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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA239424CB014 definitive contract | Michigan Technological University | $4.4M | Computationally-driven next generation carbon-carbon composite material development | Air Force | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085725PE001 purchase order | Palantir USG Inc | $4.4M | Data / ai platform to build analytics and ai enabled data products that create decision advantage for the agency at the secret level. | Missile Defense Agency | Nov 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA862622F0100 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $4.4M | Component improvement program f100 | Air Force | Jan 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F3509 delivery order | Koam Engineering Systems, Inc | $4.4M | Joint integrated fires, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance c4isr cross system command integration, test and evaluation t&e and experimentation engineering | Navy | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042120F0962 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $4.4M | Ice division and tempest branch support (ICE-t) | Navy | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833523C0034 definitive contract | Touchstone Research Laboratory, LTD | $4.4M | Research and development | Navy | Dec 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F2272 delivery order | Monterey Technologies Inc | $4.4M | Cmpc software development part d | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1507 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $4.4M | Usn e-2d advanced hawkeye improved landing mode (ilm a.k.a. magic prop) | Navy | Mar 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6660423F3008 delivery order | Indus Technology Inc | $4.4M | Shall provide business operations support for the sensors and sonar systems department, code 15, at naval undersea warfare center div. newport. bus. ops. include data center, property & project management, i.t. & cybersecurity, financial ... | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124C4502 definitive contract | Grammatech, Inc | $4.4M | Rescind phase 1 | Navy | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB004 definitive contract | Greensight Inc | $4.4M | Surrogate hardware for accelerated platform exploration exploitation (sharpee) | Air Force | Jan 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8076 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.4M | Anti-submarine warfare surveillance systems | Navy | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020C9324 definitive contract | BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP | $4.4M | Counter cruise missile experimentation: hypervelocity projectile (hvp) all-up-round (aur) experiment | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA210323C0001 definitive contract | Resonant Sciences LLC | $4.4M | Razr system with 4 options of enhanced support without warranty | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0052 definitive contract | International Business Machines Corporation | $4.4M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024FB006 delivery order | Owl Cyber Defense Solutions LLC | $4.4M | Secure collaborative technology (sctech) operations and maintenance (om) vi | Air Force | Sep 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0020 delivery order | Mriglobal | $4.4M | Research, development, test, evaluation, and strategic initiatives for joint program executive office for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (jpeo cbrnd) | Air Force | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239124CB026 definitive contract | Bascom Hunter Technologies, Inc | $4.4M | Sbir phase iii, modular cooling capacity for tactical aircraft | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862624FB014 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $4.4M | Delivery order 5 | Air Force | Jul 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB036 definitive contract | Concurrent Technologies Corp | $4.4M | This proposed program intends to overcome the limits of existing am powder bed fusion equipment, specifically extending the longitudinal distance (commonly referred to as the z-axis)of existing original equipment manufacturer (oem) ... | Air Force | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8323 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $4.4M | Gallium oxide crystal growth rocess assessment | Navy | Nov 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8121 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.4M | Cdlp/cmc systems engineering and modeling capability (scn) | Navy | Dec 19, 2023 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C7316 definitive contract | Kitware Inc | $4.4M | Aligned moral language models with interpretable and graph-based knowledge | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086124C0001 definitive contract | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $4.4M | Provide engineering services, operations and sustainment, surge support, and data services. | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB049 definitive contract | Smart Information Flow Technologies LLC | $4.4M | Planned attack campaigns for metric analysis | Air Force | Apr 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020F1956 delivery order | Edaptive Computing Inc | $4.4M | Solutions for threat assessment, mitigation, and prevention | Air Force | Jun 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0463 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $4.4M | The inspired program, which aims to develop an optoelectronic detector modules that integrate squeezed-light measurement techniques into form factors thereby achieving sensitivity significantly beyond the quantum shot-noise limit. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA126FE010 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $4.4M | Targeting/weaponeering assistance cell (twac) analysis support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C1175 definitive contract | Dzyne Technologies, LLC | $4.4M | Small payload precision air-launched inexpensive delivery system | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600120C4005 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $4.4M | Research iaw sow (base period) | Navy | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1505 definitive contract | L3 Technologies, Inc | $4.3M | Robust environment navigation technology for enhanced recovery to NAVY ships (reterns) | Navy | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470124C0017 definitive contract | Noveon Magnetics Inc | $4.3M | Sbir phase iii award to noveon to establish a plan for supporting manufacturing capability and demonstration focused on the development and optimization of its raw material delivery systems and postproduction. systems | Defense Logistics Agency | Jan 31, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W900KK23F0125 delivery order | Verus Research, LLC | $4.3M | The combined environments design of experiments labor, materials, travel and other direct costs | Army | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W50RAJ25F0006 delivery order | Exponent Inc | $4.3M | Task type 2 - on individual ffp ti | Army | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881824FB030 delivery order | Atk Launch Systems LLC | $4.3M | The contractor shall furnish all supplies and services necessary to accomplish work in accordance with attachment 1, performance work statement (pws), paragraph 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3. this clin is for core effort. | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB052 definitive contract | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $4.3M | The objective of this effort is to advance the technology readiness of the ibr welded patch repair process and demonstrate the capability to perform the patch repair process on real or representative ibr blades of the f119 and f135 engines. | Air Force | Apr 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0194 definitive contract | Battelle Memorial Institute | $4.3M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8237 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.3M | Systems engineering & integration fy23 | Navy | Aug 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB044 definitive contract | Continuous Composites Inc | $4.3M | Continuous fiber additive manufacturing design optimization and fea integration | Air Force | May 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA850423F0011 delivery order | The Corporation of Mercer University | $4.3M | Specialized engineering services for C-130 aircraft functional system integrity program (fsip) | Air Force | Sep 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C9317 definitive contract | Geneva Technologies, Inc | $4.3M | Equipment qualification unifying airdrop, terrestrial & orbital regimes | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8099 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.3M | Fy23 peregrine program | Navy | Jun 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945319F0005 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $4.3M | Igf::ot::igf advanced missile warning payloads | Air Force | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865124FB015 delivery order | Technology Service Corp | $4.3M | See section j - attachment 1 - low-cost air-to-ground rf seeker sow | Air Force | May 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123F0044 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.3M | Darpa research support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Aug 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C5312 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $4.3M | Speed with innovative flowpath technology (swift) | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875021C0135 definitive contract | Argon ST, Inc | $4.3M | Cyber mission assurance technology (c-mat) | Air Force | May 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1319 definitive contract | Lyten, Inc | $4.3M | Metamaterials | Navy | May 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C5293 definitive contract | University of Dayton | $4.3M | Materials maturation for high mach systems | Air Force | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865125CB019 definitive contract | Nokomis, Inc | $4.3M | Passive rf-based target detection, identification, and geolocation for rf seekers | Air Force | Jul 1, 2025 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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