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Defense systems R&D: $104B in defense awards
$104B obligated across 31,433 DoD and DHS awards to 7,037 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 10, 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 | 31,433 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W912CH24CL069 definitive contract | DCS Corporation | $18.8M | Ground vehicle support lab engineering and support services. | Army | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001426C1127 definitive contract | Innovative Defense Technologies, LLC | $18.7M | The innovative application of commercial automating testing tools for rapid insertion or adaptation of combat system capabilities called automated test and re-test, which has been subsequently developed by the NAVY under a series of ph iii ... | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660421F3007 delivery order | Serco Inc | $18.7M | Services in the areas of technical project management support, program documentation, integrated logistics engineering, systems engineering, technical engineering, fleet systems engineering, maintenance center support. | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0138 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $18.7M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0017 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $18.6M | Ground system technology and laboratory development research, development and engineering command, united states ARMY ground vehicle systems center | Air Force | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0196 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $18.6M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042120F1011 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $18.6M | Ecstim task order | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660425F3002 delivery order | Mclaughlin Research Corporation | $18.5M | Technical, engineering, and administrative services relating to torpedoes, unmanned systems, defensive systems, decoys and deception capabilities in support of code 85 | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1603 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $18.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for software solutions to add capability and improve performance of the microelectronics-based system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880818F0008 delivery order | MCR Federal, LLC | $18.5M | Igf::ct::igf space and missiles systems center acquisition and financial support follow-on task order 2. | Air Force | Feb 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0071 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $18.5M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1114 definitive contract | Pacific Defense Strategies, Inc | $18.4M | Common sensor platform for strategic and distributed autonomous cyber electronic warfare | Navy | Oct 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA872623FB043 delivery order | Icr, Inc | $18.4M | Accelerated special programs for emergent needs (aspen) - do-09, diamondplay iii | Air Force | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239124CB035 definitive contract | Spirit Aerosystems Inc | $18.4M | Bonded unitized composites large-scale structural demonstration | Air Force | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880925CB003 definitive contract | K2 Space Corporation | $18.4M | Completing the first mega class satellite bus, designing and building daf payload interfaces, integrating those payloads onto the bus, launching the completed satellite, and operating the satellite for a minimum of 1 year after launch | Air Force | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875026FB005 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $18.3M | The objective of this effort is to procure, integrate, deploy, and sustain prototype and low-rate initial production (lrip) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and counter UAS solutions such as the small uncrewed air defense system (suads). | Air Force | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA255326CB001 definitive contract | Ansys Government Initiatives, LLC | $18.3M | United states space force, operational test and training infrastructure area of interest 03: distributed synthetic training environment evolution and prototyping | Air Force | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002421F8307 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $18.3M | Compact rapid attack weapon (craw) program of record fy21-fy22 | Navy | Dec 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE002 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $18.3M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions for the microelectronics-based range control center complex system | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY23F0018 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $18.3M | Sensor and display technology development for dismounted soldier systems | Army | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0046 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $18.3M | Space superiority modeling, simulation, and analyses, and applications solutions for air force research laboratory space vehicles directorate | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660422F3011 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $18.3M | This is a requirement for engineering services for code 34 communications and electromagnetic maneuver warfare programs, including, mechanical engineering, fabrication, and environmental qualification testing. | Navy | May 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F0137 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $18.3M | Engineering integration support | Navy | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872622F0135 delivery order | L3 Technologies, Inc | $18.3M | Common tactial edge network | Air Force | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB003 definitive contract | Cromulence LLC | $18.3M | Hephaestus is to research and develop transformative tools to find, exploit, and patch vulnerabilities in medium-complexity cyber-systems. | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA873023PB014 purchase order | Outerlink Corp | $18.3M | Iris suite of tools | Air Force | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0400 definitive contract | Spirit Aerosystems Inc | $18.2M | Caliente wing test | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C1024 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $18.2M | Electro-optic sensing defensive electronic warfare | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893626F5053 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $18.2M | New system engineering and program management sepm 5 to | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881026FB001 delivery order | Isys, Incorporated | $18.2M | Tech exploitation, development & facility operations for the strategic missile warning ground acquisition deltas overhead persistent infrared boulder ground innovation facility providing operational readiness of defense & intelligence ... | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0054 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $18.1M | Electromagnetic warfare, avionics, and sensor systems engineering and testing for air national guard air force reserve command test center. | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0003026C7000 definitive contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $18.1M | Fire control design & development | Navy | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072726FE030 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $18.0M | Cet, 26-600: the advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for the microelectronics-based lex system on a DOD platform. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24C0009 definitive contract | Expedition Technology, LLC | $18.0M | Artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabling technologies for expeditionary maneuver and air/ground reconnaissance titled spoonman under baa topic id: arl-baa-0037 | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875025CB035 definitive contract | Cubic Secure Communications, LLC | $18.0M | Halo advanced networking satcom elements software-defined aperture product with an end goal for the design of a comprehensive unique hybrid digital beamforming line of sight aperture solution designed for seamless transition into multiple ... | Air Force | Jul 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042120F0876 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $18.0M | Daita lvce support labor | Navy | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945323CA035 definitive contract | Varda Space Industries, Inc | $18.0M | Stratfi, small business innovative research, economical reentry capsules for hypersonic testing | Air Force | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872622F0132 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $18.0M | Common tactical edge network | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA870226FB002 delivery order | Carnegie Mellon University | $17.9M | Carnegie mellon university software engineering institute ffrdc research and development | Air Force | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085524F0003 delivery order | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $17.9M | Xtr-1 mission support labor | Missile Defense Agency | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1520 definitive contract | University of Memphis | $17.9M | The uxs degraded environment facility (uxsdef) will allow testing of unmanned systems in degraded environments. phase i will develop a fan array wind tunnel or windwall with motion capture. phase ii will add additional degraded ... | Navy | Jul 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB089 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $17.9M | Emu grape | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C1054 definitive contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $17.9M | Cognitive electronic warfare software development for in-flight, in-field, and in-squadron applications (king kong) | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA237724CB012 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $17.8M | R and d for technology solutions with built-in trust measures/techniques that meet dods requirement with focus on design assurance, validation and verification, and microelectronics supply chain security. see attch 1, statement of work, 12 ... | Air Force | Dec 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA126FE015 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $17.8M | Analysis and planning tools | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0038 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $17.8M | Modernization research and analysis for naval air warfare center training systems division (nawctsd) | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0005 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $17.8M | Research and analysis for materiel fielding and training united states ARMY tank automotive and armaments command- life cycle management command | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F2428 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | $17.8M | See attachment 1 - statement of work | Navy | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19C0059 definitive contract | Raytheon/lockheed Martin Javelin JV | $17.8M | Life cycle contractor support services for the javelin weapon system. | Army | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238526FB001 delivery order | Linquest Corporation | $17.8M | Digital integration for hawkeye | Air Force | Apr 10, 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 12, 2026.
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