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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA930023C6019 definitive contract | Stratolaunch, LLC | $15.8M | Flight experiments on testbed | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY23F0084 delivery order | Parsons Government Services Inc | $15.8M | Rs3-22-0052 enabling advanced sensors & enhanced capabilities (easec) | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGY23F0005 delivery order | Parsons Government Services Inc | $15.8M | The purpose of this action is to award a new task order in order to further and support the work performed on savant catalyst and totem hawk. | Army | Mar 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875025CB027 definitive contract | Montana State University | $15.8M | The objective of this effort will expand the capabilities of applied quantum capacity and operational resilience and regional equity (q-core) test-bed facility to include heterogeneous entanglement capabilities. | Air Force | Jul 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0029 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $15.8M | Strategic planning, assessment, and technical research and analysis for special operations command europe | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0099 definitive contract | SRI International | $15.7M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086023C7200 definitive contract | Wyzkyds Consulting LLC | $15.7M | Sbir ph iii R&D thermally insensitive, radiation hardened telescope | Missile Defense Agency | Dec 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017324F2003 delivery order | Cutlass Systems Engineering LLC | $15.6M | Base year labor (priced) | Navy | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1305 definitive contract | Hyliion Inc | $15.6M | Assessment of naval energy storage systems | Navy | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0008 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $15.6M | Survivability and combat effectiveness analysis for air force life cycle management center (aflcmc) combat effectiveness and vulnerability analysis branch (ezja) | Air Force | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0073 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $15.6M | Characterization and assessment of threats by experiment analysis and research for the department of homeland security science and technology directorate probabilistic analysis of national threats, hazards, and risks program | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8120 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $15.6M | Nc3 trident mission assurance (snc31) scd- c | Navy | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA702221C0010 definitive contract | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $15.6M | Data fabric modernization and international atomic energy agency tracker is to integrate, develop, and expose data across the air force technical applications center. | Air Force | Aug 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0438 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $15.5M | Darpa research project to develop a hybrid quantum-classical communication network architecture to enable quantum enhancements to security and covertness on today's classical networks. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY22F7004 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $15.5M | Prototyping integration facility (pif) | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123C4038 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $15.5M | Darpa willow - str base award for research iaw sow | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0009 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $15.5M | Environmental analysis and assessment for headquarters special operations command central j5 directorate | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0034 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $15.4M | Sculpin analysis for naval information warfare center pacific | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924C0026 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $15.4M | Air system integration | Navy | Oct 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9240524C0005 definitive contract | Advanced Systems Supportability Engineering Technologies and Tools, Inc | $15.3M | Platform integrated control system (pics) & critical battery management system (cbms) small business innovation & research (sbir) phase iii | U.S. Special Operations Command | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1004 definitive contract | Kudu Dynamics LLC | $15.3M | Denali ta5a | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0028 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $15.3M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds | Missile Defense Agency | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA224F0002 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $15.3M | Engineering services | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086023C0021 definitive contract | Elbit Systems BMD and Land Ew - Elisra LTD | $15.3M | Israel test bed program | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022F1008 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $15.3M | Collaborative low-altitude unmanned aircraft systems integration effort utm rdt&e, maturation, productization, operational assessment, and deployment (clue iii) | Air Force | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660425FC847 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $15.3M | Anguilla services | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB047 definitive contract | 3m Company | $15.2M | Develop & demo advanced film technology | Air Force | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238523CB007 definitive contract | Castelion Corporation | $15.2M | Future operational capabilities for the us (focus) | Air Force | Sep 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239424FB004 delivery order | Azimuth Corporation | $15.2M | Marss ii to 3 | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W91CRB23F0336 delivery order | Tatitlek Federal Services LLC | $15.2M | Year one general services to for rdss ii | Army | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB037 definitive contract | General Electric Company | $15.2M | Thermal protection for hypersonic vehicles - phase 3 and options 1-4 (phase 3 and 4) | Air Force | Jan 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868424CB026 definitive contract | University of Dayton | $15.2M | Small expendable turbine (set) phase ii risk reduction experimentation | Air Force | Mar 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6523620C8015 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $15.1M | Darpa electra "argos" base + IT phase 1 | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0024 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $15.1M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds igf::ot::igf | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523622F3032 delivery order | Strategic Analysis, Inc | $15.1M | The contractor shall provide scientific, engineering, and technical assistance support to the defense advanced research projects agency(darpa) tactical technology office (tto) in support of the oversight | Navy | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125FE017 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $15.1M | Electromagnetic (emp) advanced testing and technical assistance (t&ta) for system vulnerabilities and assessments | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424FC426 delivery order | Sonalysts Inc | $15.1M | Engineering services for the next generation attack submarine, the full spectrum undersea warfare innovative naval prototype, and the compact rapid attack weapon. | Navy | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU26FA005 delivery order | T2s, LLC | $15.1M | Services, on-site and off-site, to include research and development, engineering, integration, testing, training, logistics, program/project management, laboratory, field engineering, acquisition, operations | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB050 definitive contract | Cytec Engineered Materials, Inc | $15.1M | Composites for advanced air mobility (caam) | Air Force | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6133122F3008 delivery order | Bevilacqua Research Corporation | $15.1M | Engineering and technical support for the test and evaluation and prototype fabrication division | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085425FE017 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $15.1M | Attachment 1 - hypersonic glide phase interceptor task plan date: may 29, 2025 | Missile Defense Agency | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003425FE106 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $15.0M | Joint integrated air and missile defense organization advanced development and analysis | Washington Headquarters Services | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA220424CB001 definitive contract | Gotenna, Inc | $15.0M | Small business innovation research phase 2b strategic funding increase for gotenna | Air Force | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8361 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $15.0M | Mk 54 mod 2 advanced lightweight torepo (alwt) system engineering and testing (fy22-fy25) | Navy | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881925FB018 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $14.9M | Jhu/apl will serve as the system program integrator and provide systems engineering, studies, analysis, and architectural development for the ussf. | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240823F0008 delivery order | Sierra Nevada Company, LLC | $14.9M | Defense countermeasure - to 2 | U.S. Special Operations Command | Jan 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0003026C7001 definitive contract | JRC Integrated Systems, LLC | $14.9M | Slcm-n jrc contract | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2407 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $14.9M | Next-generation expeditionary training technologies (nextt) | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F3500 delivery order | Koam Engineering Systems, Inc | $14.9M | Missile defense (md) analysis, test, & engineering (ate) support | Navy | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0421 definitive contract | Charles River Analytics, Inc | $14.9M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 4, 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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