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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA821924F0010 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $14.9M | Program management services for sentinel weapon system | Air Force | Jan 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C1000 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $14.8M | Microelectronics embedded system and assurance ii | Air Force | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25C0003 definitive contract | Civil-Military Innovation Institute Inc | $14.7M | Research & development methodology to improve acquisition through middle-tier technology reciprocity experimentation. | Army | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8149 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $14.7M | Threat characterization engineering | Navy | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1074 definitive contract | Moebius Solutions Inc | $14.7M | Moebius proposes to continue developing the adaptive anti-submarine warfare (aasw), waterspace management (wasp) and data framework for the maritime operations centers (moc) of the future (df-motf) enhancements to the analytics for common ... | Navy | Jun 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE066 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $14.7M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to validate a technologically advanced communication system that ensures continuous and reliable communication. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862626FB004 delivery order | General Electric Company | $14.7M | Fy26 f-series component improvement program | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0033 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $14.7M | Aeronautical systems research, development, test, and evaluation for the air force life cycle management center mobility and training aircraft directorate | Air Force | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0307 definitive contract | Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC | $14.6M | The minitherms3d program seeks to significantly reduce thermal resistances within the 3d stack and external to the stack of 3dhi systems, while increasing volumetric heat removal. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8240 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $14.6M | Ssn/ssgn survivability program (s3p05) | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1515 definitive contract | Tech7 Consulting, LLC | $14.6M | Agile ussf space operations software applications for multi-domain operations (sopssw) | Air Force | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881925FB016 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $14.6M | This contract is to provide a broad range of expertise and experience to accomplish technical support and advisory services to assist the space security and defense program areas. | Air Force | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24F0079 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $14.6M | Support for cyber operations and lethality effectiveness (cole) joint munitions effectiveness manual (jmem) | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239125CB010 definitive contract | University of Dayton | $14.5M | Hybrid artificial intelligence and autonomy research and development considered operationally relevant and explainable (haardcore) | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0305 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $14.5M | Miniature integrated thermal management systems for 3d heterogeneous integration (minitherms3d) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1514 definitive contract | Ideal Aerosmith Inc | $14.5M | Hwil, swil, and inspection/testing methodologies enabling attritable unmanned system development_____ | Navy | Jul 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725F1100 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $14.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for upgrades to an automated test system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Feb 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8005 definitive contract | Apogee Research LLC | $14.5M | Darpa baa oversight program | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1033 definitive contract | Pacmar Technologies LLC | $14.5M | Technologies to sustain expeditionary advanced base operations (eabo) in austere and remote environments are critical gaps in u.s. marine corps expeditionary logistics. autonomous/unmanned support and resupply capabilities are a key focus ... | Navy | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F5409 delivery order | Azimuth Corporation | $14.5M | Materials research and survivability studies structured optical materials and processing | Air Force | Feb 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085426FE010 delivery order | Gray Analytics, Inc | $14.5M | Deeds - task order 1 (phase i) | Missile Defense Agency | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861225CB001 definitive contract | Shift5, Inc | $14.5M | Design, manufacture, and test of a prototype active cyber protection system (acps) on the f-22 which is extensible to other air force platforms. | Air Force | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M18FD007 delivery order | Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc | $14.4M | Tactical range air defense missile (tacram) provides missile defense targets pre and post test analysis missile defense target design missile integration test execution and target launch services in support of missile defense | Army | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0022 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $14.4M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F2425 delivery order | Applied Technology, Inc | $14.4M | See attachment 1 - statement of work | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861223FB017 delivery order | Braingu LLC | $14.4M | Advanced battle management systems | Air Force | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1616 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $14.4M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronics capability solutions for engineering services to develop, build, enhance, and test updates to a cyber security and software system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY23F0077 delivery order | Anavation, LLC | $14.4M | Rti information technology (IT) infrastructure support | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238524CB002 definitive contract | Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc | $14.4M | Green/reduced maintenance propulsion | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881925FB024 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $14.4M | Provide technical development expertise, systems engineering and analysis, modeling and simulation, and hardware and software prototyping. | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1037 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $14.4M | Digitally expanded uhf mimo optimized radar (deumor) | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8125 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $14.4M | Advanced radars | Navy | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR26FA017 delivery order | Rogue Signal Processing Corp | $14.3M | This effort is to analyze, design, develop, enhance, test, deploy, procure and sustain prototype technologies and sensors that leverage information and capabilities to exploit communications of target capabilities and support commanders ... | Army | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA002125C0004 definitive contract | Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corporation | $14.3M | This effort advances anpcs transponder landing system into a fully productized, certified, and operationally deployable capability across expeditionary, containerized, and new hybrid milstd trailer form factors. | Air Force | Dec 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085722F5900 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $14.3M | Provides successful mds exercise and wargame support to united states (u.s.) combatant commands (ccmds), components, sub-unified commands and friends / allies. | Missile Defense Agency | Jul 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ014717C0040 definitive contract | Gryphon Technologies, L.c | $14.2M | Sea based x-band radar mission integration igf::ot::igf | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042123F3006 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $14.2M | Establish naval air warfare center aircraft division (nawcad) webster outlying field (wolf) ship & air integrated warfare (saiw) technical and engineering services (tes) task order | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085425FE028 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $14.2M | C-01 scope of work (may 2005) the contractor shall perform the work specified in the statement of objectives/ statement of work (soo/sow) or other attachments and exhibits in section j of this contract. | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020C9310 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $14.2M | Aim-9x sidewinder support in advanced battle management system (abms) counter cruise missile (c-cm) experimentation prog | Air Force | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072723F1609 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $14.2M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions for radar survivability through distributed sensing. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833522F0005 delivery order | Physical Optics Corporation | $14.2M | Non-recurring engineering (nre) dvmc-u | Navy | Feb 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861223FB024 delivery order | Braingu LLC | $14.1M | Advanced battle management systems | Air Force | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0100 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $14.1M | Darpa research project - phase 2 and phase 3 | Navy | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0047 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $14.1M | Survivability and vulnerability analysis for united states central command operations directorate | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423FM007 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $14.1M | Manufacturing technology (mantech) - cnm fy23 projects | Navy | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600121F0323 delivery order | Noblis MSD LLC | $14.1M | Canes program of record services | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0004 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $14.1M | Cyber security assessment for command and control and rapid cyber acquisition | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB049 definitive contract | Carillon Technologies Management Corporation | $14.1M | Next generation small satellite technology program (next-sstep) | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660422F3016 delivery order | Tele-Consultants, Inc | $14.0M | Communications engineering & technical services in the area of submarine and undersea communication, networking, and data systems. | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0001 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $14.0M | Research and development of expeditionary weapon systems for naval sea systems command naval surface warfare center crane weapon systems division and program executive office, unmanned and small combatants naval special warfare | Air Force | May 21, 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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