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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ014718F0033 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.1M | Eea support rdte funds | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123F0043 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.1M | Darpa research support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865023F2404 delivery order | Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc | $4.1M | Technology for sustained supersonic combustion | Air Force | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8047 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.1M | Comsubpac advanced situational awareness | Navy | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB119 definitive contract | Thomson Reuters Special Services LLC | $4.1M | Actuate | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8528 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $4.1M | Tatx: delta cei deployment, cloud migration, and ord interfaces | Navy | Jun 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8702 delivery order | University of Washington | $4.1M | Task order n00024-26-f-8702 shall be performed in accordance with the statement of work as outlined in the task description entitled pisces: modeling, infrastructure, and in-water support, attachment 1 and attachment 2, dd form 254. | Navy | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN25CA067 definitive contract | Toyon Research Corporation | $4.1M | Synthetic target and live scene generation | Army | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8184 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.1M | Unmanned surface vessel combat system | Navy | Feb 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA119F0002 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $4.1M | Base - cwmd research&development | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Aug 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8538 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $4.1M | Ssn ssbn vulnerability analysis and test planning in areas of interest ii | Navy | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8227 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.1M | Maritime theather missile defense | Navy | Sep 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0020 definitive contract | Vibrant Corporation | $4.1M | Sbir phase ii: vibrant corp. proposal number:l2s-0053 proposal title:advanced non-destructive testing in support of life cycle management for weapons system components topic number:af182-073 | Defense Logistics Agency | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA237724CB019 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $4.1M | Architecture refinement, demonstration and integration systems (ardis) resolute sentry | Air Force | Feb 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085423F0020 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.1M | Base clin 0021 | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0054 definitive contract | Seakr Engineering, LLC | $4.1M | Blackjack program phases 2 and 3, which is an architecture demonstration intending to show the high military utility of global leo constellations and mesh networks of lower size, weight, and spacecraft nodes. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875018C0017 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $4.1M | Cyber operations | Air Force | Jan 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA231824CB004 definitive contract | Ds2 LLC | $4.1M | This effort is to develop weapons planning capabilities software in the next generation open mission systems and join mission planning systems environment for combat aircraft. | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA237725CB023 definitive contract | Dynetics, Inc | $4.1M | Aerial refueling battle management (arbm) | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0021 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $4.1M | Analysis for united states ARMY program executive office for aviation headquarters | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0489 delivery order | Virtuvia LLC | $4.1M | Research and development | Navy | Nov 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F0142 delivery order | Brandes Associates, Inc | $4.1M | Engineering services | Navy | Nov 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0316 delivery order | Chesapeake Technology International, Corp | $4.1M | Software development/modification, integration, test, and documentation in support of the delivery of marine corps electronic warfare family of systems products and capabilities | Navy | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123F0001 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $4.1M | R&d services for nuclear water shock modeling | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424FC427 delivery order | Sonalysts Inc | $4.1M | Mark 48 and mark 54 engineering services | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8186 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.1M | Navy conventional prompt strike (cps) rapid trajectory generator (rtg) program | Navy | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA714625C0005 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $4.1M | Project istanbul | Air Force | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8038 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.0M | Mk7 systems engineering fy26 | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0442 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $4.0M | Synthetic quantum nanostructures | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865018C1655 definitive contract | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $4.0M | Alpha prime - sbir iii | Air Force | Nov 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA122F0015 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $4.0M | Nuclear, chemical, biological, radiological, and high explosive modeling and simulation integration development for synthetic environments | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0432 definitive contract | Six24 Cyber Labs LLC | $4.0M | Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (castle) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123F0002 delivery order | Peraton Inc | $4.0M | R&d services for development of enhanced nuclear weapons effects database system | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8217 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.0M | Sensor and system test (s71a9) | Navy | Nov 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F6272 delivery order | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $4.0M | Responsive operator-interface development (roid) | Air Force | Feb 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001421FM016 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $4.0M | Manufacturing technology (mantech) - composites manufacturing center (cmc) | Navy | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F0457 delivery order | Computer Systems Center Incorporated | $4.0M | F35 mpe | Navy | May 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025C0001 definitive contract | Huntsman International LLC | $4.0M | Research & development | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CH25F0412 delivery order | Teledyne FLIR Unmanned Ground Systems, Inc | $4.0M | Crs-h and mtrs inc. ii software fixes and cyber security updates, obsolescence and problem investigation. | Army | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8162 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $4.0M | Surtass scn program | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA930024C6017 definitive contract | Geneva Technologies, Inc | $4.0M | Falcon sat-11 initial design | Air Force | Sep 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600124C4018 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $4.0M | Principles of undersea magnetohydrodynamic pumps (pump) darpa contract. | Navy | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833526C1021 definitive contract | Synapsemx, Inc | $4.0M | Sbir phase ii topic j201-cso1 | Navy | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085321F0001 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $4.0M | Test engineering services idiq task order in support of thaad. | Missile Defense Agency | Jul 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C9308 definitive contract | Makai LLC | $4.0M | Support to dept of the af chief architect's office | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248725FB019 delivery order | Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation | $4.0M | Department of the ARMY military intelligence - strategy and transformation directorate (dami-st) | Air Force | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA254126CB013 definitive contract | Altana Technologies USG Inc | $4.0M | This is a sbir sequential phase ii award in reference to sbir phase ii contract - fa9422-22-c-0026. under this contract altana will perform engineering development tasks to enhance the commercial platform for casr, ssio, and saf/sq needs. | Air Force | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA882024FB002 delivery order | Anduril Industries, Inc | $4.0M | Sdanet sbir iii single award idiq program managment support task order. | Air Force | Dec 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE081 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $4.0M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for tcts pru, cet 25-571. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0313 definitive contract | Reach Power, Inc | $4.0M | Configurable energy receiver & transmitter and microgrid augmentation with kilowatt energy relay | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jul 29, 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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