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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0001425C1309 definitive contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $6.0M | Continuation and completion of the multi-vehicle torpedo tube deployment system baseline development and test program. gdms-progeny will then continue mvttds development with capabilities to support new payloads, referred to as generation ... | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0059 delivery order | Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC | $6.0M | Procurement of advanced anti-radiation guided missile-extended range test assets to be used for software in the loop air force upgrades | Navy | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0007 definitive contract | Expedition Technology, LLC | $6.0M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX26CA003 definitive contract | Ecs Federal, LLC | $6.0M | Broad agency announcement nautilus artificial intelligence research and development | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701425F0337 delivery order | Omni Fed LLC | $6.0M | Data mesh environment services iaw sibr phase iii | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8062 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.0M | Submarine industrial base project | Navy | Aug 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8506 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $6.0M | Fleet waterside security technologies package | Navy | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0089 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $6.0M | Mokv_ system engineering&analysis | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C6296 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $6.0M | Exposure characterization and control and optimized warfighter performance | Air Force | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0049 definitive contract | Fmi Solutions, Inc | $6.0M | Antenna window production expansion | Defense Logistics Agency | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2210 definitive contract | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $6.0M | Explosive ordnance disposal (eod) expendable energetic unmanned aerial system (UAS) | Navy | Aug 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001424FM001 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $5.9M | Manufacturing technology (mantech)electronics manufacturing center of excellence (emc) | Navy | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8033 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.9M | Maritime surveillance systems operations | Navy | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8385 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $5.9M | Support for the maritime industrial base (mib) | Navy | Feb 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE046 delivery order | Globalfoundries U.s 2 LLC | $5.9M | 25-5d8 tfa3-m cy25 csa raytheon | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA240124C0008 definitive contract | Websec, Corp | $5.9M | Modern key loader (mkl) | Air Force | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE071 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $5.9M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability to the microelectronics-based airborne antenna array. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8344 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $5.9M | Torpedo advanced processing build (apb) technology transition and modeling & simulation support vi | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523624C8007 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $5.9M | Bpl ta1 | Navy | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8518 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $5.9M | Fy25 critical technologies research and development for SSN(x) | Navy | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945123CA012 definitive contract | Radiance Technologies Inc | $5.9M | Laser integration, test and engineering support (lites) | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0044 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $5.9M | R&d | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8529 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $5.9M | Ti-25 common configuration management model | Navy | Apr 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU25C0022 definitive contract | Aspen Consulting Group Inc | $5.9M | Initial award of contract for cmoss/m2it development per baa w56kgu-23-r-rtid. w56kgu-25-c-0022 will provided advancement of pnt enablers and modular open systems architecture technologies to integrate diverse functions for the sharing of ... | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945325FX013 delivery order | Axient LLC | $5.9M | Small satellite portfolio (ssp) | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8127 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.9M | Navy advanced technology & concept dev | Navy | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA119F0054 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $5.9M | Nuclear detonation human survivability modeling | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240524F0022 delivery order | University of South Florida Institute of Applied Engineering, Incorporated | $5.9M | To 67 peo-m aoa | U.S. Special Operations Command | Jul 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872622F0057 delivery order | L3 Technologies, Inc | $5.9M | Common data link (cdl) code division multi-access (cdma) net | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE043 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $5.9M | Microsystems induced catalysis (mica) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F0512 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $5.9M | Rdt&e labor (cgs web) | Navy | Feb 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600121F3505 delivery order | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $5.9M | The scope of this effort is to provide airborne tactical data link (tdl) and advanced tactical data link (atdl) engineering and operational support | Navy | Apr 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239126FB001 delivery order | Radiance Technologies Inc | $5.8M | Advanced framework for simulation, integration, and modeling for the greater enterprise (afsim forge) | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239425FB007 delivery order | Azimuth Corporation | $5.8M | Materials research and survivability studies ii (marss ii), to-04 | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0136 definitive contract | Rutgers, the State University | $5.8M | Reefense program phase 1 seeks to develop self healing, hybrid biological, and engineered reef-mimicking structures to mitigate the coastal flooding, erosion, and storm damage that increasingly threaten civilian and DOD infrastructure and ... | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Oct 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0077 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $5.8M | (rdt&e labor) knot | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8253 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.8M | Mod va ssw platform | Navy | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8036 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.8M | Trident uarc2 | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1015 definitive contract | Pacmar Technologies LLC | $5.8M | Development of an amphibious vehicles for unmanned surface mobility (avusm) | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB031 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $5.8M | Analysis and restructuring for containment software prototype | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA302025C0004 definitive contract | HTX Labs, Inc | $5.8M | Stratfi sbir phase 2 - empact. ai-enabling the empact xr training platform and integrating technical data to elevate the airman learning experience | Air Force | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1072 definitive contract | Primary Aimline LLC | $5.8M | Focus at developing affordable sensor system solutions providing higher reliabilty, lower weights, for high volume applications. | Navy | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086021C7300 definitive contract | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $5.8M | R&d labor | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0152 definitive contract | Luna Innovations Incorporated | $5.8M | Research and development | Navy | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB016 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $5.8M | Sofia | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CH24F0016 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $5.8M | Technical and engineering services (tes) for the combat capabilities development command ground vehicle systems center (devcom gvsc) ground vehicle robotics group. | Army | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0393 definitive contract | RTX Corporation | $5.8M | Multiobjective engineering and testing of alloy structures program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239123C0002 definitive contract | Ohio Aerospace Institute | $5.8M | Aeroscience collaborative research and development | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0394 definitive contract | SRI International | $5.8M | Multiobjective engineering and testing of alloy structures (metals)bprogram | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8331 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $5.8M | Snakes and arrows | Navy | Apr 7, 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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