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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ085525F0004 delivery order | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $23.9M | 24 months of mission execution and display distribution system (medds)services. | Missile Defense Agency | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8115 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $23.8M | Electronic warfare engineering - bew18 | Navy | Feb 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880924FB007 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $23.8M | Provides the rdsmo pmo with edis and other necessary support primarily for the cue and comm and ec2-k enclaves | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001923F2517 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $23.8M | Autodicass + acomms study | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660421F3001 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $23.8M | Conform platform engineering, advanced system engineering, technical, and test and evaluation services for development, evaluation, modernization, and sustainment of the u.s. NAVY and royal australian NAVY submarine platforms | Navy | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C1001 definitive contract | Riverside Research Institute | $23.7M | Microelectronics and embedded system assurance ii | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8305 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $23.7M | Habu (sd-depot, b585, deployable nodes) | Navy | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN23F0547 delivery order | Thompson Gray, Inc | $23.7M | Task order w15qkn-23-f-0547 is to award product director, measurement and diagnostic equipment (tmde) support services. | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881820F0103 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $23.6M | Engineering, development, integration and sustainment services | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0040 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $23.6M | Reliability analysis logistics and engineering research and development of aviation electronic warfare for naval air systems command naval aviation enterprise advanced tactical aircraft protection systems po and fleet readiness center ... | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0051 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $23.6M | Rdt&e of infrared/radio frequency systems technologies for navair systems command advanced expendable infrared countermeasures program office and naval surface warfare center, crane division spectrum warfare systems department | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424F3010 delivery order | Mikel Inc | $23.6M | Configuration management, integrated logistics support, in-service engineering support, data and project management, and repair services for failed parts and units. | Navy | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0021 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $23.5M | Airborne systems integration division sensitive compartmented information operational support research and development | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0065 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $23.5M | Future operationally resilient ground evolution(forge) mission data processing(mdp) open repository and code escrow(force): forge will achieve a modern and open architecture for strategic warning acquisition delta (snw) ground capabilities. | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA122F0045 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $23.4M | This task order is for continued development of the nuclear capabilities services program. | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945120F0008 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $23.4M | Raster task order 0008 - maui space surveillance complex (mssc) mission execution | Air Force | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014717F0051 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $23.3M | Igf::ct::igf eeprom award | Missile Defense Agency | Jul 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6523624C8006 definitive contract | Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC | $23.3M | Carcosa program | Navy | Sep 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875019C1529 definitive contract | Kudu Dynamics LLC | $23.3M | Tactical proficiency synthesis (tps) | Air Force | Mar 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238425CB006 definitive contract | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $23.2M | Force optimization through rapid-prototyping, gear enhancements and innovative technology (forge-IT) | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA124F0010 delivery order | Kyrus Tech, LLC | $23.2M | Research, development, test and evaluation to combat weapons of mass destruction | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jun 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0399 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $23.2M | Macaroni aims to develop electrically small receivers and transmitters that exceed the current state of the art (soa). | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085723F7300 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $23.2M | Operate, sustain, and manage the engineering web services (ews) enclave and the m&s center. | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660423F3002 delivery order | Purvis Systems Inc | $23.2M | Life cycle services support including engineering analysis, test verification, implementation of configuration management, product engineering, quality assurance / reliability, acquisition logistics, software development, and lean process ... | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123C0011 definitive contract | Fisica Applied Technologies, Inc | $23.1M | Facility sustainment, availability, radiation source development and demonstration | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1108 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $23.1M | No description on the record | Navy | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8336 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $23.1M | Navsea cold spray technology transition and implementation | Navy | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016724F0279 delivery order | Seemann Composites, LLC | $23.1M | Seawolf bow dome fabrication | Navy | Nov 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001926F0013 delivery order | Peraton Technology Services Inc | $23.1M | Product upgrades fms | Navy | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0027 definitive contract | Parsons Government Services Inc | $23.0M | Sbir phase iii - blackjack prototype ground operations center | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001920F5008 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $23.0M | Integrated test team (itt) support for the e-2d | Navy | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014719C0001 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $23.0M | Systems engineering and integration services | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0447 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $22.9M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0007 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $22.9M | Aerial delivery analysis combat capabilities development command (ccdc) soldier center | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042124F0832 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $22.8M | Unfunded labor | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M24F0007 delivery order | Radiance Technologies Inc | $22.8M | Award of task order (to) for us ARMY space missile defense command (smdc) for the program space directorate development support.to will provide current and future global space, missile defense, and high altitude (ha) capabilities. | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN23C0001 definitive contract | BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP | $22.7M | Xm1155 sub-caliber technology demonstrator | Army | Mar 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881825FB001 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $22.7M | Sounding rocket program-4 (srp-4) contract demonstration launch of the icbm dem val experimental flight test (eft-2) task order | Air Force | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV24C0029 definitive contract | Textron Systems Corporation | $22.6M | Arv-30 prototype vehicle procurement. | Army | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0021 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $22.5M | Combat vehicle command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance on-the-move systems for the joint warfighter naval information warfare center pacific | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C0516 definitive contract | Strategic Technologies Analytics Group, Limited Liability Company | $22.4M | System engineering analysis for targeting (seat) | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880923FB002 delivery order | Tecolote Research, Inc | $22.4M | Space systems command acquisition and financial support service | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020F1924 delivery order | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | $22.4M | Playas electronic attack and cyber environment peace | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0011 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $22.4M | Iac mac 2080 chemical biological radiological nuclear defense testing and analytics for joint enterprise fielding and surveillance | Air Force | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017822F3009 delivery order | Bowhead Program Management & Operations, LLC | $22.2M | Operations analysis support services | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016721F3000 delivery order | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $22.2M | Provide scientific, engineering, and technical support for operations, maintenance, repair, and logistics at the acoustic research detachment (ard) in bayview, id. | Navy | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072722F1615 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $22.2M | This task is to rapidly develop, assemble and test advanced multi mission sensor system prototypes with new wide area search capability. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jul 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ003425FE367 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $22.1M | Analysis, research, development and system engineer support. | Washington Headquarters Services | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881925CB002 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $22.1M | Rapid on orbit space technology evaluation ring (rooster-5) integration, test, and operations efforts | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C6441 definitive contract | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $22.1M | Research for enhancing airman & cognitive health (reach) | Air Force | May 13, 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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