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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP470126C0039 definitive contract | 6k Additive, Inc | $3.9M | Small business innovative research phase ii to 6k additive - proposal l2s-0093 under topic dla183-013 for grave to cradle: establishing a domestic capability to recover, reclaim, and convert critical metals from defense & industrial scrap | Defense Logistics Agency | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0045 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $3.9M | Research, analysis, development, and planning of force projection technologies and laboratories for united states ARMY combat capabilities development command, ground vehicle systems center | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123F0841 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $3.9M | Low band universal communications system - receive (lbucs-r) engineering support | Navy | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F2430 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | $3.9M | See attachment 1 - sow | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1040 definitive contract | V2x Systems LLC | $3.9M | The spectrum dependent system (sds) data synthesis (sdsds) effort is to develop concepts, algorithms, and software prototypes to access, harness, utilize, and synthesize data from combat systems and other sds or sensors to demonstrate the ... | Navy | Jun 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA205724FB003 delivery order | Icr, Inc | $3.9M | Twilight zone | Air Force | Nov 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8114 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.9M | Pma-263 mcisr | Navy | Dec 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1512 definitive contract | Questek Innovations LLC | $3.9M | The purpose of this effort is to advance additive friction stir deposition (afsd)/cold spray (cs) manufacturing technologies to provide a turnkey solution for enhanced warfighter sustainment and performance by accelerating adoption of ... | Navy | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY20F0068 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $3.9M | This is a performance based task order for effort titled "program and engineering support for irfpa microfactory operations and sensor innovation" issued on a cost plus fixed fee(cpff) | Army | Dec 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865020F2602 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $3.9M | Optimized management of generation and allocation | Air Force | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C5716 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $3.9M | Overwrap & verifilm elimination & reduction | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072720F1200 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $3.9M | Engineering services: parabellum: analyze, design, develop, build, integrate, and test advanced technology microelectronic and software solutions to add capability to the microelectronics-based electronic attack | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Mar 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2214 definitive contract | Colorado State University | $3.9M | Cooperative institute for research in the atmosphere (cira) optical variability evaluation of regional cloud asymmetries in space and time (overcast) | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8365 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $3.9M | Nuwc keyport, tata vehicles/field operation | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1008 definitive contract | Senseeker Corp | $3.9M | Must hits droic | Navy | Feb 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875021C1518 definitive contract | General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc | $3.9M | Warfighter integration sigint products (wisp) | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1315 definitive contract | University of Texas at Austin | $3.9M | Ownship vulnerability development | Navy | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA124F0024 delivery order | Southwest Research Institute | $3.9M | Research, development test and evaluation of test articles | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042121F0456 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $3.9M | Vx-20 aircrew labor - fms | Navy | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0005 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $3.9M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2002 definitive contract | Metron Incorporated | $3.9M | Advanced algorithm development for autonomous marine systems (advanced algorithms) | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA121F0002 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $3.9M | Non-ideal air blast testing and modeling | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Feb 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8137 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.9M | Cbrne defense systems | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F0283 delivery order | Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC | $3.9M | Weapons system R&D | Navy | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0123 definitive contract | Kitware Inc | $3.9M | Semantic forensics (semafor) program technical area 1 performer | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0488 definitive contract | Galois, Inc | $3.9M | Enhanced sbom for optimized software sustainment (e-boss) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C0053 definitive contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $3.9M | Quantum experimental science and technology (quest) | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU26CA001 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $3.9M | This effort addresses the technical and program challenges by leveraging legacy bistatic str technology developed on the defense advanced research project agency radarnet program and integrate the technology into the radar being developed ... | Army | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2408 definitive contract | Serco Inc | $3.9M | Course of action (coa) generation and ranking | Navy | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865124FB051 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $3.9M | This task is intended to provide the research, development, and required engineering to stand up and implement a sil/hwil capability that enables the evaluation of cmid. | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425C5243 definitive contract | Metron Incorporated | $3.9M | Engineering services | Navy | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600121F0375 delivery order | Noblis MSD LLC | $3.8M | Engineering services | Navy | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8045 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.8M | Undersea advanced capabilities | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881924C1005 definitive contract | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | $3.8M | Refinement of the ka high throughput system application for the spacex infrastructure | Air Force | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8043 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.8M | Cbrne suite rdte fy25-fy28 | Navy | Sep 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F2268 delivery order | L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems LP | $3.8M | Acoustic system performance estimate computer tool (aspect) software development and sustainment | Navy | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945320C0040 definitive contract | Toyon Research Corporation | $3.8M | Algorithm development for resilient on orbit image processing | Air Force | Sep 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C5021 definitive contract | United Protective Technologies, LLC | $3.8M | High velocity erosion (hive) system | Air Force | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238524CB010 definitive contract | Stratom, Inc | $3.8M | Lightweight and airworthy 463l cargo loader for austere environments | Air Force | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1038 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $3.8M | Vadr-to build a highly scalable distributed beamforming system and demonstrate IT with a 32 node ground array and 2 airborne payloads. | Navy | Jan 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN25CA066 definitive contract | Rutgers, the State University | $3.8M | Hypersonic wind tunnel, facility, safety, security, and visualization upgrades | Army | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0016721F3013 delivery order | Nti Corporation | $3.8M | Propulsor hydro & test task order | Navy | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA857123C0042 definitive contract | Sarcos Group LC | $3.8M | Sbir phase ii (stratfi) - sarcos group lc | Air Force | Dec 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072726FE029 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $3.8M | Cet, 25-568: the advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for modernization of a uhf gateway to drsn to improve communications. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE055 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $3.8M | The advanced technology support program contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability to the microelectronics-based range instrumentation systems for large scale military exercises | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8155 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.8M | Maritime surveillance systems | Navy | Nov 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB111 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $3.8M | Distributed metadata manager service/network modeling portal - develop, analyze, demonstrate digital models, sw/hw components enabling adaptive qos managed info sharing across multiple security domains and black networks for tactical edge ... | Air Force | Jun 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875021C1509 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $3.8M | Artificial intelligence/machine learning-enabled autonomous | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865019F2400 delivery order | Honeywell International Inc | $3.8M | Cold air from engines research funding | Air Force | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23F0103 delivery order | Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc | $3.8M | Software defined timing R&D services | Army | Dec 10, 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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