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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0001424C1109 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $2.4M | Hi2perf | Navy | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945126FX002 delivery order | Science, Engineering, Management Solutions, LLC | $2.4M | Task order 2 modular advanced receiver | Air Force | Dec 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945122C0009 definitive contract | Science, Engineering, Management Solutions, LLC | $2.4M | Defense design study program (abad)developing, testing, and demonstrating a mature version of a government developed, designed, and implemented demonstrator high-power microwave (hpm) source. | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE011 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.4M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for engineering services to improve performance of a radar system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8704 delivery order | University of Washington | $2.4M | Task order n00024-26-f-8704 shall be performed in accordance with the statement of work as outlined in the task description entitled fy26 omandn acoustic systems, attachment 1 and attachment 2, dd form 254. | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1056 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $2.4M | Battle (tepe follow on) bridge contract | Navy | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600122F0883 delivery order | Noblis MSD LLC | $2.4M | Canes engineering services iaw pws | Navy | Dec 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8131 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.4M | Naval advanced medical development 5.0 | Navy | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001421C1029 definitive contract | Oceaneering International Inc | $2.4M | Compensated lift and advanced mooring system phase 2 | Navy | Apr 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085425F0007 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.4M | Fms labor - base | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F0799 delivery order | Technology Unlimited Group | $2.4M | Network tactical common data link (ntcdl) and communications data link system (cdls) | Navy | Jan 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023F6535 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $2.4M | Calibrated reliance in artificial intelligence machine learning | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325C2428 definitive contract | Strategic Analysis, Inc | $2.4M | Human systems integration considerations with artificial intelligence / machine learning technologies | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0023 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $2.4M | Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear medical diagnostics and environmental analytics and lifecycle analysis | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001421FM018 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.4M | Center operations and center management | Navy | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8185 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.4M | Investigation of energy field effects | Navy | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017819F3002 delivery order | Bowhead Professional Solutions LLC | $2.3M | Operations support for the gun and electric weapons department (e) to include: facilities operations financial analysis program analysis and documentation information technology information assurance, including documentation preparation ... | Navy | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8239 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Navsea tech office systems enigineering snto3 | Navy | Mar 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA875022F1002 delivery order | Black River Systems Company, Inc | $2.3M | Develop real-time signal processing solutions for command and control and size weight and power constrained platforms to exploit 5g communications waveforms and associated technologies. | Air Force | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020C7003 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corp | $2.3M | Materials architectures characterization for hypersonics (mach) | Air Force | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA122C0007 definitive contract | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $2.3M | Advanced capabilities for chemical and biological (cb) human health effects modeling | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Mar 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8025 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Med37 pms408 elec1ronic warfare omn | Navy | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600121C4009 definitive contract | Teledyne FLIR Defense, LLC | $2.3M | Research iaw sow - personalized protective biosystem (ppb) program | Navy | Jun 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0042124F0341 delivery order | The Mil Corporation | $2.3M | Task order n00421-24-f-0341 to basic contract n00421-24-d-0002 | Navy | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911W623F002C delivery order | Skayl LLC | $2.3M | To3 integrated mission equipment support | Army | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8321 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.3M | Integrstion, technical, and test support for the joint petrolem over the shore (jpots) | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C2203 definitive contract | MZA Associates Corporation | $2.3M | No description on the record | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE047 definitive contract | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $2.3M | Sbir reach-back phase ii: reactive target test arena | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA229925FB004 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | This to is made in accordance with and is subject to all terms and conditions of the jhu/apl idiq contract, fa8735-21-d-0003, and includes all labor, material, travel, and equipment necessary to complete the work. | Air Force | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861225FB003 delivery order | Braingu LLC | $2.3M | This requirement is to7 ordered on the braingu idiq (fa8612-23-d-b015). the requirement owner: us space force requests technical support in the building of space training and readiness command delta 11. | Air Force | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA821224C0005 definitive contract | Mitek Analytics, Inc | $2.3M | Ai data analytics study for afmc supply chain. sbir phase iii topic af 181-038. | Air Force | Feb 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875020C1028 definitive contract | Intel Federal LLC | $2.3M | Advanced computing technologies and applications&gen 2 neuromorphic system | Air Force | Apr 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HT940220F0012 delivery order | American Systems Corporation | $2.3M | Small business innovation research (sbir) iii for military gears (milgears) expansion | Defense Health Agency | Dec 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA120C0045 definitive contract | Synergene Therapeutics Inc | $2.3M | Application of a nanocomplex technology to the active permeation of the blood brain barrier (bbb) | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Feb 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8587 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.3M | Rov sensor suite package | Navy | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB070 definitive contract | Language Computer Corporation | $2.3M | Spatio-temporal heterogeneous information for building analytics and infrastructure demonstration and evaluation (shiba-inu): research to automatically generate a knowledge graph from af-relevant heterogeneous static and dynamic data ... | Air Force | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0018 delivery order | Barbaricum LLC | $2.3M | Strategic planning, assessment, and technical research and analysis for special operations command africa | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA119F0030 delivery order | Premier Technology, Inc | $2.3M | Project pallas | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0366 definitive contract | Ixi Technology Electronic Warfare, LLC | $2.3M | 873 authority research and development | Navy | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY26CA012 definitive contract | 3db Labs Inc | $2.3M | Research, development, training, and equipment for electronic warfare equipment. | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA821926CB001 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corp | $2.3M | System engineering services for integration, testing, analysis and qualification of the mk21 reentry vehicle and the w87-0 warhead into the sentinel weapon system for an ioc requirement. | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8345 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.3M | Submarine rescue system and diving recompression generator van design&build | Navy | Jan 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862625FB005 delivery order | General Electric Company | $2.3M | J85-5 fy25 component improvement program | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016725F1025 delivery order | W R Systems LTD | $2.3M | The contractor shall provide programmatic, planning, financial, analytical, and administrative support. the contractor shall provide programmatic analyst support services, including developing, updating, modifying, and analyzing technical ... | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0210 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $2.3M | Darpa research program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085424F0007 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $2.3M | Research and development labor only | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833523C0252 definitive contract | Rdrtec, Inc | $2.3M | Sbir phase iii research & development | Navy | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001126CE029 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.3M | Securing artificial intelligence for battlefield effective robustness (saber) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8108 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Navigation systems rdte (bner2) | Navy | Feb 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0003 definitive contract | Calnet Inc | $2.3M | Artificial intelligence/machine learning - base year plus three (3) option years | Army | 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 16, 2026.
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