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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA205725FB045 delivery order | Icr, Inc | $2.7M | Optimus for pacaf | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE025 definitive contract | Stealth Software Technologies, Inc | $2.7M | Provably weird network deployment and detection (pwnd2) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8144 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.7M | Sws accuracy evaluation fcet-7 inc8 | Navy | Jul 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600121F0327 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $2.7M | Provide technical writing, logistician, configuration management (cm), information assurance (ia), and engineering support for uavio engineering and technical support | Navy | Aug 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001924C0023 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $2.7M | Integration labor | Navy | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0473 definitive contract | HRL Laboratories, LLC | $2.7M | Optomechanical thermal imaging (optim) technical area 2 (ta2) proposal entitled: scalable optomechanical thermal imager with adaptable spectral sensing | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865019F5605 delivery order | University of Dayton | $2.7M | Energy and environmental (e2) evaluations | Air Force | Jan 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660422F3019 delivery order | Sonalysts Inc | $2.7M | Services for analysis and qualification of usw systems, includes subroutine, algorithm software module development & enhancement, finite element model construction, numerical model review & checking, training, experimental services and ... | Navy | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0422 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $2.7M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042121F5779 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $2.7M | Exercise option year 3 | Navy | Apr 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2014 definitive contract | Syntonics LLC | $2.7M | Expendable data exfiltration (edex) advancements | Navy | Feb 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8104 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.7M | Cspe cybersecurity and frcs dco | Navy | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA868826FB004 delivery order | Sierra Nevada Company, LLC | $2.7M | This is a firm fixed price contract for a tanker platform agnostic kinetic self defense study, as outlined in the attached statement of work (sow). | Air Force | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA254825CB004 definitive contract | Stell Engineering, Inc | $2.7M | Sbir phase iii - stell engineering | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470124C0038 definitive contract | Petrus J Barnard | $2.7M | Sbir phase iii award to petrus j. bernard (pbj) for isomolded graphite for hypersonics. | Defense Logistics Agency | Jul 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945319C0002 definitive contract | Loadpath, LLC | $2.7M | Call 002- assist - space structures, integrated sensing, thermal technologies, and agile manufacturi | Air Force | Sep 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0045 definitive contract | Vcom3d Inc | $2.7M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii topic a234-0009. | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0047 definitive contract | Innovative Design Labs Inc | $2.7M | Sbir phase ii award to innovative design labs for an innovative, authentic, and anatomically-correct female casually care simulator with mixed reality capabilities for the ARMY applications laboratory (aal). | Army | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0044 definitive contract | Exonicus, Inc | $2.7M | 873authority sbir phase ii award resultant from sbir topic a234-009 | Army | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA240123C0001 definitive contract | Wildstar LLC | $2.7M | Ubiquitous communications sbir phase ii | Air Force | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072722F1101 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.7M | Cet 22-203 new task. steel serpent system development, integration and test | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jan 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA237724CB021 definitive contract | CFD Research Corporation | $2.7M | Autonomous decision making in technology (admit) 30 april 2024 | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042120F0970 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $2.7M | Special missions integrated test facility support services | Navy | Jul 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8149 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.7M | Manned & unmanned systems R&D for irregular warfare | Navy | Mar 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2427 definitive contract | Eduworks Corporation | $2.7M | Talent management analytics ashore & afloat (tma3) | Navy | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU22F0014 delivery order | Carahsoft Technology Corp | $2.7M | Science and technology enterprise management infrastructure to provide technical and program management services to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (c5isr) center. | Army | Apr 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085123F0023 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.7M | Abt - iia ftx-23 (se), flight test | Missile Defense Agency | Aug 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8158 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.7M | Advanced missile systems nuclear delivery system (nds) rdte | Navy | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875026FB009 delivery order | Securboration, Inc | $2.7M | Paige | Air Force | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8093 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.7M | Navsea 00c engineering (dsend) | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0254 delivery order | Atea Technologies, LLC | $2.7M | Task order for rangelynx instrumentation support jc2 | Navy | Dec 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU26C0006 definitive contract | M.c Fuhrman & Associates, LLC | $2.7M | Infrastructure related services such as engineering studies and analysis process evaluations, software and systems support design and design/build modernization and restoration sustainment/maintenance/repair (srm) construction safety. | Army | Jun 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881822F0025 delivery order | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $2.7M | Stp-s29b ma | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600120C0025 definitive contract | Arete Associates | $2.7M | Integration services supporting incremental upgrades, block upgrades, and future generations of mk 18 family of systems unmanned underwater vehicles (uuvs), additional uuvs, and remotely operated vehicles | Navy | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911W623C0003 definitive contract | Cherokee Nation Armored Solutions, LLC | $2.7M | Unscheduled machining projects&materials | Army | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125FE034 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $2.7M | The contractor shall provide the supplies and/or services set forth in section b, in accordance with the following: a. statement of work (sow) - arms control enterprise system (aces) modernization, dated 21 november 2024, attachment 1 to ... | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1509 definitive contract | Rolls-Royce Corporation | $2.7M | New corrosion resistant material (p675) material property and lifing testing | Navy | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724C1002 definitive contract | Sitime Corporation | $2.7M | Sbir direct to phase ii (24-4c9): high performance clock oscillator: research and development efforts to design, fabricate, assemble, build, test, evaluate, verify, validate, and procure microelectronics and/or operate of such a facility. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8544 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.7M | Fires test and evaluation instrumentation phase 3 | Navy | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862623F1119 delivery order | RTX Corporation | $2.7M | Component improvement program f119 | Air Force | Mar 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN24C0065 definitive contract | DHPC Technologies, Inc | $2.7M | Baa large caliber armaments systems development | Army | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2415 definitive contract | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $2.7M | On demand lvc training capability | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881822F0014 delivery order | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $2.7M | Mk21-2 mission ma to | Air Force | Aug 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE034 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.7M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for mh-60 aop. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jul 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085124F0014 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.7M | Fms asev support b&p ja-p-nco line 018 | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0049 definitive contract | Harrisburg University of Science & Technology | $2.7M | Enabling manufacturing, re-manufacturing, repair and expeditionary manufacturing through artificial intelligence assisted digital processes | Defense Logistics Agency | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C2007 definitive contract | Arete Associates | $2.7M | Pushbroom image lidar for littoral surveillance (pills) phase iii | Navy | Aug 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085425FE032 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.7M | The contractor shall perform all tasks in accordance with task plan dated 18 june 2025 entitled tbsx task plan (attachment 1, section j) | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125FE004 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $2.7M | Hazard prediction and assessment capability integration | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945323CX002 definitive contract | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $2.6M | Novel astrodynamics research with advanced logic (narwal) | Air Force | Mar 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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