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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA807522F0055 delivery order | Mantech Tsg-2 Joint Venture | $6.4M | Special operations advanced skill research ARMY 6th battalion, 2nd special warfare training group (airborne) united states ARMY john f kennedy special warfare center | Air Force | Jul 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600122F0715 delivery order | Oasis Systems, LLC | $6.4M | Services | Navy | Jun 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0425 delivery order | Computer Systems Center Incorporated | $6.4M | New devsecops task order | Navy | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F1856 delivery order | Rda Inc | $6.4M | Lcap and rfics product dev nre rdt&e | Navy | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001926F0153 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $6.4M | Task order for aircraft contractor efforts for testing and analysis. | Navy | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C1135 definitive contract | University of Dayton | $6.4M | Proficient research of onboard subsystems technology | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248724FB017 delivery order | Calspan, LLC | $6.4M | National large-scale high-speed propulsion facility/complex (nlshspc) | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042126F1042 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $6.4M | Delivery order for f35 - ai/ml analytics and debrief application | Navy | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0027 delivery order | CACI, Inc - Federal | $6.4M | Research and engineering for intel technology and architecture for combat capabilities development command (ccdc) command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (c5isr) | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0019 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $6.4M | Task order in support of technical service memorandum (tsm) ga-asi-24-045, entitled, afsoc oconus aircrew support. | Army | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX003 definitive contract | Astronetx PBC | $6.4M | Dual-purpose lunar-based camera (l-cam) development program | Air Force | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8537 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $6.4M | Platform compatible unmanned system configuration | Navy | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001421C1012 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $6.4M | Model, develop, and demonstrate decoupling the cooperative engagement capabilities cooperative engagement processor from the data distribution system and integration with the common tactical router. | Navy | Aug 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE075 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $6.4M | Cet 25-524, submarine trainer technology refresh and insertion (sttri) upgrades and prototyping of navigation, attack center and modernization of (sttri-nac) training systems | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA873021C0008 definitive contract | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | $6.4M | Commercial weather data program: commercial and classified data assessment | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123F0031 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $6.4M | R&d services for nuclear ground shock modeling | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945324FX018 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $6.4M | Decon+ | Air Force | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0011 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $6.4M | See section j, attachment 1, p1-21-2309 performance work statement (pws) command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (c5isr) modernization for the united states (u.s.) government ... | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA868424F4112 delivery order | J.f Taylor, Inc | $6.3M | Virtual air threats agile delivery order (vador) | Air Force | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1130 definitive contract | Vector Atomic Inc | $6.3M | Under the 42-month miniature ultra-stable iodine clock program, vector atomic will develop and demonstrate a liter scale optical clock. music's simplified optical clock architecture supports aggressive miniaturization, low-cost ... | Navy | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB017 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $6.3M | Scoutship | Air Force | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0020 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $6.3M | Research and development labor only | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002418C6265 definitive contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $6.3M | Engineering services base year | Navy | Oct 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0001 delivery order | Navmar Applied Sciences Corp | $6.3M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085425FE002 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.3M | Fms requirement rdt&e | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB007 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $6.3M | Box shredder | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0409 definitive contract | SRI International | $6.3M | Intrinsic cognitive security (ics) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24C0030 definitive contract | Daylight Defense, LLC | $6.3M | The purpose of this action is to award a contract under baa w56kgu-23-r-rtid, topic fba-01 to daylight defense, llc. | Army | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8207 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.3M | A-rci engiineering measurement program | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0150 definitive contract | Blackhorse, a Parsons LLC | $6.3M | Signature management using operational knowledge and environments (smoke) program | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0017 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $6.3M | Strategic planning, technology analysis, and prototyping for weapon system development and integration for the united states ARMY development command armaments center | Defense Contract Management Agency | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525F0036 delivery order | Innoveering LLC | $6.3M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8311 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $6.3M | High energy laser system design, development, fabrication, and testing support iii | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA830724FB042 delivery order | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $6.3M | Design, development, integration, testing, and national security agency certification of a mc cdar inline media encryptor (ime) in accordance with contractors statement of work (csow), system requirements document (srd), and srd annex a. | Air Force | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0568 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $6.3M | Ai agent development (tigercat 1d) | Navy | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F0572 delivery order | Cavu Consulting Inc | $6.3M | Engineering services - unmanned carrier aviation (uca) mission control system (umcs) systems engineering & project management support for pma-268 & pmw 160 | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0299 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $6.3M | Tec ii services-firm fixed price | Defense Information Systems Agency | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085423F0006 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.3M | Abs R&D labor for dog | Missile Defense Agency | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8378 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $6.2M | Ocean explorer early design and risk reduction | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020C1132 definitive contract | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $6.2M | Rf analysis and verification engineering software | Air Force | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0019 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $6.2M | Ic labor for positioning, navigation and timing resiliency enhancements | Missile Defense Agency | Aug 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8140 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.2M | Asw sensor development and system engineering | Navy | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8525 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $6.2M | Fires test and evaluation instrumentation - phase 2 | Navy | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424FC845 delivery order | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $6.2M | Development of autonomy software for the large displacement undersea unmanned vehicle autonomous controller and digital simulation. | Navy | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0002 delivery order | R Cubed Engineering LLC | $6.2M | Sbir phase iii research and development | Navy | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072723F1612 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $6.2M | Engineering services: software capability for course of action (coa) generation and track identification | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jul 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893623F0717 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $6.2M | Iets knot | Navy | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861224FB005 delivery order | Braingu LLC | $6.2M | Advanced battle management systems | Air Force | Mar 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY21F0186 delivery order | Symetrica Inc | $6.2M | Riid systems acquisition support service | Army | Dec 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0029 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $6.2M | Advanced manufacturing, reverse engineering, and obsolescence management for the united states ARMY combat capabilities development command ground vehicle systems center | Air Force | May 28, 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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