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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W31P4Q21F0101 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $12.5M | Sustainment services required to maintain the current operational status of the forward area air defense command and control (faad c2) system. | Army | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA240125C0005 definitive contract | Science Applications International Corporation | $12.5M | Sda pwsa tranche 3 program integration (t3pi) - development and systems engineering/integration activities enabling the delivery of sda t3 ground and space vehicles | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660422F3012 delivery order | American Systems Corporation | $12.5M | Coherent cybersecurity engineering services to counter existing and emerging cyber threats develop designs and solutions to protect NAVY tactical and tactical support systems from cyber threats. | Navy | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0020 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $12.5M | Engineering and analysis for defense projects for united states (u.s.) ARMY development command (devcom), ground vehicle systems center (gvsc) systems engineering directorate (sed) | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862624FB002 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $12.5M | Component improvement program f119 engine | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0449 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $12.5M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA228025C0002 definitive contract | Episys Science Inc | $12.4M | Continued iterative development and improvement of modular autonomy kit small business innovation research phase ii strategic funding increase | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0051 delivery order | Delta Constellation Group, LLC | $12.4M | Naval digital transformation and integration systems engineering and planning for navalx | Air Force | Nov 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865124FB013 delivery order | University of Dayton | $12.4M | Classical-quantum hybrid constructs to advance weapons systems | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248624FB016 delivery order | Dynetics, Inc | $12.4M | The purpose of this delivery order is to provide pcbs, for integration into the hitl. | Air Force | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE068 delivery order | Honeywell International Inc | $12.4M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for b-1 msogs. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875021C1505 definitive contract | Black River Systems Company, Inc | $12.3M | Cognitive algorithms for sigint contested and degraded environments (cascade) | Air Force | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C0519 definitive contract | SRC Inc | $12.3M | Multi-domain agile condor enhancements (mdace) | Air Force | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123F3507 delivery order | Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc | $12.3M | To provide the c2p systems with the competency and capacity to provide support services in engineering, development, test and evaluation (t&e), system integration, installation, foreign military sale (fms), and earned value management ... | Navy | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1031 definitive contract | Frequency Electronics Inc | $12.3M | A compact mercury ion clock for use as a next-generation department of defense (DOD) atomic clock, which is currently under development at the jet propulsion laboratory (jpl). | Navy | Dec 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB029 definitive contract | Simba Chain Inc | $12.3M | Earth 616 program | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0046 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $12.3M | Graduate research, analysis, development, and evaluation for air force institute of technology graduate school of engineering and management | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862626FB002 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $12.3M | F119 engine component improvement program | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA121F0021 delivery order | Premier Technology, Inc | $12.2M | Project eos. | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875026FB003 delivery order | Parsons Government Services Inc | $12.2M | Gardem 2 command and control space intelligence surveillance reconnaissance c2spisr to perform rdte, engineering, prototyping, integration, demo, enhancements, modifications, deployments, maintenance of technologies/concepts for software ... | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238524CB003 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $12.2M | Technologies for heat removal in electronics at the device scale (threads) | Air Force | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924C0027 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $12.2M | Perl phase i | Navy | Feb 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE089 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $12.1M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for radars. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0513 definitive contract | Coherent Technical Services, Inc | $12.1M | Control systems for coordinated operations | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600125F0472 delivery order | Peraton Inc | $12.1M | Sow 3.2.1 west coast fsr (necc - omn) | Navy | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0819 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $12.1M | Labor - training and systems | Navy | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239124CB037 definitive contract | Maher & Associates LLC | $12.1M | Low cost, rapid, aerospace fabrication technology (l-craft) center see section j, attachment 1, statement of work (sow). | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0082 definitive contract | Parts Life Inc | $12.1M | Let fixture stand, kit, p/n pl-let-fs-100 - phase iii | Defense Logistics Agency | Feb 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042119F0971 delivery order | J.f Taylor, Inc | $12.0M | Laboratory support services for naval air systems command integrated battlespace simulation and test (ibst) | Defense Contract Management Agency | Oct 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1528 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corp | $12.0M | Leiter ICE | Air Force | Apr 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042121F0147 delivery order | BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc | $12.0M | Mse branch (asi division wolf) tasking | Navy | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001920C0048 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $12.0M | Belgium integration contract | Navy | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8002 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $11.9M | Sws analysis software data management and infrastructure | Navy | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123F0013 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $11.9M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086024F0005 delivery order | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $11.9M | R&d, odc, & travel - dedaim | Missile Defense Agency | Dec 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945124CX022 definitive contract | Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc | $11.9M | Deter open ara persist | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24C0033 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $11.9M | Active and passive rf sensing which includes research on radio frequency sensing broad agency announcement (baa) | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238524CB016 definitive contract | Intelsat General Communications LLC | $11.9M | Defense experimentation using commercial space internet (deucsi) resilient multi-orbit airborne module (roam) | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880925CB002 definitive contract | Optimum Technologies LLC | $11.9M | Caracal imaging payload optech sbir iii | Air Force | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880818F0002 delivery order | MCR Federal, LLC | $11.9M | Space and missiles systems center acquisition and financial support follow-on. | Air Force | Jul 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB099 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $11.8M | Ghost | Air Force | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945324FX030 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $11.8M | Snapet to 07 - support for the national space test and training complex (nsttc) assessments planning and execution (snape) | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE093 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $11.8M | The advanced technology support program contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability and availability to the existing deployed asset tagging and tracking system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Dec 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0003023C6304 definitive contract | BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc | $11.8M | Trident d5le2 system's engineering | Navy | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001926F1016 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $11.8M | Power margin increment 1d undefinitized contract action | Navy | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA229924FB001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $11.8M | Task order 12 for decision making performance readiness evaluation program (dm-prep) | Air Force | Jan 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001916C0032 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $11.8M | Preliminary work for ngj integration igf::ot::igf | Navy | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1005 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $11.8M | Denali ta5b | Air Force | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893626F5052 delivery order | Bell Textron Inc | $11.8M | This task order is for bell, the h-1 helicopter designer/manufacturer, to engineer and develop modernization kits for the USMC fleet. see attachment 1, statement of work. | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875019C1515 definitive contract | CACI LGS Innovations LLC | $11.7M | Salient ghost | Air Force | Apr 27, 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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