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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0016724F0027 delivery order | Seemann Composites, LLC | $14.0M | Engineering effort | Navy | Jun 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881924FB001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $13.9M | This work supports the government with the development, technical assessment, evaluation and independent review of technologies, prototypes, and deployed systems within the (mw/mt) (smi) portfolio, and areas of potential investment ... | Air Force | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945125FX005 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $13.9M | Af maui optical and supercomputing (amos) advanced space, technology, research and optimization (astro). maintenance astro task order 2 | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042124F0427 delivery order | The Mil Corporation | $13.9M | Program support labor - pma 268 | Navy | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CH26CA023 definitive contract | DroneShield LLC | $13.8M | Counter-small unmanned aircraft system (c-SUAS) solution to equip four (4) fixed-site zones and six (6) mobile infantry squad vehicles (isvs). | Army | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9126023FD510 delivery order | Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc | $13.8M | Foreign military sales (fms) - air and missile defense modeling simulation support to provision extended air defense simulation for maintenance, sustainment and enhancements, and technical assistance. | Army | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424F3007 delivery order | Linquest Corporation | $13.8M | Engineering and technical services required for operations of the code 34 military satellite communications (milsatcom) systems programs for milsatcom systems and subsystems. | Navy | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865018C1669 definitive contract | DCS Corporation | $13.8M | Mission effects analysis using multi-domain sensing | Air Force | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239124CB042 definitive contract | Spirit Aerosystems Inc | $13.8M | Conformable reusable airframe structures for hypersonic (crash) | Air Force | Aug 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA873024PB005 purchase order | Joby Aero Inc | $13.8M | Oblique flying wing prototype and demonstration | Air Force | Apr 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25F0024 delivery order | Morsecorp, Inc | $13.8M | Commercial solutions opening for research and development for system-wide test and evaluation (t&e) and applied artificial intelligence (ai) and machine learning (ml), task order #1. | Army | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA930024C6003 definitive contract | X-Bow Launch Systems Inc | $13.8M | Enhance solid rocket motor development | Air Force | Jan 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0033 delivery order | CACI, Inc - Federal | $13.8M | Research and analysis of technical, logistics, business activities, and contingency operations for ARMY product manager ground sensors | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F0217 delivery order | North Star Scientific Corp | $13.7M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Defense Contract Management Agency | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0039 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $13.7M | Research and analysis of aviation logistics environment engineering and technical data management modernization and transition for the naval air systems command program executive office for aviation common systems and commercial services, ... | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9222216C0096 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $13.7M | Dry combat submersible contract award, igf::ot::igf | U.S. Special Operations Command | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911W618C0050 definitive contract | Montana State University | $13.7M | Msu - cost contract | Army | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8047 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $13.7M | Jhu/apl - fy2023 - fy2027 requirements | Navy | Jun 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0016724F3002 delivery order | Nti Corporation | $13.6M | Scientific, engineering, technical, and programmatic support for stealth technology development. | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945122C0007 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $13.6M | Breakthrough optical beam control advanced technologies (bobcat) | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0280 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $13.6M | This is the follow-on task order for the integrated combat environment support services. | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA882025CB004 definitive contract | Leolabs Federal, Inc | $13.6M | Open topic no. afx236-dpcs01 - sequential phase ii proposal f2-18968: advanced ultra-high frequency phased array radar. stratfi follow-on to direct to phase ii award fa8649-23-p-1049 | Air Force | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0467 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $13.6M | Darpa research program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0024 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $13.6M | Optoelectronic technology research for air force research laboratory | Air Force | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M24F0010 delivery order | Bluehalo LLC | $13.5M | Advanced directed energy technologies at space and missile defense command (adet-smdc) | Army | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945120F0004 delivery order | University of Hawaii | $13.5M | The vanguard centers unified uarc for mhpcc support to 0001 efforts shall focus on three hpcmp funded research and development objectives centers, portal, and create. | Air Force | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1033 definitive contract | Mindstar Global Solutions LLC | $13.5M | Ubiquitous warfighter operating capabilities | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB007 definitive contract | Southwest Research Institute | $13.5M | Research and development: hypersonics supply chain research | Air Force | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE067 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $13.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to improve reliability of the microelectronics-based b-2 flight control computer (fcc). | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0035 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Research Corp | $13.5M | Signature management using operational knowledge and environments (smoke) phase i and ii | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F0578 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $13.4M | Wasp ngnmps software build | Navy | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001923C0058 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $13.4M | Integration efforts for an F-35 foreign military sales (fms) customer including program management, non-recurring unique requirements, and training. | Navy | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1102 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $13.4M | This effort will develop a gravity-aided navigation solution for the trident navigation subsystem. the efforts described herein include the appropriate sensors and algorithms to achieve two new capabilities: 1) gravity sensor passive ... | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK24F0045 delivery order | Verus Research, LLC | $13.4M | Test and evaluation non-kinetic delivery order airborne non-kinetic systems for test, labor, materials, travel, and other direct costs | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945325FX014 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $13.4M | Small satellite portifolo (ssp) continuation of contract action to 01 fa9453-22-f-0007. | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020C2404 definitive contract | Gohypersonic Incorporated | $13.4M | Conceptual flight test vehicle and program development for agile | Air Force | Nov 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875022F1013 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $13.4M | Low collateral effects interceptor (lcei) | Air Force | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB018 definitive contract | Continuous Composites Inc | $13.4M | Cf3d multiyear development for hypersonic structural materials | Air Force | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042124F0412 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $13.4M | This requirement is for a new task order. | Navy | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0154 delivery order | Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC | $13.4M | Kestrel solid fuel ramjet testing | Navy | Mar 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU26F0001 delivery order | Universal Technical Resource Services Inc | $13.4M | This task order is for defensive cyber solutions branch (dcsb) mission support team (mst) for the cyber security service provider (cssp). | Army | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23F0018 delivery order | New Mexico State University | $13.4M | Engineering and research support services for the ARMY's information operations vulnerability/survivability assessment (iovsa) program | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0032 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $13.3M | Transformational improvement force pilots for program executive office digital and enterprise services technical directors office | Air Force | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0008 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $13.3M | Research and development for the defense logistics agency research and development office | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125FE041 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $13.3M | Combatting weapons of mass destruction | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872123F0002 delivery order | Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, LTD | $13.2M | Engineering, professional & administrative support services (epass) in support of szq directorate. | Air Force | Apr 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA862625FB004 delivery order | General Electric Company | $13.2M | Fy25 f series component improvement program | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0021 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $13.2M | Gf::ot::igf the scope of work for this award will include operation of the missile defense space warning tool (mdst) to satisfy the warfighter demand for high fidelity early warning (ew) training to include real-world operational ballistic ... | Missile Defense Agency | Jan 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0029 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $13.1M | Research and development -bc | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523619F3074 delivery order | Scientific Research Corporation | $13.1M | Cyber mission engineering task order | Navy | Jan 28, 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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