA870225FB005 delivery order | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $29.4M | Operation of the massachusetts institute of technology lincoln laboratory federally funded reseach and development center. | Air Force | Jul 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0151 delivery order | Compass Systems, Inc | $29.4M | Sbir phase iii year 1 | Navy | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248722FA020 delivery order | Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation | $29.4M | Tetras - cyber threat acquisition for test & evaluation (c-tate) | Air Force | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001926C0138 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $29.3M | Studies | Navy | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0024 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $29.3M | Concept-based force design and research and development for the marine corps warfighting laboratory (mcwl) futures directorate experiment division | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701423F0240 delivery order | LMI Consulting, LLC | $29.3M | Pkf-chwalik-green raptr support for ssdp | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072726FE007 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $29.2M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for F-35 gap analysis and test optimization (gato). | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0018925FR077 delivery order | JJR Solutions LLC | $29.1M | Nadacs support | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861225FB008 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $29.1M | Phalanx griffon (pg) integration support during major release 2 (mr2). services to integrate, test and field features that produce the final mr2, and pdo capability. effort also includes options for continued integration support of pg ... | Air Force | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0044 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $29.0M | Aeronautical systems research, development, test, and evaluation for the air force life cycle management center engineering directorate | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0007 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $28.9M | Technical analyses and strategic and operational planning for warfighting readiness for commander, submarine force, united states pacific fleet | Air Force | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8020 definitive contract | Metron Incorporated | $28.9M | Joint mission planning system | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001920C0071 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $28.6M | Aim-9x systems improvement program | Navy | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0021 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $28.6M | Analysis, research, and engineering analysis of aviation electronic warfare for naval aviation enterprise, program management activity 272, advanced tactical aircraft protection systems | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0066 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $28.4M | C-5m reliability, maintainability, quality, supportability, and interoperability and sustainment analysis | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CH24C0038 definitive contract | Michigan Technological University | $28.4M | Technical and engineering services support for assured mobility, survivability, and maneuver support material solutions for the ground vehicle systems center ground vehicle survivability and protection directorate | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911W621F0006 delivery order | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | $28.2M | Ph 1.2 integration improved turbine eng | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M22FD002 delivery order | Radiance Technologies Inc | $28.1M | This is a new task order under d3i contract w9113m-16-d-0004. this task is in support of directed energy system integration laboratory technologies(desil).this effort will verify the performance of high energy laser (hel) components. | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA119F0026 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $28.0M | Systems, engineering, and integration support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGY23F0013 delivery order | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $28.0M | Contract w56kgy23f0013 is for procurement of the following: software (sw) sustainment, depot support, net equipment training (net), new equipment fielding (nef), and field systems representatives (fsr) support. | Army | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0022 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $28.0M | Readiness and cost reporting program systems engineering, analysis, integration, and optimization for NAVY expeditionary combat command and NAVY bureau of medicine and surgery | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGY20C0009 definitive contract | Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc | $27.9M | Provides engineering services, integration support, training support, logistical support, procurement of required materials and other services associated with product manager information warfare's joint common access provider (jcap) ... | Army | Feb 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0003020C0011 definitive contract | Toyon Research Corporation | $27.6M | Fy20 - sp201 | Defense Contract Management Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1006 definitive contract | Innovative Defense Technologies, LLC | $27.6M | Development of a naval digital engineering ecosystem utilizing advanced automated test and re-test (atrt) enterprise platform technologies. | Navy | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0052 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $27.4M | Defense system technical analysis and assessment of survivability, vulnerabilities, and lethality for air force global strike command strategic plans, programs, and requirements directorate | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086222F0006 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $27.4M | Osi models and simulations support | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SPE7L121F172D delivery order | SRI International | $27.3M | Ot8507954814spe7l121f172dp00002 | Defense Logistics Agency | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA882024FB003 delivery order | Anduril Industries, Inc | $27.2M | Sdanet sbir iii single award idiq task order for anduril industries to perform additional fielding integration of latticed mesh network communications capability to support worldwide sdanet connected sites for data to flow from integrated ... | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042123F1887 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $27.2M | Jse task order | Navy | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042123F1855 delivery order | Fuse Integration, Inc | $27.2M | Rattler | Navy | Oct 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239424FB009 delivery order | Bluehalo LLC | $27.2M | Flash and laser airborne protection system (flaps) task order 0005 | Air Force | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881422C0004 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $27.2M | Rapid on-orbit space technology evaluation ring | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE037 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $27.1M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for hammer. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Feb 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA680025F0002 delivery order | Small Business Consulting Corporation | $27.1M | Sbir phase iii-commercial engagement and integration support services - leverage analytical methods and novel business processes that derive, extend or complete the technologies, methods and processes developed under the sbir phase ii ... | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1403 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $27.0M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions for aircraft antennas | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833526F1047 delivery order | Packet Digital LLC | $27.0M | Sbir phase iii topic# n07-160 | Navy | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA820723F0010 delivery order | Tecolote Research, Inc | $27.0M | Sentinel systems directorate financial management advisory and assistance services support | Air Force | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881824CB001 definitive contract | Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority | $27.0M | Vcsfa spaceport enhancements | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881824CB002 definitive contract | Alaska Aerospace Corp | $27.0M | Aac | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
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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