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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ085325F0001 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $7.9M | System test and evaluation | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8127 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $7.9M | Sm engineering & evaluation wpn-bwej8 | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881823F0027 delivery order | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $7.9M | Ews | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0051 delivery order | Brtrc Federal Solutions, Inc | $7.9M | Research, studies, and analysis for fighter and advanced aircraft programs for the air force life cycle management center, attack systems division | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA680024C0010 definitive contract | Raglan LLC | $7.9M | Hybrid / electrified munitions loader (eml) modernization solution for legacy powered ground support equipment | Air Force | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CH26F0066 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $7.9M | Technical and engineering services (tes) support for the united states special operations command (USSOCOM) related to the development and demonstration of a counter unmanned air system (CUAS) missile. | Army | Mar 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8142 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $7.9M | Unmanned maritime systems engineering development ssqal | Navy | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK20C0044 definitive contract | Optical Sciences, LLC | $7.9M | Sbir phase iii thermally efficient emitter array (teea) | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865018C1650 definitive contract | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $7.9M | Operational multi-domain enhanced gnss applications (omega) | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M24F0011 delivery order | Radiance Technologies Inc | $7.9M | Advanced directed energy technologies at space and missile defense command (adet-smdc) | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8147 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $7.9M | Battle ready autonomous vehicle enabler / modular autonomous robotic | Navy | Feb 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085525FE004 delivery order | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $7.9M | Mission voice communications: the contractor shall perform the work specified in the performance work statement (pws), attachment 1, in section j of this contract. | Missile Defense Agency | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240124C0003 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $7.9M | Dragonfly | U.S. Special Operations Command | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6133121F3009 delivery order | Akima Mission Optimization LLC | $7.9M | Technical support services to naval surface warfare center panama city division prototype fabrication shops | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8074 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $7.9M | Bum ed - performance improvement warfighter health & readiness | Navy | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8119 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $7.9M | Jhu26 bumed performance improvement warfighter health & readiness | Navy | Jul 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0025 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $7.9M | Navy training lifecycle readiness for the united states NAVY surface warfare schools command | Air Force | Feb 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042115C0008 definitive contract | BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc | $7.8M | Rcs engineering and technical services | Navy | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0020 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $7.8M | North american aerospace defense command and united states northern command, cyberspace operations directorate | Air Force | Jul 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6660424F3015 delivery order | Armada, LTD | $7.8M | Security services in support of the naval undersea warfare center division, newport code 105. | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1322 definitive contract | Lumimove Inc | $7.8M | Conductive polymer-enhanced cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries | Navy | Sep 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875021F1002 delivery order | Tangram Flex Inc | $7.8M | Rapid integration with confidence | Air Force | Dec 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX039 definitive contract | Loadpath, LLC | $7.8M | Star - advanced laboratories, algorithms, collaborative research and development innovations, and technology (alacrity) | Air Force | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470124C0055 definitive contract | Mentis Sciences Inc | $7.7M | Small business innovative research sbir phase iii under air force x20.3 cso for in situ inspection of cmcs during manufacture | Defense Logistics Agency | Sep 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24C0021 definitive contract | Xtremis, Inc | $7.7M | Baa from solicitation number w911nf-23-s-0001-0002, titled virtualized environment for spectrum experimentation and research (vesper) | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8092 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $7.7M | Afrl 711th hpw operational medicine rdte fy25-27 | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8364 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $7.7M | Torpedo guidance & control applied research | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8008 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $7.7M | Slcm-n engineering development | Navy | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945320F0206 delivery order | Axient LLC | $7.7M | Nts-3 | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F0002 delivery order | Noblis MSD LLC | $7.7M | Canes engineering services -process support for consolidated afloat networks and enterprise services (canes) and legacy tactical afloat networks | Navy | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0038 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $7.7M | Munitions planning, assessment, and analysis for the air force research laboratory munitions directorate | Air Force | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020F5212 delivery order | University of Dayton | $7.7M | Metals performance and uncertainty prediction | Air Force | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0301 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $7.7M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA805124F0037 delivery order | V2x Systems LLC | $7.7M | Afcap v - basic contract vectrus | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001426C2208 definitive contract | Integer Technologies LLC | $7.7M | Integer technologies is forming a team to perform science and technology research into the operationalization of passive acoustic soundscape data for undersea warfare (usw) and seabed and subsea warfare (ssw). | Navy | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424FM012 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $7.7M | Acwss fuel bladder (v-22) | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660421F3005 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $7.7M | Engineering and technical services in support of the weapons analysis facility (waf) | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085826FE001 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $7.7M | This to enables the mda cios mission to provide the fielding of effective, efficient, secure, and reliable IT services (e.g., compute, storage, networking, applications, security). | Missile Defense Agency | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB055 definitive contract | 3d Systems Inc | $7.7M | Large-format metal 3d printer advanced technology demonstrator (gen-ii dmp-1000) | Air Force | Aug 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0033 definitive contract | Amsted Graphite Materials, LLC | $7.7M | Amsted graphite materials llc award under the strategic materials baa sp4701-25-b-0001 for superior performance domestically-sourced military-grade graphite | Defense Logistics Agency | Feb 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0122 definitive contract | Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC | $7.6M | Electronics for g-band arrays (elgar) - develop the integration technologies needed to create compact, high-performance rf electronics,enable communication and sensing systems at g-band frequencies. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA857124C0013 definitive contract | Titan Robotics Inc | $7.6M | The contractor shall provide all the blast booth robot system specifications listed in the attached purchase description to commodities maintenance group (cmxg) at robins air force base (afb), georgia. | Air Force | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875020C1536 definitive contract | Thomson Reuters Special Services LLC | $7.6M | Doppler | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862624F1100 delivery order | General Electric Company | $7.6M | Cy24 f110 component improvement program | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0058 definitive contract | Radiance Technologies Inc | $7.6M | Secure advanced framework for simulation and modeling (safe-sim) program phase iii | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8089 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $7.6M | Rdte for peo soldier pdm spe iv | Navy | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6426724C0075 definitive contract | Intramicron, Inc | $7.6M | 873authority | Navy | Jun 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA460023F0086 delivery order | National Strategic Research Institute | $7.6M | Medical countermeasure drug discovery & development increment 3 | Air Force | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660425F3014 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $7.6M | Services pertaining to the development, integration, test and evaluation, modernization, and sustainment of the in-service los angeles, ohio, seawolf, virginia, columbia, vanguard and dreadnought class fleet. | Navy | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC104721F2082 delivery order | Bluestone Logic, LLC | $7.6M | The global command and control system-joint (gccs-j) strategic engineering and technical support contract provides mission-critical strategic technical support to the gccs-j program management office and command and control portfolio. | Defense Information Systems Agency | May 4, 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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