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Defense systems R&D: $104B in defense awards
$104B obligated across 31,432 DoD and DHS awards to 7,037 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 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 | 31,432 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR001125F0450 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $42.9M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0049 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $42.9M | Technical analysis for naval sea systems command (navsea) deputy commander for surface warfare (sea 21) | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0054 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $42.6M | Advanced propulsor, experimental (apex) - phase 1a | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA870225FB035 delivery order | Carnegie Mellon University | $42.5M | Operation of the carnegie mellon university software engineering institute federally funded reseach and development center. | Air Force | Jun 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9126022FD509 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $42.4M | Mjolnir provides training support, technical assistance, and build solutions for us ARMY mission command information systems at 1st ARMY mfgis, & home station required by the mobilizations, training missions, and large scale mobilization ... | Army | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8009 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $41.7M | Janus nemo | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0059 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $41.7M | Combat effectiveness, survivability, and vulnerability for air force life cycle management center combat effectiveness and vulnerability analysis branch | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0037 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $41.6M | Analysis, testing, and development for future vertical lift cross functional team and program executive office aviation | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014717C0046 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $41.6M | Analytical engineering for gmg labor "igf::ot::igf" | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125F0001 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $41.2M | Dtra technical reachback services | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jun 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660425F3001 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $41.0M | This is a naval undersea warfare division newport code 25 undersea warfare combat systems requirement for virginia class, columbia class, SSN(x) class, and submarine warfare federated tactical systems platform and systems engineering ... | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023F1000 delivery order | Assured Information Security, Inc | $40.8M | Tenshu | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0041 delivery order | Mantech Tsg-2 Joint Venture | $40.7M | Deputy commandant for information information war room division research and development | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W91RUS23C0019 definitive contract | Indyne, Inc | $40.7M | United states ARMY electronic proving ground scientific engineering support services contract | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1405 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $40.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for ARMY integrated battle command system capabilities upgrade including joint tactical integrated fire control capabilities | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA873520C0001 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $40.5M | Presidential and national voice conferencing (pnvc) integrator | Air Force | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ014719F0038 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $40.4M | The purpose of this to is to define the requirements for the contractor to develop and deploy the command and control, battle management and communications (c2bmc) capability in multiple phases through fy 2022 and planning for future bmds ... | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086225F0002 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $40.4M | Us an/tpy-2 development | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8379 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $40.2M | Depotdogs (san dieog-depot), building 585 deployable nodes | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085125FE004 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $40.1M | Effort required for sea-based weapon systems (ws) gpi capability development, including concept development, studies and analyses, requirements generation, design specifications across the aegis ws, and participation in meetings and ... | Missile Defense Agency | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0006 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $40.0M | Threat assessment and vulnerability analysis for space security and defense program and space warfighting analysis center | Air Force | Feb 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424F3011 delivery order | Mclaughlin Research Corporation | $40.0M | Platform and payload integration engineering and technical services to include integrated logistics support | Navy | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0137 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $39.8M | Sentinel a4 engineering services task order 04. | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9126019F0029 delivery order | Intrepid LLC | $39.7M | Base period labor | Army | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ24F0003 delivery order | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $39.6M | General supply schedule, one acquisition solution for integrated services, small business pool 6 for future attack reconnaissance aircraft programmatic support services. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA870220F0003 delivery order | Carnegie Mellon University | $39.5M | Research and development carnegie mellon university software engineering institute | Air Force | Sep 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868421CB002 definitive contract | Carahsoft Technology Corp | $39.3M | Rapid sustainment office, technology integration. | Air Force | Jul 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0176 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $39.2M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248722FA002 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $38.8M | Test & evaluation technologies for ranges, armaments and spectrum (tetras) - autonomous and automated weapon system design (a2wsd) | Air Force | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880624FB002 delivery order | Quantech Services Inc | $38.8M | Ssc/bc and ssc/sz advisory and assistance services | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0028 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $38.7M | Power and mobility research and development for the united states ARMY combat capabilities development command ground vehicle systems command | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861123F0017 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $38.6M | F-22 technology maturation | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1600 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $38.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions for integration, delivery, and testing of the mric prototype system | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0318 definitive contract | Radiance Technologies Inc | $38.4M | Secure advanced framework for simulation and modeling (safe-sim)phase iv | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA873023F0021 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $38.2M | System engineering integration (seic) contract ii | Air Force | Sep 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0040 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $38.2M | Technical analysis for munitions planning, assessment, and analysis | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0059 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $38.1M | Program analysis for united states (u.s.) ARMY program executive office (peo) missiles and space (ms) for united states (u.s.) ARMY program executive office (peo) missiles and space (ms) | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0019 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $38.1M | Joint force development research and analysis for joint staff j7 deputy director, joint warfighting development see section j, attachment 1, p1 22-2398 performance work statement | Air Force | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV24F0051 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $38.0M | Technical and engineering services (tes) support for the ground vehicle survivability and protection (gvsp) directorate and their associated customers | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017320F2029 delivery order | Analex Corporation | $37.9M | Labor | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123F0029 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $37.9M | Target assessment technologies support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042124F0120 delivery order | The Mil Corporation | $37.8M | Establish mse task order n00421-24-f-0120 of idiq n00421-24-d-0002 incrementally fund | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003420F0033 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $37.7M | Systems engineering, operational analysis of component architectures, technology concept exploration, analysis and performance assessments | Washington Headquarters Services | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0016423CJR84 definitive contract | Amentum Technology, Inc | $37.6M | Site activation test and evaluation and sustainment in support of the underwater launch test capability program | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861222FB003 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $37.6M | Digital infrastructure consortium for advanced battle management system | Air Force | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8187 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $37.5M | Initegrated fun weapon systems and command and control | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875021F1012 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $37.4M | C-SUAS command and control (c2), radio frequency, intercepto | Air Force | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA867225FB004 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $37.2M | Sip 25+ | Air Force | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833523C0248 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $37.2M | Arc upgrade iii | Navy | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0078 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $37.1M | Acoustic and visual signature generation analysis | Air Force | May 21, 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 9, 2026.
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