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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 7, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0001924C0047 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $122.3M | Mbx nre | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0001 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $121.9M | Phased array tracking radar to intercept on target technical analysis for the united states ARMY program executive office missiles and space, patriot ground support equipment, system engineering directorate | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W91CRB25F0119 delivery order | Joint Technical Solutions, LLC | $121.4M | Redstone test and engineering services | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0050 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $121.3M | Joint mission environment test capability research, development, test, and evaluation for the office of the secretary of defense test resource management center | Air Force | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085421F0029 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $120.6M | He purpose of the swdc de task order is to maintain, sustain, and develop the ballistic missile defense international simulation (bmd i-sim), missile defense space warning tool (mdst) and threat modeling center (tmc) production software | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861223FB001 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $119.7M | Abms cbc2 sw integrator | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002419C6408 definitive contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $119.2M | Design of mk 48 mod 7 g&c section&wes kit | Navy | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0038 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $118.9M | Advancement of integrated persistent expeditionary surveillance and force protection systems for air force life cycle management center force protection division and naval surface warfare center crane division | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV24F0027 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $117.8M | Technical and engineering services (tes) support for the combat capabilities development command ground vehicle systems center (devcom gvsc) laboratories and its customers | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861222FB002 delivery order | L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems LP | $116.1M | Digital infrastructure consortium for advanced battle management system | Air Force | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q23F0309 delivery order | Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation | $114.9M | Oasis task order- research and development support to the combat capabilities development command (devcom) aviation and missile center (avmc) | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872124FB003 delivery order | Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, LTD | $113.1M | Epass hb directorate recompete | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA222625F0002 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $111.3M | Distributable battle management node (dbmn) phase ii | Air Force | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0010 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $111.1M | Operational, technical, engineering, and transition analysis for development and deployment of emerging capabilities and prototypes for countering - unmanned systems threats | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0061 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $108.8M | Capabilities assessment and enhancements (60v) for program executive office (peo) aviation, utility helicopter project office (uhpo) | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003426FE005 delivery order | Institute for Defense Analyses | $108.5M | Federally funded research and development center support for research and analysis support to the office of the secretary of defense, joint staff, defense agencies, and other users specified in the sponsoring agreement. | Washington Headquarters Services | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0054 delivery order | CACI, Inc - Federal | $104.9M | Design, maintenance, quality, extension engineering, and shipyard quality assurance research and development for the united states NAVY military sealift command | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6134017C0007 definitive contract | Rockwell Collins, Inc | $103.9M | Igf::ot::igf tcts increment ii (tcts inc ii) | Navy | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072726FE016 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $103.6M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions to develop and install an air base air defense (abad) in the africom theater for protection against air, UAS, and cruise ... | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25C0023 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $103.0M | Mid-range capability (mrc) technology insertion contract (tic) | Army | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA930016C0001 definitive contract | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $102.4M | Igf::ot::igf aerospace systems technical reasearch and operations support services (astros) | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8401 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $99.3M | Mk 48 mod 9 proof of design development | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA870217F0005 delivery order | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $98.7M | Igf::ot::igf massachusetts institute of technology: lincoln laboratory reserach and development | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086222F0005 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $98.2M | Ground test support contract provides the services required to meet the agency's needs for testing of an/tpy-2, sbx, uewr, and cd radars | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA870218F0001 delivery order | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $97.0M | Igf::ot::igf massachusetts institute of technology: lincoln laboratory - research and development | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0041 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $97.0M | Integrated systems research and analysis for assured lifecycle capabilities for the nuclear weapons enterprise for air force nuclear weapons center (afnwc)/nuclear technology and integration directorate (nt) | Air Force | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001921C0040 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $96.6M | F-35 lightning ii fms support contract | Navy | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881823F0003 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $95.4M | Green wave mission task order | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA868424CB032 definitive contract | University of Dayton | $95.1M | Sustainment and combat readiness capabilities (sabr-c) | Air Force | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0046 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $93.8M | Information systems modernization research and development for naval air systems command program executive office manpower, logistics and business solutions logistics information technology and commander, fleet readiness centers | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0001 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $92.8M | Systems engineering, cyber security (cs), system modernization, and lifecycle logistics research, development, and deployment for c5isr center, esi directorate, qrc branch | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W50RAJ25F0004 delivery order | Peopletec, Inc | $92.6M | Systems engineering and technical assistance support (seta) | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA868118C0021 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $92.4M | Arrw development | Air Force | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881921C1001 definitive contract | Geost, LLC | $91.6M | Contract award from the broad agency annoucnement for hosted payload | Air Force | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085723F8700 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $91.1M | Provide design and implementation classified and unclassified network infrastructure. IT projects provides computer network defense, ia, svc desk portal svcs, business automation tools, & IT implementation services for mda 2ltr project ... | Missile Defense Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE077 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $90.7M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for mobile obsolescence and production readiness | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001922C0045 definitive contract | Rockwell Collins, Inc | $90.7M | Vlf modernization nre | Navy | Jun 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ027619C0001 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $90.3M | Aegis bmd 6.0 ws development | Missile Defense Agency | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0049 delivery order | Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation | $90.0M | Strike systems engineering and technical assistance support services | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M24FD009 delivery order | Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc | $89.5M | Tactical range air derense missile (tacram) ii | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0027 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $88.2M | Fighter attack-18 & electronic attack-18g reliability, engineering, and service life extension analysis and testing for naval air systems command program management acquisition 265 | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU23F0014 delivery order | CACI Technologies, LLC | $87.8M | To award a task order under responsive strategic sourcing for services (rs3) contract w15p7t-19-d-0157 for cyber security & information assurance (csia) support services. | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086223F0001 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $87.3M | Us an/tpy-2 development | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0043 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $87.0M | Research and analysis | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0046 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $86.6M | Technology protection for naval air warfare center china lake | Air Force | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0002 delivery order | Mantech Tsg-2 Joint Venture | $86.5M | Force design 2030 research and development for the marine corps warfighting laboratory futures directorate | Air Force | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W50RAJ20F0014 delivery order | Radiance Technologies Inc | $86.0M | Systems engineering and technical assistance support services | Army | Jan 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880619C0002 definitive contract | Sonalysts Inc | $85.9M | Standard training office sustainment follow-on 2019-2023 basic contract | Air Force | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862625FB013 delivery order | General Electric Company | $85.6M | Delivery order 6 is derived from the original basic idiq contract fa8626-22-d-0010. thus, all relevant clauses existing as part of the idiq are applicable to this action, and will flow down to this delivery order. | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0042 delivery order | CACI, Inc - Federal | $84.8M | Naval undersea warfare center engineering and modernization operations analysis for naval undersea warfare center, division newport | Air Force | May 29, 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 9, 2026.
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