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Defense systems R&D: $104B in defense awards
$104B obligated across 31,436 DoD and DHS awards to 7,037 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 14, 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 | 31,436 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W56KGU21C0030 definitive contract | CACI, Inc - Federal | $3.7M | Contract w56kgu-21-c-0030 is a cost-plus-fixed-fee - completion type contract entitled, "cyber/electronic warfare framework (cewf)". this acquisition is the result of a proposal submitted by caci technologies | Army | Jul 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9240524C0007 definitive contract | Viasat Inc | $3.7M | Gimballess olc labor (phase i) | U.S. Special Operations Command | Dec 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0425 definitive contract | Vanderbilt University | $3.7M | Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (castle) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8108 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.7M | Pms 408 electronic warfare | Navy | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003424F0413 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $3.7M | Analysis, engineering, modeling, and simulation services | Washington Headquarters Services | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F3510 delivery order | Koam Engineering Systems, Inc | $3.7M | Missile defense (md) engineering operations and maintenance (o&m) support | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA930023C6010 definitive contract | Flight Works, Inc | $3.7M | Research and development for ascent propulsion system | Air Force | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0036 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $3.7M | Darpa research program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945320C0603 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $3.7M | Future space communications (fsc) - roset call 009 | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881822F0005 delivery order | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $3.7M | Rslp ma task order 3 | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945123CA005 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $3.7M | High-power electromagnetic (hpem) fundamental research | Air Force | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HY023325CE001 definitive contract | Gxo, Inc | $3.7M | Phase 1 studies and analysis | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F2063 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $3.7M | Cmpc software development | Navy | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8030 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.7M | Manned_unmanned system R&D irregular warfare | Navy | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C5704 definitive contract | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $3.7M | Manufacturing technology (mantech), geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (gmapd) sensor manufacturability | Air Force | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0303 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $3.7M | Scientific feasibility (scify) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600120F3502 delivery order | Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc | $3.7M | Laboratory services | Navy | Jun 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0094 definitive contract | Blue Canyon Technologies LLC | $3.6M | 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 cost spacecraft nodes. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238524CB039 definitive contract | Blacksky Geospatial Solutions, LLC | $3.6M | Blacksky direct to phase 2 | Air Force | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8201 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.6M | Arl robotics and autonomy research | Navy | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1513 definitive contract | Expedition Technology, LLC | $3.6M | Firetail | Air Force | Mar 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F7066 delivery order | Sabre Systems, LLC | $3.6M | New task order for pma 268 | Navy | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865019F5604 delivery order | University of Dayton | $3.6M | Quick reaction evaluation iii task order 4 -- materials evaluation and testing | Air Force | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0867 delivery order | Sabre Systems, LLC | $3.6M | Task order for pma-299 | Navy | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0091 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $3.6M | Task order in support of technical service memorandum ga-asi-25-0043 entitled, united states marine corp automatic identification system kit operation and integration | Army | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1025 definitive contract | Epsilon C5i Inc | $3.6M | Devops enhancement via container integration for moc with automated test and evaluation (decimate) | Navy | Jul 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945319C0038 definitive contract | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $3.6M | Advanced visualization, automation, and novel computing enterprise (advance) is to research, investigate, compare, and prototype capabilities to assist operational mission effect across the warfighting technological domain. | Air Force | Mar 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8701 delivery order | University of Washington | $3.6M | Contract task order n00024-26-f-8701 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. | Navy | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086023C0020 definitive contract | Wales Systems Engineering and Logistics LTD | $3.6M | Isa&i study program | Missile Defense Agency | Dec 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865023F2406 delivery order | Taitech, Inc | $3.6M | Tssc - development of high speed air breathing propulsion, and airframe structures/component concepts | Air Force | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M23F0001 delivery order | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | $3.6M | Aerophysics research facility and impact measurements (arf/aim) task order effort | Army | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE019 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $3.6M | Provably weird network deployment and detection (pwnd2) stage 2 - rtx bbn | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8368 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $3.6M | Undersea security programs technology support | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0062 delivery order | Cubrc, Inc | $3.6M | Follow-on for aerothermal aero-optics evaluation center (aaec) | Army | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238526FB002 delivery order | Blacksky Geospatial Solutions, LLC | $3.6M | Segmented large optical imager design and risk assessment | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880724CB006 definitive contract | Terasense, Inc | $3.6M | Advance terasense lynx prototype application tacfi, sbir phase iib | Air Force | Jun 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0173 delivery order | Xiphos Partners, Inc | $3.6M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0030 definitive contract | Icd Alloys and Metals LLC | $3.6M | Domestic production of tantalum metals | Defense Logistics Agency | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911W618C0025 definitive contract | R Cubed Engineering LLC | $3.6M | Final report | Army | Jun 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0431 definitive contract | Five Directions, Inc | $3.6M | Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (castle) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB011 definitive contract | Materion Brush Inc | $3.6M | Additive manufacturing of beryllium for defense | Air Force | Jul 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB082 definitive contract | Stonewall Defense LLC | $3.6M | Tactical employment of audio with mobile machine learning (team-ml) | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2017 definitive contract | Parsons Government Services Inc | $3.6M | Tactical analytics to provide effective strategies for team readiness and increased expeditionary superiority (tapestries) | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0151 delivery order | Coherent Technical Services, Inc | $3.6M | Sbir phase iii research & development | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0313 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $3.6M | Darpa research program security setup | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123C4002 definitive contract | Charles River Analytics, Inc | $3.6M | Darpa baa hr001122s0032, research iaw sow - base | Navy | Feb 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085125FE022 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $3.6M | Opus modeling and dms procurement | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8383 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $3.6M | Arl/psu - fy2018 - fy 2023 requirement | Navy | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8208 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.6M | Nato seasparrow development | Navy | Nov 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042121C0022 definitive contract | Zivko Aeronautics Inc | $3.6M | Igf:ot:igf services for naval post graduate school. | Navy | Mar 27, 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 16, 2026.
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