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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA875021C1512 definitive contract | Innovative Signal Analysis Inc | $2.9M | Maxlight development for elint exploitation (madeline) | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8085 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.9M | Fy24 NAVY analytic studies | Navy | Apr 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE065 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.9M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for relocatable over-the-horizon radar (rothr) maritime upgrade (mu) final operational capability (foc), cet 25-532. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0156 definitive contract | Continuum Dynamics Inc | $2.9M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893624F0376 delivery order | Atea Technologies, LLC | $2.9M | Rangelynx | Navy | May 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA205725FB015 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $2.9M | Virtual warfare center effort fa8726-22-d-b001: vwc - marine week 25 design, development, integration, execution, analysis, and maintenance of all performed modeling and simulation activities for marine week 25. | Air Force | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660425FH144 delivery order | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $2.9M | The contractor shall tailor and apply the data acquisition and reporting tool set and associated processes to collect and analyze data. | Navy | Mar 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001926F1046 delivery order | General Atomics | $2.9M | Sustainment idiq completion do aag depot stand-up phase i ams: n00019-26-rfpreq-tpm251-0036 | Navy | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425CS240 definitive contract | Altron, Inc | $2.9M | Base | Navy | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN22F0579 delivery order | Wisengineering LLC | $2.9M | Exercise option 4 | Army | Aug 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA254826CB001 definitive contract | Assurance Technology Corp | $2.9M | Topic no. sf251-d1101 - sbir d2p2 proposal f2d-19727 - low swap-c for sda | Air Force | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8004 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.9M | Se i sws maintenance sustainment fy26 | Navy | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN26FA111 delivery order | Universal Technical Resource Services Inc | $2.9M | Omnibus for research and development, engineering and support for the devcom ac in the areas of large caliber cannon engineering support, weapons research technical support, system testing/diagnostics andnetcentric support | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA254125CB099 definitive contract | Thinkom Solutions, Inc | $2.9M | F2d-18835;transportable, flexible, digital array ground station. contract for detailed design, fabrication, and test of a fully functional transportable variant of thinkoms open architecture digital array in a standard shipping container ... | Air Force | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017826FD408 delivery order | Tex-Tech Engineered Composites, LLC | $2.9M | Delivery order 002 - equipment purchase | Navy | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0489 definitive contract | Riverside Research Institute | $2.9M | Enhanced sbom for optimized software sustainment (e-boss) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX24C0022 definitive contract | Man-Machine Systems Assessment (msa), Incorporated | $2.9M | Human systems integration services (hsi) for ARMY systems. | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8117 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.9M | Advocate iv v | Navy | Jun 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025C0002 definitive contract | Advanced Silicon Carbide Materials LLC | $2.9M | Research and development | Missile Defense Agency | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865122F2109 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $2.9M | High-speed strike weapon (hssw) technology maturation 2 kinetic kill vehicle hardware-in-the-loop simulator (khils) test and evaluation | Air Force | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W913E524C0001 definitive contract | Fastlion Energy Inc | $2.8M | Sbir phase iii - base year proposal titled, rralie: reliably rapid arctic lithium-ion energy" u437p00 | Army | Dec 31, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001925C0108 definitive contract | RTX BBN Technologies, Inc | $2.8M | Ground replay system development | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8076 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Navy de high power microwave advanced technology and concept dev pgm | Navy | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| M6785424C2008 definitive contract | Secure Planet, Inc | $2.8M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii effort for research and development of advanced tactical facial recognition at a distance techology | Navy | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8050 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Tomahawk weapon system - fy25 omn (m2t83 | Navy | Jan 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA205725FB004 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $2.8M | Virtual black flag 25 (vbf 25) | Air Force | Apr 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865019C2421 definitive contract | Spaceworks Enterprises Inc | $2.8M | Ethos open open contract | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125C0004 definitive contract | Aeris LLC | $2.8M | Next generation multi-scale chemical and biological hazard transport and dispersion model | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865124CB024 definitive contract | Scientific Systems Company, Inc | $2.8M | Tactical autonomous look optimization network (talon) | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0208 definitive contract | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.8M | Advance innovation in modeling and simulation (aims) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880926FB002 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $2.8M | Engineering, development, integration, and sustainment of the olympic javelin ground system, and maintain its baseline architecture to allow for the growth, addition of missions, and general sustainability of the current infrastructure. | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8046 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Unmanned maritime sys eng & development | Navy | Jun 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ086023C0015 definitive contract | Concordia Technologies, LLC | $2.8M | Hypersonic defense for reactive architectures (hydra) | Missile Defense Agency | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0530 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $2.8M | System administration t&e | Defense Information Systems Agency | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR23F0067 delivery order | Scitech Services Inc | $2.8M | Target defeat task order 8 to investigate the application of non-lethal anti-personnel, vehicle/vessel stopping and anti-materiel/anti-equipment technologies to achieve target defeat objectives. | Army | Nov 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8135 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Navsea tech office systems engineering | Navy | May 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C1015 definitive contract | Radial Research & Development LTD | $2.8M | Multi-look for simultaneous | Air Force | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F2424 delivery order | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | $2.8M | The research and development of the navys neptune system. neptune is a spectral element solver for the compressible, non-hydrostatic, deep-atmosphere equations of motion. | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864924P0434 purchase order | Zden Technologies LLC | $2.8M | Technology rapid integration and deployment (triad) | Air Force | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU26CA004 definitive contract | DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC | $2.8M | The scope encompasses the design, fabrication, and testing of fpas utilizing direct bond hybridization (dbh) with a common ir-transparent material interface. | Army | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0547 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $2.8M | Tec ii services kmi-labor | Defense Information Systems Agency | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA254125CB058 definitive contract | Eta Space LLC | $2.8M | F2d-14913 eta space llc - a primary deliverable of this project is a preliminary design of a full-scale cryo-dock in low earth orbit. while cryo-dock is intended for use by multiple customers. | Air Force | Jul 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600126F0001 delivery order | Noblis MSD LLC | $2.8M | Consolidated afloat networks and enterprise services (canes) application integration (ai) engineering services | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0018 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $2.8M | Susceptibility and detectability program research and development for the soldier protection & survivability directorate, combat capabilities and development command, soldier center | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8360 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.8M | Laser and opto mechanical systems support | Navy | Jul 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB039 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $2.8M | Continuous, high assurance, logical lifecycle for assisting humans (challah) | Air Force | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8232 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Integrated fire control | Navy | Apr 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 0067 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $2.8M | French mid life upgrade | Air Force | Jun 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W909MY21C0027 definitive contract | Wintec Arrowmaker, Inc | $2.8M | Team of things (tactical heterogeneous integrated network of global systems project) | Army | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1119 definitive contract | Metron Incorporated | $2.8M | Metron is proposing applied scientific research and technology development in bayesian inference and ai/ml techniques applied to planning applications and algorithms, leading to prototype testing, technology demonstration and transition. | Navy | Apr 24, 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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