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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA714624C0016 definitive contract | L2t LLC | $13.1M | Continuation of project lotus. minimum viable product phase. | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0054 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $13.1M | Propulsion and cyber capabilities analyses and gap assessments for air force life cycle management center propulsion directorate | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123C0009 definitive contract | Vitrivax, Inc | $13.1M | Optimization and production of single-shot vaccines for melioidosis and glanders | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240125CE001 definitive contract | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $13.1M | Misr-d satellite-payload ait | U.S. Special Operations Command | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1427 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $13.1M | Engineering services. the advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for bqm-34s avionics dms update. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jun 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001122F0062 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $13.1M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0134 definitive contract | University of Hawaii | $13.1M | Reefense program seeks to develop a solution that rapidly provides protection for us department of defense coastal infrastructure. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0052 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $13.0M | P1 23-2433, aircraft armament equipment and aerial refueling systems, reliability, maintainability, quality, supportability, and interoperability analysis for naval air systems command precision strike weapons program office | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086026FE001 delivery order | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $13.0M | Digital engineering driving artificial intelligence-enhanced modeling and simulation (dedaim) | Missile Defense Agency | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F5005 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $13.0M | Cmpc sw dev | Navy | Feb 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA860425CB008 definitive contract | Vannevar Labs, Inc | $13.0M | Sbir stratfi - velocity | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0083 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $13.0M | Air force life cycle management center engineering communication and network branch | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6426724C0040 definitive contract | Arete Associates | $13.0M | 873authority | Navy | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239425CB036 definitive contract | Autocon Technologies Inc | $13.0M | Operational additive manufacturing capabilities | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR24F0076 delivery order | Aevex Aerospace, LLC | $13.0M | Avx task order 1 development and engineering | Army | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA124F0021 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $13.0M | Engineering, test, and evaluation - project ares | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2006 definitive contract | Textron Systems Corporation | $13.0M | Magnuss | Navy | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016424FW060 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $13.0M | Engineering services and supplies to support aegis weapon system and an/spy radar signal processor improvements | Navy | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525F0367 delivery order | Pareto Frontier LLC | $13.0M | Sbir phase iii research & development | Navy | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875019C1508 definitive contract | Radiance Technologies Inc | $13.0M | Distributed, automated, and intelligent hardware and software security (daihss) | Air Force | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK23C0024 definitive contract | Fisica Applied Technologies, Inc | $12.9M | Development and test of a horizontally polarized electro-magnetic pulse technology system. | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24F0108 delivery order | Palantir USG Inc | $12.9M | Task order off a commercial solutions opening for research and development for user centered machine learning (ucml). | Army | Sep 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1506 definitive contract | Attalon, Inc | $12.9M | This project proposes to develop pulsed fiber lasers for remote sensing and illumination and to further the development of a 400 kw directed-energy subsystem by integrating a 50 kw laserwith a beam-control assembly | Navy | Jun 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU26FA003 delivery order | Techximius Corporation | $12.9M | The c5isr center defines solutions to assure the tactical edge and ensure csia across the enterprise to defeat emerging cyber threats and advance capabilities of existing ARMY technologies. | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB028 definitive contract | Bluehalo LLC | $12.9M | Advanced micro characterization of materials (amcom) | Air Force | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F3504 delivery order | Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc | $12.9M | Seaport task order advanced tactical data links (atdl) engineering, test & evaluation, and sustainment | Navy | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0001 delivery order | Decibel Research, Inc | $12.8M | Cpif - develop/sustain-software enhance | Missile Defense Agency | Aug 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239425CB057 definitive contract | Spirit Aerosystems Inc | $12.8M | Hypersonic air-breather research and manufacturing expansion (harmex) | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0065 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $12.8M | Electromagnetic spectrum superiority development for air force life cycle management center electronic warfare and avionics division advanced capabilities and strategic integration team | Air Force | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE042 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $12.8M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to improve reliability, enhance maintainability, and increase availability of a microelectronics-based weapon system | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072726FE005 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $12.8M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for small diameter bomb i. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8256 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $12.8M | Integerated gun weapon systems and command and control | Navy | Aug 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA121F0040 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $12.8M | Research and development for planning support and analysis | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085420F0056 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $12.8M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds | Missile Defense Agency | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0367 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $12.8M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862626FB003 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $12.7M | F100 component improvement program | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017824F3010 delivery order | Bowhead Program Management & Operations, LLC | $12.7M | E department operations support | Navy | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M24FD043 delivery order | Radiance Technologies Inc | $12.7M | Manufacturing advancements in components for directed energy (macde) | Army | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865018C1020 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $12.7M | Precise reference sensing for collaborative electronic warfare (ew): (presence) | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0300 definitive contract | Galois, Inc | $12.6M | The continuous-correctness on opaque processors (coop)program seeks to develop hardware and software tools to guarantee that software is running correctly by combining formal methods and side-channels. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA873025PB010 purchase order | Unconventional Concepts, Inc | $12.6M | Sbir p3 trams for future flag experimentation | Air Force | Mar 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0031 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $12.6M | Research and development labor only | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945119C0007 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $12.6M | System integration and field testing (sift) | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8129 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $12.6M | Unmanned maritime systems engineering & development | Navy | Jun 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA872622F0137 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $12.6M | Common tactical edge network - northrop grumman | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424FM004 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $12.5M | Acwss fuel bladder (v-22) | Navy | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945126FX005 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $12.5M | Af maui optical supercomputing (amos) advanced space, technology, research and optimization (astro). dome replacement task order. | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123F0015 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $12.5M | Electromagnetic reliability and effects prediction | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1015 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $12.5M | This effort will develop technologies to meet the unique operating requirements for nuclear submarines and provide platform capabilities to contribute to superiority for undersea warfare. successful execution will result in improved ... | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0038 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $12.5M | Research and development | Missile Defense Agency | May 20, 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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