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Defense systems R&D: $104B in defense awards
$104B obligated across 31,432 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 | 31,432 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N6833524F0139 delivery order | R Cubed Engineering LLC | $11.7M | Sbir phase iii research and development | Navy | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872623FB009 delivery order | Icr, Inc | $11.7M | Accelerated special programs for emergent needs (aspen): do-02, steel bridge ii | Air Force | Jan 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1407 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $11.7M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to produce advanced technology software and algorithm solutions. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085020C0009 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corp | $11.7M | Space transport layer tranche 0 (qty 10 space vehicles) | Air Force | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865021C1959 definitive contract | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $11.7M | Resilient and agile mission systems | Air Force | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGY26F0018 delivery order | Systems Technologies, Inc | $11.7M | This cost-plus fixed fee cost reimbursement/firm fixed price contract is to provide for contractor-provided services to include programmatic/business management services, engineering support services, and acquisition/administrative support ... | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0063 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $11.6M | Autonomous & ground vehicle research & development (R&D) services for united states ARMY combat capabilities development command (ccdc), ground vehicles systems center (gvsc) | Air Force | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0016 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $11.6M | Prototyping & experimentation research, development, engineering, technical analysis, and solutions for the office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering prototyping and experimentation | Air Force | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125C0030 definitive contract | Ewa Government Systems, Inc | $11.6M | Follow-on contract to support ibst | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX040 definitive contract | Solaero Technologies Corp | $11.6M | Sspace: space solar power advancement for constellation-class expansion star | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24F0018 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $11.6M | Rs3-24-0041 entitled "evolving embedded intelligent sensor processing and optics advanced research" | Army | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN23C0039 definitive contract | Acme General Corp | $11.6M | Technology transfer through formative application of user-centric platforms and demand approaches for technology exploitation | Army | Apr 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881925FB014 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $11.6M | Johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory (jhu/apl) will develop, operate, and maintain the advanced exploratory lab testbed. | Air Force | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001922C0015 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $11.6M | Singapore program team support | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833523F0217 delivery order | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $11.5M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893623F0655 delivery order | Epsilon C5i Inc | $11.5M | Sbir 3 n101-100 | Navy | Feb 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB096 definitive contract | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $11.5M | Next gen processing and exploitation | Air Force | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA441723C0004 definitive contract | Armaments Research Company Inc | $11.5M | Tactical efficient response and replay application (terra) | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0006 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $11.5M | Technical, analytical, and logistics research and assessments for the combat capabilities development command chemical bio center research and technology directorate cb protection and decon division decon sciences and cbr filtration ... | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881821F0008 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $11.5M | Mk21-2 | Air Force | Nov 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0003 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $11.5M | Chemical threats and threat materials hazard and risk analysis for the united states ARMY combat capabilities development command chemical biological center | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001921C0034 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $11.5M | Corrections of deficiencies in support of p-8a inc 3 acoustics nraam and mac - tasking includes software enhancements/improvementsengineering/logistics analyses and evaluations and integration and test activity to resolve deficiencies. | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0359 definitive contract | Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC | $11.4M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240123C0003 definitive contract | International Business Machines Corporation | $11.4M | Research and development | U.S. Special Operations Command | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025C6001 definitive contract | Auburn University | $11.4M | Radiation hardened microelectronics testing facility | Missile Defense Agency | May 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600124C0031 definitive contract | Critical Innovations LLC | $11.4M | Services iaw sow (base) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660420F3006 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $11.4M | Platform engineering, technical, test and evaluation (t&e), and programmatic services for the development, evaluation, modernization, and sustainment of in-service submarines. | Navy | Aug 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600123F0200 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $11.4M | Engineering services | Navy | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F1144 delivery order | Graf Research Corporation | $11.3M | Pv-bit: private verification for fpga bitstreams | Air Force | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0057 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $11.3M | Research and development of emerging technology for joint project lead chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense special operations forces and joint program manager protection | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA223F0007 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $11.3M | Instrumentation infrastructure research and development and upgrades | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA703726F0033 delivery order | World Wide Technology LLC | $11.3M | Artificial intelligence-enabled enterprise security operations center (ai-esoc) support, task order 1. | Air Force | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0106 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $11.3M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24F0020 delivery order | Fibertek, Inc | $11.3M | Rs3 task order | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0066 definitive contract | Air Company Holdings, Inc | $11.3M | Stratfi program sbir phase ii previous af contract "fa844924p0467" for "fixed and forward fuel generation". | Defense Logistics Agency | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA205725FB009 delivery order | Icr, Inc | $11.3M | Accelerated special programs for emergent needs (aspen): delivery order 20 - (do-20): smoothambler | Air Force | Dec 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ003425FE020 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $11.2M | Joint fires network analysis, research, development, and system engineering support services. | Washington Headquarters Services | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0042 delivery order | Brtrc Federal Solutions, Inc | $11.2M | Program executive officer, unmanned and small combatants, naval special warfare program office pms 340 | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085123F0006 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $11.2M | Iia - sustaining engineering b&p | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA124C0014 definitive contract | Primmune Therapeutics, Inc | $11.2M | Oral broad spectrum antiviral tlr7 agonist for treatment of lassa fever | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F5815 delivery order | Bluehalo LLC | $11.2M | Technical operations vi | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5J9CQ23F0019 delivery order | General Dynamics One Source LLC | $11.2M | Geospatial intelligence (geoint) systems engineering and integration support (grids iii matoc (w5j9cq18d0002) task order) | Army | Dec 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238424FB005 delivery order | Bluehalo, LLC | $11.2M | Molecular mechanisms of physiological and cognitive performance | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945321C0002 definitive contract | Bluehalo LLC | $11.1M | Survivability, attribution, and self-sensing integrated experiment (sassie) | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8387 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $11.1M | Octane | Navy | Feb 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945323CX005 definitive contract | Westinghouse Government Services LLC | $11.1M | Joint emergent technology supplying on-orbit nuclear power (jetson) | Air Force | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085525F0006 delivery order | Alaska Aerospace Corp | $11.1M | Psca mission support services. | Missile Defense Agency | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR26FA011 delivery order | Rogue Signal Processing Corp | $11.1M | The efforts for distributed-denial all-domain yield (d-day) is to increase development efficiency, procure systems, components, and modules for advanced detection capabilities for enhanced force protection and collection. | Army | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085524F0002 delivery order | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $11.1M | Pcrss mission support labor | Missile Defense Agency | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN24C0005 definitive contract | Peak Nano Optics LLC | $11.1M | Nanolayered polymer optics | Army | Oct 24, 2024 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 13, 2026.
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