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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA875025CB069 definitive contract | Phaedrus LLC | $6.7M | Forcing function develops cutting-edge ems and cyberspace technologies for the air force, using agile methods to rapidly advance ew and dco capabilities in response to peer competition. | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0437 definitive contract | SRI International | $6.7M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB012 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $6.7M | Handoff | Air Force | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875025FB011 delivery order | Tangram Flex Inc | $6.6M | Multi domain design verification and validation leveraging concepts mastered in previous task orders enhancing techniques to manage the traceability to system requirements reference architectures and implementation models for verification ... | Air Force | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0078 definitive contract | Vorbeck Materials Corp | $6.6M | Emergent iv baa0001-22 award to vorbeck for graphite-based firefighting foams for salt-water and cold-weather critical military operations | Defense Logistics Agency | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE080 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $6.6M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability and improve performance of the microelectronics-based system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA867516C0044 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $6.6M | Igf::ot::igf, advanced medium range air to air missile, form fit function refresh phase 4-5 | Defense Contract Management Agency | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W913E525C0017 definitive contract | South Dakota School of Mines & Technology | $6.6M | Commercial solution opening (cso) titled 'operational transition of arctic resilient materials and manufacturing technology' u437a00 | Army | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1121 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $6.6M | Str will design, develop, and deliver software that can be applied to future demonstration testing with NAVY programs of record. | Navy | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0395 definitive contract | Radiabeam Technologies, LLC | $6.6M | The advanced sources for single-event effects radiation testing (assert) program will develop new capabilities for single-event effect (see) testing of 3d heterogeneously integrated (3dhi) electronic components and circuits. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8110 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.6M | Oni repository for the characterization of the adversary (orca) | Navy | Feb 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523624C8004 definitive contract | Chameleon Consulting Group, LLC | $6.6M | Base period (carcosa phase i) | Navy | Jul 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C7213 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $6.6M | Environmental microbes as a bioengineering resource | Defense Contract Management Agency | Feb 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA119F0088 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $6.6M | Solution eng.&systems test support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Aug 7, 2024 DoD 90d |
| SP470124C0052 definitive contract | Accenture Federal Services LLC | $6.6M | Accenture federal services llcs award titled, DLA R&D DOD automated cycle counting for automated warehouse inventory under sdd baa0001-23. one year research project. | Defense Logistics Agency | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0384 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $6.6M | Crosscheck 1.0: prototype capability demonstration and integration on platforms. | Navy | Sep 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN23C0038 definitive contract | Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc | $6.6M | Selectable armaments facility environment (safe) | Army | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA830724FB117 delivery order | Praxis Engineering Technologies LLC | $6.6M | Nefarious llama bridge action | Air Force | Dec 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN22F0545 delivery order | RDM Engineering, LLC | $6.6M | Task order award for mortar fire control system (mfcs) software development, maintenance, and fielding support. | Army | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE072 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $6.6M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for aircraft. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Nov 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2018 definitive contract | Florida Atlantic University | $6.6M | Next generation sensor systems for natural oceanic bioluminescence assessments: phase ii | Navy | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0014 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $6.6M | United states marine corps (USMC) service level training exercises (slte) phase 5a | Army | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881925FB021 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.6M | Provide technical development expertise, systems engineering and analysis, modeling and simulation, and hardware and software prototyping. | Air Force | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239125CB017 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $6.5M | Combat refueling and operations networked universal systems (cronus) - relative navigation (relnav) | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239125CB018 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $6.5M | Cronus a3r, combat refueling and operations networked universal systems (cronus), automated air-to-air refueling (a3r) boom automation | Air Force | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F5657 delivery order | University of Dayton | $6.5M | Composites, adhesicves, elastomers, speciality technologies | Air Force | Mar 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0025 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $6.5M | Counter improvised threat systems test and evaluation for the naval air war center weapons division quick reaction capability office | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8179 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.5M | Advanced sensor sys devt & demo | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1523 definitive contract | General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc | $6.5M | Phantom harvest | Air Force | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA119F0076 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $6.5M | Strategic systems defense program | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA205726FB006 delivery order | Icr, Inc | $6.5M | Accelerated special programs for emergent needs (aspen): steel bridge iii | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042120F0873 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $6.5M | Ibst staff support material | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA222F0004 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $6.5M | Program management, operations and explosives support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8276 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.5M | Navigation systems | Navy | Apr 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA228025F0032 delivery order | Anduril Industries, Inc | $6.5M | Small business innovation research phase iii task order under indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity persistent locust | Air Force | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085425FE039 delivery order | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $6.5M | The contractor shall perform requirements definition, development, analysis, integration, assessment, and planning to deliver highly technical threat system engineering products and services. | Missile Defense Agency | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248722FA013 delivery order | Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation | $6.5M | Tetras - cybersecurity development, assessment, and test engineering (cdate) | Air Force | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W9113M22F0514 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $6.5M | Directed energy technologies at university of alabama - huntsville (detuah) | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523624C8001 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $6.5M | Base period (carcosa phase i) | Navy | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0592 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $6.5M | Tec ii services-fhu uc menu items | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523622C8003 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $6.5M | Darpa messina program e014042 | Navy | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0306 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $6.5M | Darpa research program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8306 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $6.5M | Arl/psu columbia class propulsor and shafting R&D support fy24-25 | Navy | Jan 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042119F0972 delivery order | J.f Taylor, Inc | $6.5M | Labor ceiling for clins 0002-0005 | Navy | Jan 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001421C1056 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $6.5M | Research support for sstp | Navy | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA002124C0003 definitive contract | Aerocore Technologies LLC | $6.5M | This is a continuation of previous sbir phase i, phase ii and tacfi efforts to provide the technology and continue the application of the nucleated foam technology to the cv-22b and ac/mc-130j in lieu of soap and water wash procedures. | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA873524FB002 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.5M | Johns hopkins university (jhu)/applied physics laboratory (apl) idiq survivable airborne operations center (saoc) task order 111 | Air Force | Nov 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725F1600 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $6.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for airborne test bed upgrade and operational testing | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701424F0407 delivery order | Deloitte Consulting LLP | $6.4M | Saf/co data science support/vault smes | Air Force | Sep 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA237724CB053 definitive contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $6.4M | Kaiju baa, call 02 colossus technical area 2: modeling, simulation, and analysis. reference attachment 1 - cui statement of work for full requirements description. | Air Force | May 12, 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 14, 2026.
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