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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N6523625C1021 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $5.1M | Quantum sensing electromagnetic warfare | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8092 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.1M | Warcom fy24 engineering and expertise | Navy | Nov 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F0141 delivery order | Bell Textron Inc | $5.1M | System configuration sets | Navy | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2411 definitive contract | Pliant Energy Systems Inc | $5.1M | Stealthy, autonomous, propeller-less, agile (sapa) vehicle for mine countermeasures | Navy | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424PB001 purchase order | Trenchant Analytics LLC | $5.1M | Topic no. afx244-dpcs01, sbir phase ii proposal f2d-10662 - acqbot | Air Force | Jul 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0023 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $5.1M | Research, development, test, and evaluation and analysis for naval air systems command airborne electronic attack systems program office | Air Force | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8235 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.1M | Countering cbrne systems engineering | Navy | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| M6890924F7634 delivery order | Chesapeake Technology International, Corp | $5.1M | Sbir phase iii wsd software support engineering services task order 001 | Navy | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424FM002 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $5.1M | Cnm fy 24 project task order | Navy | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701424C0038 definitive contract | Productable Inc | $5.1M | Enterprise-wide use license and DOD hosting. sprint support, technical configuration, data transfers, generate workflow management reports. professional services (innovation campaign ops and mgt, etc.) | Air Force | Jul 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA237726CB019 definitive contract | Etegent Technologies, LTD | $5.1M | Geospatial automation using machine learning for electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar (games) | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C9302 definitive contract | Cornerstone Research Group Inc | $5.1M | Alternative embedded distributed electric propulsion for short take off and landing | Defense Contract Management Agency | Feb 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422FM005 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $5.1M | Mtc project development and management | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945125FX008 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $5.1M | The work performed on this task order will improve the weapon performance of the tactical high power operational responder (thor) counter unmanned aerial system demonstrator. | Air Force | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA223F0009 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $5.1M | Chemical-biological threat test support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX043 definitive contract | The Navsys Corporation | $5.1M | Develop and mature several key aspects of the pntaas (pnt as a service) system architecture required to support operations around the world where gps is degraded or denied. | Air Force | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239425CB040 definitive contract | Rohr, Inc | $5.1M | Blind weld methods and tools for thin flight surface unitized structures | Air Force | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123F0018 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.1M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862624FB009 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $5.1M | Engine exhaust integration - under separate cover. | Air Force | May 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8038 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.1M | Mine warfare systems development | Navy | Nov 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600125C0013 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $5.1M | Services iaw sow -command and control processor (c2p) software engineering support (ses) | Navy | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY22F0018 delivery order | Fibertek, Inc | $5.1M | Lasers, engineering, and working in research, optics, combat, knowledge-building, and surveillance | Army | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085123F0029 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $5.1M | Abt - fem-02 | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239124CB024 definitive contract | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | $5.1M | Hierarchical reliability and resiliency research for flying microgrid | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875025CB070 definitive contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $5.1M | Operationally responsive airborne communication links - use modeling, simulation, and analysis to evaluate complex wireless network scenarios, identify optimal solutions, and reduce risks in operational environments | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042124F0433 delivery order | The Mil Corporation | $5.1M | Air-rt labor | Navy | Aug 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0061 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.1M | Engineering and tech support- labor | Missile Defense Agency | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945322C0001 definitive contract | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $5.1M | Bringing responsive operations through novel computing on-demand (bronco). perform research and development (R&D), modeling and simulation (m&s), testing, demonstration, and analysis. | Air Force | Mar 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123C0002 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $5.1M | R&d services for low altitude nuclear explosion prototype development | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470123F0102 delivery order | LMI Consulting, LLC | $5.1M | Must ii task order to leverage the capabilities developed under on-going lmi efforts and expand the application based on the stakeholders needs. | Defense Logistics Agency | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470124F0005 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $5.0M | Sp470123d5001, sp470124f0005, advanced technology international (ati), DLA emergent metal castings program | Defense Logistics Agency | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865124FB002 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $5.0M | This effort will involve the use of digital engineering (de) and model-based engineering (mbe) practices for requirements, design, trade studies, and analyses. | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865124FB005 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $5.0M | Extended range air-to-air missile (eraam) rocket motor development | Air Force | May 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB048 definitive contract | Fmi Solutions, Inc | $5.0M | Characterization and performance testing (chapt) of hypersonic thermal protection composite material systems | Air Force | Aug 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1016 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $5.0M | Agnostic signal processing and increased radar efficiency (aspire) | Navy | Jan 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8002 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.0M | Sws analysis software maintenance | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1409 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $5.0M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive capability solutions to test and produce advanced microelectronic and software solution to add capability to the microelectronics-based directed requirement ... | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Nov 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0135 definitive contract | Nexus Photonics, Inc | $5.0M | 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 | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8519 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $5.0M | Mid-range capability vtwin upgrade kits and technical support | Navy | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA205725FB006 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $5.0M | Virtual warfare center - multi-domain improvements | Air Force | Dec 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085526FE005 delivery order | L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems LP | $5.0M | Abs4 program idiq task order 01, operation and sustainment | Missile Defense Agency | Jul 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8712 delivery order | University of Washington | $5.0M | Fy24 scn stafac amfip production | Navy | Sep 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0035 definitive contract | Russell Technical Consulting Services LLC | $5.0M | Sbir phase iii: russell tech. proposal #:phiii-0045 proposal title:integrated advanced technology development, assessment, and test & evaluation framework for emerging aerospace and defense capabilities | Defense Logistics Agency | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8126 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.0M | Navair pma-263 dead center payloads | Navy | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086026CE039 definitive contract | MZA Associates Corporation | $5.0M | Sbir phase ii jitter and mass reduction in optical components (jamroc) | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0372 definitive contract | Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co | $5.0M | Energy web employing planar optics program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Nov 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0018 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $5.0M | Task title: air national guard (ang) MQ-9 integration, installation, test and demonstration (i2td) support (phase 1) | Army | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865124FB043 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $5.0M | Supersonic weapon network collaborative and autonomous (nca) program | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F0444 delivery order | Epsilon C5i Inc | $5.0M | Agile core services (acs) non-program of record (non-por) command, control, communication, computers and intelligence (c4i) systems, installation, maintenance, training and site support | Navy | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB124 definitive contract | Black River Systems Company, Inc | $5.0M | Future architecture for national and tactical operations and missions | Air Force | May 20, 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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