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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ086025C7417 definitive contract | Carbon Carbon Advanced Technologies, Inc | $2.8M | Sbir/sttr direct to phase ii R&D design and manufacture of a prototype hypersonic glide vehicle target using c-cat acc materials | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600125C4002 definitive contract | Triton Systems, Inc | $2.8M | Research iaw sow | Navy | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0137 definitive contract | Black Cape, Inc | $2.8M | "black cape, inc." sbir phase ii, topic number a234-007 | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA237724FB007 delivery order | SRI International | $2.8M | Electro-optical, infra-red, and ir search and track | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0270 delivery order | Spectrum Photonics Inc | $2.8M | Sbir phase iii research & development | Navy | Jun 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0024 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.8M | No description on the record | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M25CA002 definitive contract | Radiance Technologies Inc | $2.8M | The performance work statement is incorporated by reference in section j. | Army | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086024C0001 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $2.8M | Greyhaven R&D | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8169 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Pma-271 strategic communications assessments, c1xbm | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123F0014 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Darpa research and development (R&D) support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0495 definitive contract | Arizona State University | $2.8M | Objective prediction of team effectiveness via models of performance outcomes (op tempo) phase 1 base | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA462525C0007 definitive contract | Sempre, Inc | $2.8M | To provide hardened deployable 5g network infrastructure to afgsc command bases and other locations as directed by the government | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833522C0215 definitive contract | Toyon Research Corporation | $2.8M | Research and development | Navy | Dec 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0053 definitive contract | CACI Inc - Federal | $2.8M | Wideband secure and protected emitter and receiver (wisper) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865123FA033 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.8M | Compact air-to-air missile (caam) and extended range caam (eraam) technology development | Air Force | Feb 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F1057 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $2.8M | Geospatial-intelligence (geoint) test, evaluation, and certification | Defense Information Systems Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0320 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8084 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Sws accuracy evaluation fcet-6 & inc8 | Navy | Jul 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB107 definitive contract | Analex Corporation | $2.8M | Tcore to research and develop enhancements to the top-level central processing unit core (t-core) research and development will include both underlying hardware and software and side by side evaluations of power, cost, performance, ... | Air Force | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8013 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.8M | Advanced power system and energy storage | Navy | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0100 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $2.8M | Tec services | Defense Information Systems Agency | Nov 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV22F0352 delivery order | Sofitc JV LLC | $2.8M | First task order awarded under idiq w56hzv-22-d-0072 | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2001 definitive contract | Northwest Research Associates, Inc | $2.8M | Ionospheric modeling and propagation assessment capability (impac) | Navy | Jul 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865017F5652 delivery order | University of Dayton | $2.8M | Igf::ot::igf coaster id/iq - sole source task order 0002 | Air Force | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239124CB004 definitive contract | MZA Associates Corporation | $2.8M | Hybrid integrated turret for extended-capability high-energy lasers (hitech). see section j, attachment 1, statement of work (sow). | Air Force | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1519 definitive contract | Assured Information Security, Inc | $2.8M | Lotus | Air Force | Mar 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701426P0008 purchase order | Silicon Mountain Technologies, LLC | $2.8M | Pkf - moss - johnson - sbir iii s4 installations & logistics support | Air Force | Mar 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600125C0026 definitive contract | Sapient Logic, LLC | $2.8M | Development, integration, and certification environment and naval integrated live virtual constructive environment functional monitoring threat analysis support | Navy | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA237725FB008 delivery order | Matrix Research Inc | $2.8M | Phantom raven | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0088 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $2.8M | The compact front-end filters at the element-level (coffee) aims to produce front-end rf filters that protect the elements of digital active electronically scanned arrays (aesas) against interference in increasingly crowded rf spectrum ... | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE028 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.7M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for software. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Aug 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8319 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.7M | Ussocom/SOF at&l-st technology support iii | Navy | Oct 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8229 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.7M | Future rf & metoc capabilities | Navy | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001923C0060 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.7M | Industrial participation payment 11 | Navy | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893624C0011 definitive contract | Dare Venture Group LLC | $2.7M | Afx234-dcs02 | Navy | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C5600 definitive contract | Concurrent Technologies Corp | $2.7M | Kirtland afb dc microgrid | Air Force | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8555 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.7M | Fundamental and applied sonar processing research and evaluation | Navy | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865125CB006 definitive contract | University of New South Wales | $2.7M | Autonomy standard and ideals with military operational values program | Air Force | Jun 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0471 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $2.7M | Pki pmo support | Defense Information Systems Agency | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0360 delivery order | Rescue Rover LLC | $2.7M | Research and development sbir phase ii | Navy | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862820C2268 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $2.7M | Universal armament interface - northrop grumman | Air Force | Jul 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001922C0036 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.7M | Program management support for fms customer | Navy | Feb 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833521F0034 delivery order | G2 Ops, Inc | $2.7M | Research & development | Navy | Sep 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6600125F0103 delivery order | Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services, Inc | $2.7M | Engineering services (satcom arch rdt&e) | Navy | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F1077 delivery order | G 2 Software Systems, Inc | $2.7M | Engineering services in support of niwc pac's nm ril program | Navy | Oct 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8073 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.7M | Tomahawk weapon system-fy26 omn (m2t90) | Navy | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0018 definitive contract | Guroo LLC | $2.7M | Engineering/networking support services for en-route communication systems | Army | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911W625F0004 delivery order | Questek Innovations LLC | $2.7M | Additive manufacturing characterization | Army | Dec 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001426C1109 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $2.7M | Ngnw phase 3 will mature the ngnw waveform and related hardware to address small form factor platforms of interest to the us NAVY. IT will focus on development of hardware and software for sff platforms and supporting features in the ... | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA680025F0012 delivery order | Small Business Consulting Corporation | $2.7M | Amc data/digital engineering and modernization support | 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 16, 2026.
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