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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ072724F1605 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $3.2M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for enhancement of weather mission services for cet 24-421. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Dec 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875020C1538 definitive contract | Parsons Government Services Inc | $3.2M | Collaborative artifical intelligence (ai) for accelerated enemy course of action (ecoa) assessment | Air Force | May 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1105 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $3.2M | Improve the sensitivity uniformity and reduce the system volume of wide-field-of-view cameras by spherically curving a commercial microbolometer. hrl is industry leading in curving of sensors. we also have unique competencies in ... | Navy | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864924P1017 purchase order | Samara Aerospace, Inc | $3.2M | Resilient high precision spacecraft pointing using novel attitude control | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0120 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072723F1620 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $3.2M | Cet 23-346, red alpha iv. this project performs vulnerability analysis of targeted systems and then designs, develops and integrates methods to target the operation of the targeted software systems by utilizing these vulnerabilities. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Nov 21, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA229926FB006 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory (jhu/apl) indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (idiq) task order 28 | Air Force | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125FE036 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $3.2M | Database centric code development to improve operational readiness codes that model the effects of nuclear detonations on wastewater systems, open-channel , natural gas pipelines, civilian telecommunication systems, and economic systems | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA240125C0002 definitive contract | Rockwell Collins, Inc | $3.2M | Collins aerospace t1tl bmc3 applications | Air Force | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8013 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Fy23 advanced reentry systems-procurement | Navy | Apr 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600123C4508 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $3.2M | C2pep: cloud computing for paratope-epitope prediction | Navy | Apr 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA930026C6002 definitive contract | Quartus Engineering Incorporated | $3.2M | Spectral signature of objects in a space-like operational environment | Air Force | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864925P0001 purchase order | Autonomus Medical Technologies, Inc | $3.2M | Development of a semi-autonomous handheld robotic device to enable rapid vascular access by non-specialists in austere environments | Air Force | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8915 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Sensor and system test (s71a8) | Navy | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR23F0096 delivery order | Scitech Services Inc | $3.2M | Scientific, technical, engineering and program support services (stepss) task order to provide technical support to advanced design and manufacturing (adm), prototype integration facility. | Army | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8101 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Advanced submarine warfare | Navy | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238423CB003 definitive contract | C5t Corporation | $3.2M | Component-level operational decision advantage (coda) | Air Force | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC104724F4009 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Nec disa stratcom enterprise systems engineering and architecture analysis | Defense Information Systems Agency | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1122 definitive contract | Keyspoke Software LLC | $3.2M | We propose the development of a side-looking aperture radar system that optimizes coherent gain by sacrificing coverage area. configuring the radar to stare perpendicular to the aircrafts trajectory allows for the coherent combination of ... | Navy | Jan 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8174 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Naval advanced medical development 4.0 | Navy | Aug 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8036 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Accuracy improvement program (aip) | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864924P0413 purchase order | Compound Eye Inc | $3.2M | Passive 3 dimension sensor for autonomous aerial navigation | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE049 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $3.2M | No description on the record | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C2015 definitive contract | Blue Storm Associates Inc | $3.2M | Environmental intelligence research and development | Navy | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25CA003 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $3.2M | Mosslfuzz and dbfuzz | Army | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0030 definitive contract | Canadian Commercial Corporation | $3.2M | Resilient supply-demand network (rsdn) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Nov 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9240123C0002 definitive contract | Massive Light LLC | $3.2M | Shotglass | U.S. Special Operations Command | Jun 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085126FE019 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $3.2M | Sm-3 flight test fy 2026/2027 | Missile Defense Agency | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0069 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $3.2M | Generating communication channels to operate (gecco) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8025 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Eod modernization ii | Navy | Feb 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2009 definitive contract | Cognitive Performance Group of Florida, LLC | $3.2M | Solutions for talent assessment and development (stand) | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865021C6273 definitive contract | Aptima Inc | $3.2M | Gaming & agent development for air force training & readiness | Air Force | Jul 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CH25F0247 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $3.2M | Technical and engineering services (tes) support combat capabilities development command chemical biological (devcom cbc) and their peo and pm customers. | Army | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123F0015 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Assured neuro symbolic learning and reasoning (ansr) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125C0005 definitive contract | Aeris LLC | $3.2M | Multi echelon tactical operational response (mentor) | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0461 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Darpa research support serivces | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA930024C6019 definitive contract | Astrobotic Technology Inc | $3.2M | Mobile modular payload processing demonstrator | Air Force | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001126FE029 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Lasso effort under the johns hopkins university (jhu)/applied physics laboratory (apl) university affiliated research center (uarc) support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020F5234 delivery order | Riverside Research Institute | $3.2M | Direct integrated, computational, testing, and technical onsite research | Air Force | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8245 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.2M | Precision targeting systems | Navy | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0023 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $3.2M | Mission-integrated network control (minc) - battlespace-enabling data dissemination through orchestrated control and koopman (bedrock) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA205726FB004 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $3.2M | Virtual black flag 26-27 (vbf 26-27) | Air Force | Jan 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F1047 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $3.2M | Group a hardware for qrip iv & criis mod | Navy | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA930025C6001 definitive contract | Ursa Major Technologies, Inc | $3.1M | Advanced liquid rocket engine for application and launch | Air Force | Dec 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1506 definitive contract | Black River Systems Company, Inc | $3.1M | Multi-source analytics for lucrative intelligence in contested environments (malice) | Air Force | Jul 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875022F1012 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $3.1M | Sparky mayhem | Air Force | Aug 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C2201 definitive contract | Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc | $3.1M | Observation and predictive modeling of ocean weather using distributed ocean networks | Navy | Mar 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864923P1179 purchase order | Electroninks Incorporated | $3.1M | Developing novel solar cell materials technology for resilient space dominance | Air Force | Sep 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV22FL127 delivery order | Asrc Federal Professional Services, LLC | $3.1M | New task order for prototype intergration facility's technical services. | Army | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424FM011 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $3.1M | The contractor shall conduct project development and management for NAVY manufacturing technology (mantech) naval shipbuilding and advanced manufacturing (herein nsam 3) iaw the attached task order sow and terms of the idiq sow and idiq ... | Navy | Jun 3, 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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