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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA807522F0064 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $9.0M | Enterprise search research and analysis for defense technical information center | Air Force | Aug 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA237724CB057 definitive contract | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $8.9M | Sentinel prime digital transformation | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0012 delivery order | Oceanit Laboratories Inc | $8.9M | Trident fire | Navy | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB101 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $8.9M | Mountain | Air Force | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042122F0259 delivery order | Rockwell Collins, Inc | $8.9M | New order and incremental funding | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0193 delivery order | Phase Sensitive Innovations Inc | $8.9M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | Jul 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8338 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $8.9M | Next generation thrust fy 23-24 | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240319F0048 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $8.9M | Phase ii skr software development | U.S. Special Operations Command | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085426PE001 purchase order | Palantir USG Inc | $8.9M | The missile defense agency (mda) requires data/artificial intelligence platform to build analytics and artificial intelligence enabled data products that create decision advantage for the agency at the secret and unclassified level. | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426C6102 definitive contract | Advanced Systems Supportability Engineering Technologies and Tools, Inc | $8.9M | Engineering design development | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0039 delivery order | Agile Innovative Solutions Joint Venture | $8.9M | Cyber security research and analysis for naval air warfare center aircraft division | Air Force | Jun 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911NF23F0042 delivery order | Tech7 Consulting, LLC | $8.9M | Base period-- | Army | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086022F0016 delivery order | Gray Analytics, Inc | $8.9M | Research & development for kill vehicle hardware-in-the-loop (kv hwil) | Missile Defense Agency | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1522 definitive contract | North Point Defense Inc | $8.9M | Spectrum sifter | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865123CA023 definitive contract | Virginia Commonwealth University | $8.9M | Convergence lab initiative (cli) | Air Force | May 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB013 definitive contract | Fmi Solutions, Inc | $8.9M | Composites for hypersonics by integrated computational materials engineering | Air Force | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA930021C6017 definitive contract | Benchmark Space Systems Inc | $8.9M | A restartable ascent-based upper stage engine using thermal ignition | Air Force | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA860425CB001 definitive contract | Kahili Ventures, LLC | $8.9M | Kana wave sbir phase iii | Air Force | May 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $8.9M | Strategic weapon system (sws) evaluation loe fy25 | Navy | Aug 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1520 definitive contract | Blue Ridge Envisioneering, Inc | $8.9M | Radio frequency algorithms for future insertion of elint | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017321F2009 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | $8.9M | Scientific and engineering support | Navy | Aug 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875020C0555 definitive contract | George Mason University | $8.8M | Mobile unmanned/manned distributed lethality airborne network (mudlan) accelerated development and demonstrations (madd) | Air Force | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0039 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $8.8M | Mda/gm technical direction agent (tda) team support | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1501 definitive contract | Cubic Secure Communications, LLC | $8.8M | Halo-enabled resilient mesh (hermes) | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238425CB045 definitive contract | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $8.8M | Bio-effects research of direct energy exposure | Air Force | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY24F0003 delivery order | Fibertek, Inc | $8.8M | The objective of this task order is to provide engineering and research, development, test, and evaluation (rdt&e) technical support and services for the c5isr, rti, and cmd. | Army | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0048 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $8.8M | Electro optic infrared technologies for air force research laboratory, sensors directorate | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239425CB029 definitive contract | University of Oklahoma | $8.8M | Operationalizing am for sustainment and modernization research | Air Force | Aug 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0424 definitive contract | A2 Labs, LLC | $8.8M | Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (castle) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1002 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $8.8M | Denali ta2a | Air Force | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8022 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $8.8M | Integrated fire control | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002420C5211 definitive contract | L3 Adaptive Methods, Inc | $8.8M | Engineering services | Navy | Jan 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1101 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $8.8M | Engineering services software solutions to add capabilities, improve performance and resolve obsolescence issues to the microelectronics-based cross service sosa electronic warfare payload new task award cet 23-343 | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB057 definitive contract | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | $8.8M | Thermal protection systems for hypersonics | Air Force | Feb 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB012 definitive contract | Relativity Space, Inc | $8.8M | Real time flaw detection in large format additive manufacturing | Air Force | Apr 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA122F0012 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $8.8M | Nuclear survivability analysis support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX010 definitive contract | Astroscale US Inc | $8.7M | Autonomy in docking engagements and refueling | Air Force | Jun 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA120F0017 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $8.7M | Dtra technical reachback surge services | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jun 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8095 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $8.7M | Advanced radars scn | Navy | May 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA861225CB002 definitive contract | Advanced Strategic Insight, Inc | $8.7M | Subject matter expert support services for architecture and systems engineering | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072723F1604 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $8.7M | Cet 23-304 award a new task for bittermembers ii | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jan 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB026 definitive contract | PPG Industries, Inc | $8.7M | Ambient reactive extrusion additive manufacturing | Air Force | Sep 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F2431 delivery order | Technology Service Corp | $8.7M | See attachment 1 - statement of work | Navy | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865126FB001 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $8.7M | Develop, integrate, and demonstrate a maritime seeker. | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2406 definitive contract | Cubrc, Inc | $8.7M | Battlespace operations watcher (bow) | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072720F1102 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $8.7M | Engineering services - cet 20-006 - lusv csl based combat system - new task | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Nov 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0091 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $8.7M | Joint all-domain warfighting software (jaws) phase 3. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042124F0868 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $8.7M | Unfunded labor | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123F0009 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $8.7M | Engineering services | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F2610 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $8.6M | Control automation research, autonomous control systems tech | Air Force | May 5, 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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