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Defense systems R&D: $104B in defense awards
$104B obligated across 31,432 DoD and DHS awards to 7,037 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 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 | 31,432 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA810726FB001 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $50.8M | Modification of two (2) b-52 mtc-certified aircraft with the cerp modification, along with subsystem modeling updates. | Air Force | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W91CRB26FA082 delivery order | Joint Technical Solutions, LLC | $50.7M | Redstone test and engineering services - task order year 3. | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001920C0026 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $50.7M | Fy20 level of effort hours for the initial design of the common reprogramming tools | Navy | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8717 delivery order | University of Washington | $50.4M | Fy23 stafac amfip production | Navy | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0014 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $50.3M | Advanced threats research, development, test and evaluation for the joint program executive office for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1408 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $49.9M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability, improve performance, and increase availability of the microelectronics-based counter-unmanned aircraft ... | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Oct 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8003 definitive contract | Chameleon Consulting Group, LLC | $49.8M | Phase i - crafty brewer janus project | Navy | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0039 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $49.6M | Intelligence warfighting function research, development, integration, and analysis for united states ARMY forces command | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F2604 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $49.5M | Sc26 infrastructure | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861222FB005 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $49.3M | Digital infrastructure consortium for advanced battle management system | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0004 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $49.2M | Accelerating solutions for electronic warfare for the office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering electromagnetic warfare and countermeasures | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0020 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $48.7M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023F1004 delivery order | Invictus International Consulting LLC | $48.5M | Remiel | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086125F4100 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $48.5M | The purpose of this task order is to sustain the mdsea space operations center (soc) and mdsea for future R&D of experimental mental or developmental missile defense missile defense system space capabilities system space capabilities. | Missile Defense Agency | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881013C0002 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corp | $48.3M | Igf::ot::igf sustainment support fiscal year 12-16 | Air Force | Nov 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085724F8800 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $48.0M | The objective of this effort is to provide a near-real time detect capability with visibility into cyber activities across mission system networks and other related mission sets. additional objective of enterprise cyber-security system ... | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C5292 definitive contract | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $47.8M | Rapid assessment, maturation, prototyping, and transition of emerging structural technologies | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0037 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $47.6M | Operational safety, suitability, and effectiveness engineering tasks for air force life cycle management center | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001117C0025 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $47.6M | Igf::ot::igf hypersonic air-breathing weapon concept (hawc) phase 2 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0043 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $47.5M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds igf::ot::igf | Missile Defense Agency | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893622C0036 definitive contract | Amentum Technology, Inc | $47.5M | Altc/ultc | Navy | Nov 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0030 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $47.4M | Stand-in force strategic planning and analysis for iii marine expeditionary force | Air Force | Jul 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001125F0451 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $47.0M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Nov 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8004 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $46.8M | Darpa janus program | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248623FA003 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $46.8M | Seek eagle modeling and analysis tools support (semats) 3 | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0003 delivery order | Carnegie Mellon University | $46.5M | Igf::ot::igf line funding execution for cmu-sei. | Air Force | Sep 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0035 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $46.4M | Hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic missions research, development, test, and evaluation for the navys strategic systems programs and the naval surface warfare center crane strategic systems hardware division | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24F0002 delivery order | Yulista Support Services LLC | $45.9M | Funding for materials and labor | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0026 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $45.7M | Ground vehicle systems center (gvsc) modeling and simulation (m&s) united states ARMY combat capabilities development command / ground vehicle systems center | Air Force | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072726FE050 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $45.6M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to resolve obsolescence issues and add capability to microelectronics-based counter-unmanned aircraft system and sense and ... | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0047 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $45.5M | Intelligence surveillance reconnaissance payloads architectures and communications analysis for naval air warfare center aircraft division webster outlying field ship and air integrated warfare | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0021 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $45.4M | Identification, analysis, recommendations, and delivery of military health system and joint staff medical capabilities for defense health agency | Air Force | Jan 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0003024C7002 definitive contract | Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc | $45.4M | Slcm-n spa uca contract | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911W621F0005 delivery order | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | $45.4M | Future team support and electrical power system (eps) | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE023 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $45.1M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability, improve performance, reliability, maintainability of a microelectronics-based aircraft system | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023F1003 delivery order | Global Infotek Inc | $45.1M | Haniel | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV24F0028 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $45.1M | Technical and engineering services (tes) support for the combat capabilities development command ground vehicle systems center (devcom gvsc) laboratories and its customers | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523621F3020 delivery order | Gryphon Technologies, L.c | $44.9M | The contractor shall provide technical and subject matter expertise support to the darpa information innovation office (i2o) for existing and planned programs, new start efforts, scientific research, and technology transition. | Navy | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1426 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $44.9M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability and improve performance of the microelectronics-based scaled onboard electronic attack (soea) system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881020C0002 definitive contract | Parsons Technical Services Inc | $44.8M | Tools, applications, and processing laboratory and overhead persistent infrared battlespace awareness center support services. | Air Force | Apr 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0046 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $44.6M | Security and trustworthy foundations for electronics resurgence (stryfer) | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002417C6307 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $44.4M | Igf::ot::igf xluuv(orca)system design&tech data pkg | Navy | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017322C2005 definitive contract | Technology Service Corp | $44.2M | Panther research & development | Navy | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8322 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $44.2M | Rapid affordable producible torpedo | Navy | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014719F0012 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $44.1M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085522F0004 delivery order | Analytical Services, Inc | $43.9M | Missile defense data center operations and sustainment | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881821F0001 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $43.6M | Red ruby | Air Force | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ22C0063 definitive contract | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | $43.3M | Contract award and exercise of option 1 for the integration of the improved turbine engine (ite) onto the uh/hh-60m black hawk helicopter. | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600125F3500 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $43.3M | Global positioning system (gps) user equipment (ue) engineering support | Navy | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023F1002 delivery order | CNF Technologies Corporation | $43.1M | Archangel-chamuel | Air Force | Jun 4, 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 9, 2026.
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