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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA930024C6021 definitive contract | Firefly Aerospace Inc | $3.1M | Otv nozzle effort | Air Force | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865125CB003 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $3.1M | Lethal intelligent autonomy | Air Force | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA701425C0036 definitive contract | Forward Edge AI Inc | $3.1M | Pks-d.sookhai - digital transformation services | Air Force | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA864924P1013 purchase order | Vulcan Elements Inc | $3.1M | Securing department of the air force (daf) supply chains with rare earth magnets | Air Force | Jun 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB037 definitive contract | CACI, Inc - Federal | $3.1M | Planning and artificial intelligence model sharing | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600125F0593 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $3.1M | Base engineering services in support of ssa tasking. | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0285 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $3.1M | Fhu lab support services | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600121C0091 definitive contract | Mayflower Communications Company, Inc | $3.1M | Integrated military global positioning system (gps) user equipment (mgue)/antenna system (imas) | Navy | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W50RAJ25C0002 definitive contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.1M | Labor, material, odc | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911W619C0072 definitive contract | Physical Optics Corporation | $3.1M | Physical optics corp - sbir phase iii | Army | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525F0008 delivery order | Platform Systems, Incorporated | $3.1M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862621F1119 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $3.1M | F119 component improvement program | Air Force | May 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F1101 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $3.1M | Technical interchange meetings (tims) | Navy | Jul 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0312 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Research Corp | $3.1M | Optimum processing technology inside memory arrays (optima) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881825FB003 delivery order | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $3.1M | New rslp mission assurance task order (fa8818-25-f-b003) for eft-2 launch service task order (fa8818-25-f-b001). | Air Force | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA462523C0025 definitive contract | Asylon Inc | $3.1M | Small business innovation and research advancing drone technology for stratfi sbir phase ii | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB051 definitive contract | Concurrent Technologies Corp | $3.1M | Grape call 0002 flight charging infrastructure demonstration (fcid) see section j attachment 1 for fcid sowsee section j attachment 2 for sow supplement | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE082 delivery order | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $3.1M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for airspace software. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865019C6124 definitive contract | University of Montana | $3.1M | Advanced warfighter physiology: application of biometrics and body worn sensors to reduce injury risk and optimize perfor | Air Force | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865123FA028 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $3.1M | Counter air science and technology | Air Force | Mar 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600122C4029 definitive contract | Cromulence LLC | $3.1M | Research iaw veritas, voicing exploitation and research, intuition, and tradecraft to advance solutions. | Navy | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945120C0026 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $3.1M | Pulsed and continuous wave innovation for integration and effects research laser vulnerability research - assessments | Air Force | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0355 definitive contract | Specter Aerospace Inc | $3.1M | Research and development | Navy | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945121F0003 delivery order | University of Hawaii | $3.1M | Arl/uh will provide essential engineering research and development capabilities to evaluate and optimize early production high performance computing (hpc) technology and provide breakthrough software solutions for vanguard center | Navy | Mar 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE031 definitive contract | Regents of the University of California, the | $3.1M | Microsystems induced catalysis (mica) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU22F0019 delivery order | Yulista Support Services LLC | $3.1M | Base fms car | Army | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0427 definitive contract | Punch Cyber Corp | $3.1M | Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (castle) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1101 definitive contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $3.1M | The purpose of this effort is to develop a high-frequency waveform that presents a structure that is difficult for existing adversary interceptor models to detect. | Navy | Nov 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8380 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $3.1M | Panthera | Navy | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T23C0004 definitive contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $3.1M | Broad agency announcement - completion contract for c5isr mounted form factor. | Army | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C0080 definitive contract | Regents of the University of California, the | $3.1M | Provably correct design of adaptive hybrid neuro-symbolic cyber physical systems | Air Force | Dec 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA864924P1081 purchase order | Qusecure, Inc | $3.1M | Quantum-resistant encryption for communications in special united states air force missions | Air Force | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1530 definitive contract | Kestrel Institute | $3.1M | Shift c scharp in fight tonight | Air Force | Oct 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0019 definitive contract | Havik Solutions LLC | $3.1M | Research and development | Navy | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0014 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $3.1M | Guaranteeing ai robustness against deception (gard) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002422C5201 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $3.1M | Engineering services | Navy | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8039 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.1M | Vipr uk phase b | Navy | Jan 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0014 definitive contract | Kudu Dynamics LLC | $3.1M | Intelligent generation of tools for security (ingots) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881823F0014 delivery order | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $3.1M | Green wave ma task order | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA857124C0043 definitive contract | Engineering and Software System Solutions, Inc | $3.1M | This effort is to provide the tasks and support requirements for developing the prototype and qualification testing phase of the ut-1 universal towbar. additional tasks to support tow simulation analysis of the f-22 aircraft. | Air Force | Jan 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8059 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $3.1M | Mine warfare systems procurement (ssm22) | Navy | Jul 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2021 definitive contract | Metron Incorporated | $3.1M | Applied tactical metoc research and development | Navy | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0502 definitive contract | Riverside Research Institute | $3.1M | Objective prediction of team effectiveness via models of performance outcomes (op tempo) phase i - base | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880226F0003 delivery order | LMI Consulting, LLC | $3.0M | The space-based sensing and targeting (sbst) system delta 810 (syd 810) advanced programs branch (eta) requires acquisition solution support founded on data-driven modeling, simulation, and analysis (ms a). | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F1116 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $3.0M | Engineering services | Navy | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001421C1003 definitive contract | RTX Corporation | $3.0M | Next generation propulsion enablers technology development | Navy | Jan 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1518 definitive contract | Cromulence LLC | $3.0M | Denali ta2b | Air Force | Mar 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0028 definitive contract | Intellisense Systems Inc | $3.0M | Sbir phase iii: intellisense systems proposal title: paladin a6 computer unit procurement proposal #: ph iii-0039 | Defense Logistics Agency | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE018 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $3.0M | Provably weird network deployment and detection (pwnd2) stage 2. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1111 definitive contract | Rank One Computing Corporation | $3.0M | Develop initial maritime atr ontology of military objects, apply deep learning algorithms that can infer 3d from 2d sensors develop object tracking across non-overlapping fields of view develop methods to exploit computer vision on mobile ... | Navy | Mar 28, 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 16, 2026.
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