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Defense systems R&D: $104B in defense awards
$104B obligated across 31,435 DoD and DHS awards to 7,037 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 13, 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 | 31,435 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0002425F8336 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $4.6M | Virginia future capabilities | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8355 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $4.6M | Clockwork angels | Navy | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1512 definitive contract | North Point Defense Inc | $4.6M | Waveform generation using an innovative development environment (waveguide) | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0036 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $4.6M | Joint capabilities integration and development system research and analysis for the united states marine corps, capabilities development directorate, ground combat element division-fires and maneuver, mobility and counter mobility branch | Air Force | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862523FB021 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $4.5M | C130j/combined aircraft delivery development integration and engineering (caddie)/military satellite communications modernization | Air Force | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1513 definitive contract | Metal Improvement Company, LLC | $4.5M | Turbine engine reliability and performance enhancement program | Navy | Sep 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0009 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $4.5M | Other direct cost | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C1037 definitive contract | Mobius Logic, Inc | $4.5M | Airman role-based intelligence search engine | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872622F0015 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $4.5M | Joint integrated air and missile defense organization (jiamdo) | Air Force | Aug 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F6445 delivery order | Valiant Global Defense Services Inc | $4.5M | Joint all-domain chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (cbrn)intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (isr)-pacific theater mission focus | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0047 definitive contract | Kestrelx LLC | $4.5M | Sbir phase iii topic af211-dcs01 | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2023 definitive contract | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $4.5M | Mynavy foresight | Navy | Aug 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833520F0324 delivery order | Signal Systems Corporation | $4.5M | Research and development | Navy | Mar 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0003924C0005 definitive contract | Phase Sensitive Innovations Inc | $4.5M | Sbir phase iii | Navy | Jul 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0005 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $4.5M | Research and development | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA120F0032 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $4.5M | Wargaming experimental prototyping-base | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Dec 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8011 definitive contract | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation | $4.5M | Base period (linc program) | Navy | Feb 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CH25FL066 delivery order | Asrc Federal Advanced Research, LLC | $4.5M | Material and labor for maps gen ii a kits. | Army | Mar 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8182 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.5M | Usda aphis edison development | Navy | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072723F1410 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $4.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions for engineering services to analyze, design, and develop an engineering evaluation prototype related circuit card assemblies. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020C1131 definitive contract | Riverside Research Institute | $4.5M | Rf analysis and validation engineering software | Air Force | Jul 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA810026CB001 definitive contract | Xrdefense, LLC | $4.5M | The purpose is to provide materials, labor, services, instruction, and assistance within the trusted intelligence for technology, analytics, and networks. | Air Force | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861222CB004 definitive contract | Davidson Technologies Inc | $4.5M | Usafe dtc cmcc "project cheetah" | Air Force | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA930025C6000 definitive contract | Firefly Aerospace Inc | $4.5M | Hellbender | Air Force | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8505 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $4.5M | Cognitive router | Navy | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600120C0020 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $4.5M | Services iaw attached sow | Navy | Apr 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0071 definitive contract | The Chemours Co FC LLC | $4.5M | Recovery of scandium (sc), vanadium (v), and mixed rare earth elements (mrees) from the metal chloride co-product of chloride process titanium dioxide (tio2) production | Defense Logistics Agency | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1311 definitive contract | Pacmar Technologies LLC | $4.5M | Launch and refueling autonomous small craft in the littorals (l rascl) | Navy | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB037 definitive contract | United Dynamics, Inc | $4.5M | Sbir phase iii manufacturing technology for electromechanical reverse engineering | Air Force | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB059 definitive contract | Edison Welding Institute Inc | $4.5M | Convergent manufacturing platform for improved mro sustainment | Air Force | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085123F0030 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $4.5M | Abt - pd-24 | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1011 definitive contract | Iwvc, LLC | $4.5M | Hybrid direct air capture to fuels demonstration | Navy | Mar 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8302 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $4.5M | Arl/psu - fy2018 - fy 2023 requirement | Navy | Aug 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0087 definitive contract | Cepeda Associates, Inc | $4.5M | Cepeda associates: sbir phase iii proposal number:ph iii-0020 proposal title:i&d fixture design-build | Defense Logistics Agency | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0822 delivery order | Sabre Systems, LLC | $4.5M | New task order pma-263 | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864924P0372 purchase order | Argo Space Corp | $4.5M | Developing argonaut, a refuellable, high-deltav in-space transport vehicle with a dual mode propulsion system using water propellant. | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0026 definitive contract | Rockwell Collins, Inc | $4.5M | Compact front-end filters at the element-level (coffee) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA714626C0017 definitive contract | New Frontier Innovations LLC | $4.5M | Speedy gozales | Air Force | Jun 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701425F0081 delivery order | Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc | $4.5M | Software development services (sds), in the form of development, modification, maintenance, and operation of specified modeling and simulation tools in support of the requiring activity mission requirements. | Air Force | Dec 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0362 definitive contract | Arizona State University | $4.5M | University partnerships for tactical ai cybersecurity (uptaic) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Oct 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q24F0056 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $4.5M | Task order to provide a mq9-9a capability to support all sorties at the planned sortie durations. | Army | Aug 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA460021F0200 delivery order | National Strategic Research Institute | $4.5M | Chemical and biological warfare defense research and development, test and evaluation support for defense advanced research projects agency (darpa) | Air Force | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8174 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.5M | Advanced uuv engineering software | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CH25FL026 delivery order | Asrc Federal Advanced Research, LLC | $4.5M | Material and labor funding for the mechanical portion of the map ii project. | Army | Jun 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0078 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $4.5M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865123FA024 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $4.4M | Digital engineering frameworks for convergence (defcon) | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA122F0018 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $4.4M | Nuclear weapon environment military standards | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001421C1025 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $4.4M | Empire- receive-only; multiple input/multiple output; communications over radar | Navy | Dec 31, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8199 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.4M | Jato - fy24-fy25 | Navy | Aug 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8220 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.4M | Advanced precision fires technology development | Navy | Mar 16, 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 15, 2026.
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