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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W9126021FD501 delivery order | QWK Integrated Solutions, LLC | $10.6M | Capabilities, development & integration (cdi) cell multi-domain advanced air and missile capability | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0018924FR037 delivery order | The Dcode Group Inc | $10.6M | Nadacs support | Navy | Jan 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6660423F3006 delivery order | Systems Resource Management, Inc | $10.6M | Industrial services enterprise tasking per statement of work | Navy | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB003 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $10.6M | Hardening assets for rf protection (harp) | Air Force | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123C0036 definitive contract | Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc | $10.6M | Multi-tactical data link (multi-tdl) engineering, analysis, test support team | Navy | Dec 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239425FB022 delivery order | Bluehalo LLC | $10.6M | Functional responsive experimentation for systems and humans (fresh) | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0056 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $10.6M | Condition based maintenance plus advanced data analytics for naval surface warfare center crane division | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424F7006 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $10.6M | Manufacturing technology (mantech)electro-optics center of excellence (eocoe) | Navy | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600125F3515 delivery order | Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc | $10.6M | Command and control processor (c2p) modernization (mod) software engineering services (ses) | Navy | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875025CB067 definitive contract | Praeses, LLC | $10.5M | Future oriented rook geospatial engine - the objective is to develop and test a highly resilient and adaptable solution that directly addresses the dual challenges of extensive pre-planning requirements and to improve connectivity. | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q19C0065 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $10.5M | Guided multiple launch rocket system extended range modification | Army | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017322F2016 delivery order | R&m Technology Solutions, LLC | $10.5M | Labor | Navy | Mar 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA930026C6000 definitive contract | Geneva Technologies, Inc | $10.5M | Falcon satellite - 11 with modular propulsion unit | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0228 delivery order | Cubrc, Inc | $10.5M | Follow-on for aerothermal aero-optics evaluation center (aaec) | Army | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE040 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $10.5M | Cet 25-545, shorad advanced warning base operations networks (saw-bones) | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1619 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $10.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN24C0004 definitive contract | The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology | $10.5M | Quantum & artificial intelligence technologies for next generation armament systems | Army | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0038 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $10.5M | Information analysis center multiple award contract task order technical analyses for air force life cycle management center presidential and executive airlift directorate | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123F1131 delivery order | Peraton Technology Services Inc | $10.4M | Consolidated cyber tool development for marine corps forces cyberspace command (marforcyber) | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862622F0004 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $10.4M | Lockheed martin ngap prototyping | Air Force | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0343 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $10.4M | Tec ii services-labor rc | Defense Information Systems Agency | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0019 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $10.4M | Systems analysis for autonomous vehicle engineering (saave) for united states (u.s.) ARMY development command (devcom) ground vehicle systems center (gvsc) systems engineering directorate (sed) | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $10.4M | Strategic weapon system evaluation loe fy26 | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8905 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $10.3M | Lcs mission module systems | Navy | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0029 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $10.3M | P1 24-2571, analysis of e-2d logistics and software for naval air systems command (navair) e-2/c-2 airborne tactical data systems program management activity (pma 231) | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085126FE021 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $10.3M | Aegis bmd element participation in ballistic missile defense system (bmds) flight tests, and off line six degrees of freedom (6dof) analysis. | Missile Defense Agency | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8080 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $10.3M | Elektra, anker, athena | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945120C0010 definitive contract | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $10.3M | Pulsed and continuous wave innovation for integration and effects research. | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864921P1599 purchase order | Liquidpiston, Inc | $10.3M | Compact lightweight generator to support rapid deployment of F-15 | Air Force | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238524FB002 delivery order | Dzyne Technologies, LLC | $10.3M | Ultra synthetic aperture radar payload | Air Force | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239124FB007 delivery order | Radiance Technologies Inc | $10.3M | Redefining the basic analytical and simulation environment (rebase) foundation and expansion iii | Air Force | Nov 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881823FB001 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $10.3M | Mk21-2b trinity launch service | Air Force | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8001 definitive contract | California Institute of Technology | $10.3M | Darpa linc program | Navy | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C2200 definitive contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $10.3M | Off board sensing station flight demonstration | Air Force | May 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945320C0023 definitive contract | Bluehalo LLC | $10.2M | Surveillance, intelligence, and reconnaissance enhanced networks | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0043 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $10.2M | Reliability and sustainment improvement program for air traffic control and landing systems and the air force weather weapons system, air force materiel command, air force life cycle management center | Air Force | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C7318 definitive contract | CACI, Inc - Federal | $10.2M | Framework for artificial intelligence trustworthiness in human-machine delegation (faith-md) | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK24C0041 definitive contract | Regents of the University of Minnesota | $10.2M | Grid of powerful hpc engineering resources and systems (gophers) | Army | Jun 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600124C4505 definitive contract | SRI International | $10.2M | Rescind: project ascend phase 1 | Navy | Jun 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085220C7001 definitive contract | Sonalysts Inc | $10.2M | Development of mission specific vendor plug-in (msvp) stand-alone training system for the command, control, battle management and communication (c2bmc) system | Missile Defense Agency | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0023 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $10.2M | Cyber security assessment for the cloud development security operations boundary for the united states air force life cycle management center engineering directorate cyber systems engineering division | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001421C1042 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $10.2M | Multi-domain radar in a contested environment (mudrace) | Navy | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085126FE017 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $10.2M | The purpose of this task order is to award future studies work, architecture studies (option), close range ballistic missile defense (crbmd), travel, and bid and proposal. | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA930023C6024 definitive contract | Force Measurement Systems, Inc | $10.2M | Thrust measurement system | Air Force | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001421C2041 definitive contract | Charles River Analytics, Inc | $10.2M | Uuv experimentation (uuv-x) | Navy | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0045 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $10.2M | Multi-spectral electronic warfare research and development for communications electronics command software engineering center ARMY reprogramming analysis team | Air Force | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725F1200 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $10.1M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to improve performance of the microelectronics-based an/asq-239 | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872623FB021 delivery order | Icr, Inc | $10.1M | Accelerated special programs for emergent needs (aspen) - do-06, centurion ii | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085020C0008 definitive contract | York Space Systems LLC | $10.1M | Space transport layer tranche 0 (qty. 10 space vehicles) | Air Force | Feb 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0309 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $10.1M | Artificial intelligence reinforcements (air) phase 1 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 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 13, 2026.
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