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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W31P4Q21F0057 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $26.9M | Single award to against GSA oasis u (pool 5b) for engineering and professional services supporting systems-of-systems, lvc and battlespace effectiveness models, simulations, and analysis for the ccdc avmc, s3i directorate, m&s area. | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239125CB035 definitive contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $26.9M | Ghost: technical maturation and design of a hybrid electric propulsion powered next generation | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862621F1100 delivery order | General Electric Company | $26.8M | Large combat engines component improvement program cy21-23 task order | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238524CB038 definitive contract | Viasat Inc | $26.7M | Resilient aesa for multi-band multi-orbit satcom (ramms) | Air Force | Apr 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880925FB003 delivery order | Tecolote Research, Inc | $26.6M | This effort requests continued support sdacp acquisition and financial services 3 safs3 under idiq contract fa880923db001. this effort requests aa and as consisting of acquisition and financial services in support of the ssc sz mission. | Air Force | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0045 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $26.6M | Research, development, testing, and evaluation studies of novel explosives for advanced multi-purpose munitions | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122F0052 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $26.5M | Underexplored systems for utility-scale quantum computing (us2qc) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA702222C0002 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $26.5M | Mission system support services for atmosphere and space systems (mss 2) basic contract in support of aftac | Air Force | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0016721F3010 delivery order | Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc | $26.4M | Engineering and technical support services for submarine and surface ship acoustic signature trials for naval surface warfare center carderock division, bangor detachment. | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881820F0102 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $26.3M | Edis to 102 enterprise ground system | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F2003 delivery order | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc | $26.3M | Low cost engine architecture development program | Air Force | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945122C0002 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $26.1M | The overarching objective of mjolnir is to develop, test and demonstrate a mature prototype based on the first generation technology demonstrator, high-power microwave (hpm) counter unmanned aerial system (CUAS) platform. | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY24F0002 delivery order | CACI Technologies, LLC | $26.0M | Engineering, training and experimentation support for modeling and simulation sensor applications. | Army | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0003 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $26.0M | Logistics, innovation, supply chain, and systems engineering for the united states marine corps, marine corps logistics command | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881922C0002 definitive contract | Slingshot Aerospace Inc | $26.0M | Slingshot orbital lab training tool and advanced visualization environment digital twin software | Air Force | Feb 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA830721F0003 delivery order | Def-Logix Inc | $26.0M | Saturn lights | Air Force | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1532 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $25.9M | Air plan environment for execution, gaming, exploration, assessment, and refinement (apex gear) | Air Force | May 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002420C5213 definitive contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $25.9M | Hardware systems, engineering services | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX20C0051 definitive contract | Scale AI, Inc | $25.9M | The contractor shall perform research, development, design, configuration, implementation, and testing of machine learning algorithm in accordance with the tasks outlined in their proposal. | Army | Jul 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA882321C0002 definitive contract | Anduril Industries, Inc | $25.9M | Award of small business innovative research phase iii contract | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623F3022 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $25.8M | 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 | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24F0007 delivery order | Fibertek, Inc | $25.7M | Rs3-23-0044 - fort belvoir area 300 compound partner and operational project support | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238423C0006 definitive contract | Bluehalo, LLC | $25.5M | Airmen improved readiness | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014719F0031 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $25.5M | Labor -abt | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA867522F1006 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $25.5M | Advanced medium range air to air missile system- system improvement program 3 tape 2 | Air Force | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX011 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $25.4M | Space technology advanced research - fast-tracking innovative software and hardware (star-fish) advanced research announcement (ara) # fa9453-21-s-0001, call 010 | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0024 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $25.3M | Irregular warfare (iw) analysis, assessment, and capability development for joint staff j7 (js j7), office of irregular warfare and competition (oiwc) | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865019C1941 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $25.3M | Rapid technology development and demonstrations (rtd2) | Air Force | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945323F0006 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $25.2M | Precision atomic clocks, magnetometers & navigation follow-on (pacman-fo) and communications and pnt convergence | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY23F0062 delivery order | Fibertek, Inc | $25.0M | Rs3-22-0043 task order award- base period | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F5402 delivery order | Bluehalo LLC | $25.0M | Polymers and responsive materials R&D and exploration | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1105 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $25.0M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability and improve performance of the microelectronics-based scaled onboard electronic attack (soea) system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F0130 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $24.8M | H-1 system configuration sets | Navy | Apr 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239125FB001 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $24.7M | Demonstration of acp performance and effectiveness (demon ape) | Air Force | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945318F0007 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $24.6M | Smallsat support task | Air Force | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F3001 delivery order | GBL Systems Corporation | $24.6M | Engineering support services for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence & software intensive systems (c4t), test & evaluation/science & technology (t&e/s&t), central test & evaluation investment program (cteip) | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ079618F8002 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $24.5M | Igf::ot::igf the purpose of this task order is to protect ballistic missile defense system (bmds) baseline integrity while supporting the successful technical execution of all missile defense agency (mda) events and mission activities ... | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F1850 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $24.5M | Ngnmps/cmpc integration and safe | Navy | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660422F3000 delivery order | Research and Development Solutions, Incorporated | $24.5M | Antenna engineering and technical services including design, build, test, repair, maintain, and support antenna systems for code 34. | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA930023C6014 definitive contract | X-Bow Launch Systems Inc | $24.4M | Rapid energetic & advanced rocket manufacturing | Air Force | Jan 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002416C2111 definitive contract | Electric Boat Corporation | $24.4M | Igf::ot::igf vcs lead yard services | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0172 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $24.4M | Se- system configuration sets - term new task order sepm 4_ng | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861223CB014 definitive contract | Seed Innovations, LLC | $24.4M | Abms cbc2 platform development support services | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA120C0038 definitive contract | Fisica Applied Technologies, Inc | $24.3M | X-ray simulators for test and evaluation of nuclear survivability | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0035 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $24.3M | Technical analyses and strategic and operational planning for maritime operations and warfighting for u.s. uspacflt | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 2005 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $24.1M | P-8a inc 3 block 2 combat systems architecture hardware and software platform integration development effort to implement engineering change proposals (ecps) 6 and 7. | Defense Contract Management Agency | Oct 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA862625FB003 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $24.1M | F100 engine component improvement program | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0002 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $24.1M | Development and sustainment of maritime electro-optic infrared systems for the electro-optic technology division, naval surface warfare center, crane division | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660422F3008 delivery order | Purvis Systems Inc | $24.0M | Mechanical engineering, fabrication and environmental qualification test (eqt) services in support of naval undersea warfare center division, newport (nuwcdivnpt) code 34 communication systems and electromagnetic maneuver warfare (emw) ... | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W91CRB24F0368 delivery order | Tatitlek Federal Services LLC | $23.9M | Year two (2) of general directorate test support services at rtc | Army | Feb 18, 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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