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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0017325F2402 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | $2.4M | See attachment 1 - task order sow | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1614 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.4M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for environmental workflow applications (ewa) adaptive enhancement | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Aug 7, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA228025F0012 delivery order | Joby Aero Inc | $2.4M | Reforpac | Air Force | Jun 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24F0019 delivery order | Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc | $2.4M | Research & development | Army | Jan 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865019C7925 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $2.4M | Mercury | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0342 definitive contract | Science, Engineering, Management Solutions, LLC | $2.4M | Phase i base - (safe) safe food for everyone | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238523C0002 definitive contract | Matrix Research Inc | $2.4M | Beyond linear processing | Air Force | Oct 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0070 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $2.4M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Dec 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865019C1833 definitive contract | Riverside Research Institute | $2.4M | Multi-sensor integration for autonomy and openness (miao) | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875026FB002 delivery order | Owl Cyber Defense Solutions LLC | $2.4M | Tawny operations and maintenance system deployment, system enhancements, upgrades, maintenance, testing, help desk, and support for all operational and deployed versions of minerva including any additional versions developed and released. | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861226FB003 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.4M | Digital infrastructure network developer - lockheed martin | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1516 definitive contract | GE Aviation Systems LLC | $2.4M | Network security administrator certification of t-core gen3 3u virtual path cross-connect circuit card assembly | Air Force | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA252126P0006 purchase order | Dark Wolf Solutions, LLC | $2.4M | Small business innovation research phase iii award to dark wolf solutions for the continuation of commercial services to support the nebula platform and system integration. | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911W619C0070 definitive contract | Kutta Technologies, LLC | $2.4M | Kutta technologies - sbir phase iii | Army | Apr 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU26FA009 delivery order | Parsons Government Services Inc | $2.4M | Provide research, development, test and evaluation (rdte) engineering and technical support services for the command and control division (c2d) under the engineering and systems integration (esi) directorate. | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600120C4050 definitive contract | University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $2.4M | Research iaw sow (base)award to upitt (bg plus) | Navy | Oct 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T23C0005 definitive contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $2.4M | Broad agency announcement - completion contract for blue force tracker 3. | Army | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0090 definitive contract | Solve Technology and Research, Inc | $2.4M | Small business innovative research sbir iii to solve technologies for proposal phiii-0030 for application of saipa technology in additive manufacturing for weapons sustainment | Defense Logistics Agency | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880822C0004 definitive contract | Astranis Space Technologies Corp | $2.4M | Phase iii small business innovation research for protected anti-jam tactical satellite communications | Air Force | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0067 definitive contract | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $2.4M | Quantum benchmarking program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945325FX006 delivery order | Axient LLC | $2.4M | Rapid architecture prototyping and integration development (rapid) | Air Force | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25FA054 delivery order | Scale AI, Inc | $2.4M | Artificial intelligence support for basic and applied research of the ARMY research laboratory | Army | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600126F3603 delivery order | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $2.4M | Shipboard advanced tactical data link (atdl) engineering support | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8803 delivery order | University of Hawaii | $2.4M | Naval special warfare prototyping on demand | Navy | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600121C4010 definitive contract | Leidos, Inc | $2.4M | New R&D contract iaw the sow in support of darpa program ppb | Navy | Feb 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8009 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.4M | Vipr tech refresh 6 | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086024C7119 definitive contract | Physics, Materials, and Applied Mathematics Research L.l.c | $2.4M | Sbir/sttr phase ii R&D implementation of impulsive energy deposition | Missile Defense Agency | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8155 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.4M | Navsea ooc systems engineering | Navy | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123C0013 definitive contract | Armis Biopharma, Inc | $2.4M | Research and development to support veriox decontamination kit to treat chemical weapon agents. | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Feb 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA861223FB025 delivery order | Braingu LLC | $2.4M | Advanced battle management systems | Air Force | Sep 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865019F2049 delivery order | Spectral Energies LLC | $2.4M | Novel diagnostic methods development and evaluation | Air Force | Jun 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8377 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.4M | Apex sme | Navy | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA205726FB005 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $2.4M | Virtual warfare center (vwc) virtual neptune hawk 26 (vnh 26) design, development, integration, execution, analysis, and maintenance of all performed modeling and simulation activities for virtual neptune hawk 26. | Air Force | Feb 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0318 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $2.4M | Ibst investments | Navy | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C2205 definitive contract | Sparton Deleon Springs, LLC | $2.4M | Usabu vadar | Navy | Dec 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8547 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.4M | Communication autonomy | Navy | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125C0045 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Research Corp | $2.4M | The heterogeneous adaptively produced photonic interfaces (happi) program aims to create a 1000x increase in the information transmission density with a microsystem by exploiting photonic signaling. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085423F0014 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.4M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2421 definitive contract | Serco Inc | $2.4M | Hierarchical command and control (h-c2 | Navy | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24C0023 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $2.4M | Cpff baa award for collaborative artificial intelligence task execution engine for distributed electronic warfare (caitee-dew) | Army | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600122C4022 definitive contract | University of Illinois | $2.4M | Fellowship of the ring. | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA955023F0003 delivery order | BCS Allegient, Inc | $2.4M | Contracted administrative support (cas) - air force office of scientific research (afosr) | Air Force | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY22C0028 definitive contract | Alqimi National Security, Inc | $2.4M | Sbir iii threat sensing | Army | Jun 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833525F0043 delivery order | Primer Federal Inc | $2.4M | Sbir phase ii R&D | Navy | Jun 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8017 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.4M | Multi-domain investment trafe-space env | Navy | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017321F2024 delivery order | Analex Corporation | $2.4M | Labor | Navy | Nov 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8513 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.4M | Special operations forces advanced combat diving system ii | Navy | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875019C0202 definitive contract | Black River Systems Company, Inc | $2.4M | Multi-domain synchronized operations (mdso) | Air Force | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017325C2418 definitive contract | Envisioneering Inc | $2.4M | See attachment 1 - sow | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HC102824F0755 delivery order | Agile Defense, LLC | $2.4M | Enterprise t&e support services | Defense Information Systems Agency | May 7, 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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