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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N6600122F1085 delivery order | Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc | $6.2M | Development and support for darpa distributed experimentation environment | Navy | Mar 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833523F0034 delivery order | Coherent Technical Services, Inc | $6.2M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA860425CB010 definitive contract | Third Wave Systems, Inc | $6.2M | Digital engineering enabled workforce development | Air Force | Apr 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA805121F0012 delivery order | Readiness Management Support LC | $6.2M | Installation support services at al dhafra air base (adab), united arab emirates (uae) | Air Force | Jun 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C1028 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $6.2M | Cyber physical sensor development | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0398 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $6.2M | The high operational temperature sensors (hots) program aims to develop a technology for high-bandwidth, high-dynamic-range sensing at high temperature. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU25F0019 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $6.2M | This task order shall provide support for engineering and programmatic support in the design, development, integration, testing, documentation and evaluation for cross domain electronic warfare survivability capabilities. | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6426724C0082 definitive contract | Scientific Applications & Research Associates, Inc | $6.2M | 873authority | Navy | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001922F2336 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $6.2M | Research and development-speed to the fleet initiative | Navy | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HY023325FE004 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.2M | Provide engineering and scientific expertise to identify and mature appropriate technologies and develop operational prototypes for the rapid transition of maturing technologies to meet warfighters needs. includes testing/validation of ... | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600125F3517 delivery order | Cydecor Inc | $6.2M | Sierra hotel aviation readiness program (sharp) enterprise suite | Navy | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F0268 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $6.2M | Domestic support (idiq clin 0001) | Navy | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA124C0010 definitive contract | Icr, Inc | $6.2M | Develop, test and demonstrate innovative technologies and capabilities to counter weapons of mass destruction. | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875020C1521 definitive contract | Nalej Corp | $6.1M | Stitches warfighter applications team (swat) devops | Air Force | May 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0441 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $6.1M | Tellus program,tellus program is to develop the methodology to program microbial sense-and-respond devices to reliably detect a variety of chemical and physical stimuli. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875018F0012 delivery order | CNF Technologies Corporation | $6.1M | Cyber platforms and capabilities - brevity (cpac-b) | Air Force | Apr 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1413 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $6.1M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for submarine trainer technology refresh and insertion (sttri) for upgrades to comba | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jul 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8160 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.1M | Fy25 advanced reentry systems, rdte - nuclear delivery systems (nds) | Navy | Feb 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HY023324CE001 definitive contract | Quantum Leap Research LLC | $6.1M | Phase 0/1 studies and analysis | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0573 delivery order | Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC | $6.1M | The contractor shall provide advanced technology insertion and integration support for weapon systems | Navy | Aug 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0142 definitive contract | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | $6.1M | Lasers for universal microscale optical systems (lumos) will bring efficient on-chip optical gain to highly-capable integrated photonics platforms and enable complete photonics functionality on a single substrate for disruptive optical ... | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jul 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1401 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $6.1M | Engineering services | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0003 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $6.1M | Technical and programmatic engineering support services for tardec's ground vehicle protection and survivability (gvsp) office. the support services include research and development, design, fabrication (prototyping), testing, integration ... | Army | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0533 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $6.1M | Engineering services | Navy | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001420C1104 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $6.1M | Cyclostationary enabled localization of em signals for targeting, identification,&labeling celestial | Navy | Nov 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600124C4501 definitive contract | Charles River Analytics, Inc | $6.1M | Rescind: circe phase 1 | Navy | Jun 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042126F0191 delivery order | J.f Taylor, Inc | $6.1M | Award to, if base year clins | Navy | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8009 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.1M | Human centered design / modeling and sim | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8801 delivery order | University of Hawaii | $6.1M | Increasing capacity for corrosion testing and analyses | Navy | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0055 delivery order | Barbaricum LLC | $6.1M | Research, development, test, evaluation, and modification of laboratory technology systems and facilities for digital integration support cell and naval surface warfare center crane division | Air Force | Nov 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1201 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $6.1M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability and availability to the existing deployed asset tracking system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Oct 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA122F0005 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $6.1M | Innovative technical solutions to counter emerging weapons of mass destruction (wmd) | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F1047 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $6.1M | Sensors directorate activities | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP060003C8253 definitive contract | Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative | $6.0M | Electrical repairs and installation | Army | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8132 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.0M | Integrated fire control | Navy | Feb 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001426C1110 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $6.0M | 251-31-fy25-ne-raytheon(storm) | Navy | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880924FB001 delivery order | Tecolote Research, Inc | $6.0M | Sz directorate strategic cell follow on effort | Air Force | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523624C8010 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $6.0M | Darpa bpl program | Navy | Dec 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085425F0011 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.0M | Rdt&e labor - base | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240823F0011 delivery order | Sierra Nevada Company, LLC | $6.0M | Labor | U.S. Special Operations Command | Dec 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA864922P0607 purchase order | Eclipse Energy Systems Inc | $6.0M | Transparency repair program | Air Force | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0019 delivery order | The Survice Engineering Company LLC | $6.0M | Basic center of operations, option period 1 for the informational analysis center basic center of operations | Air Force | Oct 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8096 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.0M | Systems engineering & integration - fy24 | Navy | Apr 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA862622F0005 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corp | $6.0M | Northrop grumman next generation adaptive propulsion (ngap) prototyping | Air Force | Aug 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA002124C0005 definitive contract | Havik Solutions LLC | $6.0M | Through an afwerx strategic funding increase (stratfi), the continuation of havik sequential sbir phase ii is to improve the technology of extended reality equipment of USAF tacp, jtac, and sts communities. | Air Force | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880225C0001 definitive contract | American Lithium Energy Corp | $6.0M | Zero volt battery technology small business innovative research | Air Force | May 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8507 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $6.0M | Fy24 hf sonar development package | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865124CB031 definitive contract | Matrix Research Inc | $6.0M | Matrix sbir ii | Air Force | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0064 definitive contract | Cornerstone Research Group Inc | $6.0M | Research and development | Navy | Sep 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA124 definitive contract | Altec, Inc | $6.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii sequential topic a234-004, diver performance monitoring system. | Army | May 13, 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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