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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA255326CB002 definitive contract | Slingshot Aerospace Inc | $22.0M | Distributed synthetic training environment evolution and prototyping - slingshot | Air Force | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0050 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $22.0M | Engineering, sustainment, and operations research, development, testing, and evaluation for air force life cycle management center plans and program directorate | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1502 definitive contract | Attalon, Inc | $22.0M | The objective of the saber program is to develop a design for a 400 kw subsystem capable of surface combatant integration to support fleet defense to defeat anti ship cruise missiles including maneuvering subsonic, supersonic and ... | Navy | Dec 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA867222F2101 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $22.0M | Small diameter bomb increment ii | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0150 definitive contract | University of Washington | $21.9M | Robotic autonomy in complex environments with resiliency (racer) phase ii | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0084 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $21.9M | Resilient all-domain command and control test and evaluation | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042122F0435 delivery order | BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc | $21.9M | Eo14042 establish to | Navy | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8176 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $21.8M | Technology insertion (ti)-24 advanced ca | Navy | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024FB012 delivery order | North Point Defense Inc | $21.8M | Unicorn blue accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies (apfit) archer to analyze the current archer prototype for function, production at scale, and sustainability. | Air Force | Feb 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024FB008 delivery order | General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc | $21.8M | Warfighter integration program information technology (wipit) | Air Force | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945319F0203 delivery order | Axient LLC | $21.8M | Rise - small satellite portfolio (ssp) | Air Force | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0075 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $21.7M | Science and technology analysis, assessments, studies, and strategic planning of arms, ammunition, and explosives and electromagnetic environmental effects for naval ordnance safety and security activity | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0004 delivery order | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $21.6M | Igf::ot::igf add project 2728 | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042123F0514 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $21.6M | Fund clins 0001 and 0002. | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875025FB014 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $21.5M | Multi modal c-SUAS innovation (m2ci) the scope of this effort is to perform research ,development, test, and evaluation of all technologies needed to accomplish the objective. | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8006 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $21.5M | Baa overrsight program | Navy | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8013 definitive contract | Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc | $21.5M | Darpa janus program | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470124C0065 definitive contract | Dirac Solutions, Inc | $21.4M | Dirac solutions inc. sbir iii award under strategic distribution and disposition (sdd) baa for wireless inventory automation for DLA distribution centers. | Defense Logistics Agency | Nov 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422C0003 definitive contract | Science Applications International Corporation | $21.4M | Quick reaction team (qrt) support - evolving analysis capability to model the mds expected performance in support of the director for engineering qrt support and analysis effort. this effort supports research, development and testing of ... | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA830725CB002 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $21.4M | Lead integrator. | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1620 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $21.4M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronics capability solutions for engineering services to design, develop, test, and integrate solutions to improve performance in a combat training sytem. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1111 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $21.4M | Birdseye yonder (beyond) | Navy | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F1828 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $21.4M | F-35a/b/c landing gear final analyses | Navy | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865018C7841 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $21.3M | Array at commercial timescale (act) iv | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0059 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $21.3M | Life cycle, logistics, sustainment, and maintainability research, development, testing, and evaluation for ARMY program executive office combat support and combat service support and ARMY program executive office ground combat systems | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA830721F0002 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $21.1M | Saturn sky | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0193 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $21.1M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX008 definitive contract | Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC | $21.1M | Creating arrays for strategic electro-optical, proliferated & exquisite (castle) | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA882023C0003 definitive contract | Ensco Inc | $21.0M | Space training acquisition office defensive cyber operations space systems engineering and integration bridge | Air Force | Jan 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0038 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $21.0M | Fleet experimentation and war gaming development for NAVY warfare development center | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0068 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $21.0M | Technology integration and assessment- phase i research and development for united states northern command & north american aerospace defense command | Air Force | Jan 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F3000 delivery order | Brandes Associates, Inc | $20.9M | Development, integration, test, and evaluation of digital products and data systems, providing fleet users an automated means to plan, execute, and debrief all aspects of complex strike and assault missions against targets and collection ... | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424FC843 delivery order | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | $20.9M | Engineering services to perform concept studies, engineering development, analysis, fabrication, modification, maintenance, installation, and testing of the existing fleet systems of remus systems and subsystems. | Navy | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA830721F0001 delivery order | Parsons Government Services Inc | $20.8M | Kraken award and incremental funding | Air Force | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016725F0106 delivery order | Seemann Composites, LLC | $20.8M | Ooa development and demonstration | Navy | Oct 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880623C0019 definitive contract | Stottler Henke Associates, Inc | $20.8M | Air force satellite contract network scheduling tool | Air Force | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660425FC846 delivery order | Oceaneering International Inc | $20.8M | Tetra ii development services - base year | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020C5690 definitive contract | University of Dayton | $20.7M | Advanced materials and processes | Air Force | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017820C2400 definitive contract | SGL Composites Inc | $20.7M | Hydroclave refurbishment | Navy | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123C4037 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $20.6M | Darpa sto willow - aps base award for research iaw sow | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24F0003 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $20.6M | Rs3-23-0024 research and development of countermine technologies | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0012 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $20.6M | Operational, technical, engineering, and transition research and analysis for development and deployment of emerging capabilities and prototypes for almcs programs for dept homeland security s and t | Air Force | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE029 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $20.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for an/apg-79(v)1 wide band receiver upgrade program | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jun 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8154 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $20.5M | Integrated fire control | Navy | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0002 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $20.4M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0053 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $20.3M | United states air force bomber reliability and sustainment improvement program for the air force life cycle management center b-1 bomber division b-1 system program office | Air Force | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875025FB013 delivery order | Trust Automation Inc | $20.3M | Accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies (apfit) small uncrewed air defense system (suads) prototype systems aims to procure operational prototypes to evaluate and repeat. | Air Force | Aug 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25F0042 delivery order | Fibertek, Inc | $20.3M | Foundational laboratory research and analysis for ARMY government services (flags) | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001922F0910 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $20.2M | Full scale fatigue test | Navy | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0062 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $20.2M | Research and development of above water sensors for the program executive office integrated warfare systems above water sensors and the naval surface warfare center, crane division | Air Force | Aug 13, 2025 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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