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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA237725CB002 definitive contract | Saab, Inc | $3.5M | Airborne multifunction unmanned sensor for exploration | Air Force | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0316 definitive contract | Arkham Technology Limited | $3.5M | Empirical proving ground for cryptographic engineering challenges in large scale deployments (epic eagle), small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865125CB004 definitive contract | Covar, LLC | $3.5M | Autonomy rules | Air Force | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8231 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.5M | Jato airborne electronic attack | Navy | Jul 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F5415 delivery order | Bluehalo, LLC | $3.5M | Personnel protection against ocular threats | Air Force | May 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA124C0003 definitive contract | Genecapture, Inc | $3.5M | Infectious disease diagnostics and differentiation of viral vs. bacterial infections for point of care applications (phase iii) | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jan 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1612 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $3.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for radars. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Aug 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HY023325CE009 definitive contract | Royce Geospatial Consultants, LLC | $3.5M | Fy25 funding iso internal funding (purchase request) for analytical support, atr algorithms, and pattern of life/operations as described in project gollum activities. (partner grvty)(6.4) (direct cite) | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600122F0227 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $3.5M | Engineering services for muous support | Navy | Oct 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9240524C0004 definitive contract | Overmatch, Inc | $3.5M | Sttr ph ii topic & prototype development ml driven object recognition | U.S. Special Operations Command | May 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8548 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $3.5M | Aegis system equipped vessels (asev) aegis conversion equipment group input output (acegio) and advanced storage area network (asan) technical support and equipment sets | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042122F0015 delivery order | Mercury Systems Inc | $3.5M | Nfte task order | Navy | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8702 delivery order | University of Washington | $3.5M | Fy25 om&n acoustic systems | Navy | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868424FB026 delivery order | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $3.5M | Open architecture standards management | Air Force | Jul 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9240525FE002 delivery order | University of South Florida Institute of Applied Engineering, Incorporated | $3.5M | To-074 re-blast precision | U.S. Special Operations Command | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945320C5000 definitive contract | Canyon Consulting, LLC | $3.5M | Advanced global positioning technologies (agt)- fa9453-20-c-5000 -wideband gps digital transmitter prototype system and architecture | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25FA099 delivery order | Sustainable System Solutions LLC | $3.5M | New do under miste idiq for applied environments modernization (aem) - fy25 electrodynamics vibration test systems (evts) ii u.s. ARMY yuma test center (ytc) applied environments modernization (aem) for ARMY test ranges | Army | Mar 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424FB008 delivery order | Mach-20, LLC | $3.5M | Maads to4 for autonomous collaborative systems (attritable and low cost systems) | Air Force | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0097 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $3.5M | Joint all-domain warfighting software (jaws) phase 3. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Oct 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA820625F0004 delivery order | Honeywell International Inc | $3.5M | No description on the record | Air Force | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8067 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.5M | Master NAVY studies | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA228024P0001 purchase order | Episys Science Inc | $3.5M | Control systems for coordinated operations. | Air Force | Aug 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001922F0984 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $3.4M | Post flight ICE shape test data analysis | Navy | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0486 definitive contract | Aarno Labs LLC | $3.4M | Enhanced sbom for optimized software sustainment (e-boss) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865120C0043 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $3.4M | Seeker cost transformation | Air Force | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9240823F0092 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $3.4M | E&i support (year 6&7) | U.S. Special Operations Command | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0503 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $3.4M | Material synthesis technologies for universal and diverse integration opportunities (m-studio)seeks to develop a universal defect-free heterogeneous integration methodology. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8390 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $3.4M | Submarine rescue system microelectronics integration | Navy | Feb 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016719F0213 delivery order | Seemann Composites, LLC | $3.4M | Small business innovation research phase iii - composite materials | Navy | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN23F0407 delivery order | Decilog, Inc | $3.4M | Providing ada programming and afatds subject matter expertise support. | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8222 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.4M | System engineering & integration fy24 | Navy | Dec 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6133124F0069 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $3.4M | Research and development- labor | Navy | Apr 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8229 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.4M | Dha directed energy health research | Navy | Mar 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600125F0525 delivery order | National Security Innovations, Inc | $3.4M | Strategic multilayer assessment services | Navy | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F0269 delivery order | Chesapeake Technology International, Corp | $3.4M | Software development/modification, integration, test, and documentation in support of the delivery of marine corps electronic warfare family of systems products and capabilities | Navy | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CH25FL054 delivery order | Asrc Federal Advanced Research, LLC | $3.4M | Funding for ground vehicle robotics field testing. | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F7003 delivery order | Assurance Technology Corp | $3.4M | Frost- mobile platforms rf systems | Navy | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0859 delivery order | Sabre Systems, LLC | $3.4M | Task order mbse | Navy | Apr 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239125CB015 definitive contract | Dynetics, Inc | $3.4M | Combat refueling and operations networked universal systems (cronus) - automated air-to-air refueling (a3r) - boom automation | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C1045 definitive contract | Toyon Research Corporation | $3.4M | Science and technology for autonomous teammates (stat) | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875025FB022 delivery order | Black River Systems Company, Inc | $3.4M | The purpose of this effort is to expand u.s. gov sponsored test facilities & capabilities including infrastructure to perform intensive test and evaluation to target and exploit next-generation communications | Air Force | Jun 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0835 delivery order | Sabre Systems, LLC | $3.4M | Task order psi | Navy | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8182 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.4M | Navigation systems | Navy | Nov 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0353 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $3.4M | Artificial intelligence reinforcements (air) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA122C0042 definitive contract | Group W Inc | $3.4M | This requirement supports the integration of the office of the security of defense's standard wargame integration facilitation toolkit (swift) with mission impacts of nuclear events software (mines). | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA882025FB001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.4M | Provide technical expertise to assist in the procurement/operationalization on the prime system integrator architecture, system performance capabilities, integration and test, and other program areas. | Air Force | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA855625F2002 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $3.4M | Candidate selection process (csp) v | Air Force | Jun 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F1011 delivery order | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $3.4M | Integrated sensor technology assessment and demonstration development | Air Force | Jun 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0062 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $3.4M | Isr&t to0001 crossbow | Navy | Nov 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875019C1513 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $3.4M | Deter | Air Force | Jul 2, 2024 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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