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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA865123FA045 delivery order | Karagozian & Case, Inc | $2.3M | Digital engineering weapon design | Air Force | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA124C0042 definitive contract | Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc | $2.3M | Development of threat and hardness assessment of nuclear operational survivability | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0332 definitive contract | Mayo Clinic | $2.3M | Mto officewide- the tuna seedling aims to assess the likelihood of radiated, low frequency, low power, electromagnetic (em) energy having measurable neurological and cardiovascular effect on a mouse model. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0870 delivery order | Sabre Systems, LLC | $2.3M | Task order - pma-261 | Navy | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8005 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Jhu/apl - fy2023 - fy2027 requirements | Navy | Jun 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0069 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $2.3M | Wideband secure and protected emitter and receiver (wisper) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833522F0010 delivery order | Test & Evaluation Solutions LLC | $2.3M | Sbir phase iii research & development | Navy | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0065 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $2.3M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8335 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.3M | Torpedo quieting technology development pahse ii | Navy | Jul 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8578 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.3M | Fy24 block capability upgrade package | Navy | Aug 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W9132T26CA003 definitive contract | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $2.3M | Baa 25-0067 windstorm resilience for DOD facilities | Army | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865019C1674 definitive contract | Matrix Research Inc | $2.3M | Precise-matrix award | Air Force | Feb 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE021 definitive contract | Two Six Labs, LLC | $2.3M | Provably weird network deployment and detection (pwnd2) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6426724C0070 definitive contract | Beacon Interactive Systems LLC | $2.3M | Authority873 | Navy | Jun 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA701426F0046 delivery order | Dark Wolf Solutions, LLC | $2.3M | The air force research laboratory (afrl) requires support in implementation, security, monitoring and development of cloud services at impact levels 4 and 5 including specific design requirements for a research environment. | Air Force | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240321C0009 definitive contract | Shift5, Inc | $2.3M | Annual gage cluster cyber security | U.S. Special Operations Command | Aug 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025C7106 definitive contract | Emag Technologies Inc | $2.3M | Sbir phase ii R&D - continuous communications through plasma during hypersonic flight | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001126CE062 definitive contract | RTX Corporation | $2.3M | The high mach gas turbine (hmgt) engine design study | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1105 definitive contract | Pacific Impact Zone Solutions Inc | $2.3M | Pacific operational warfighter experience research laboratory (powerlab) | Navy | May 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA701426F0075 delivery order | Stonewall Defense LLC | $2.3M | Aerial port/airfield protection agile combat environment (ace)-remote awareness control kit (rack) | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8581 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.3M | Forward site lbts modernization equipment and technical support | Navy | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8090 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Battle ready autonomous vehicle enabler / e pluribus unum | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0021 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $2.3M | Research and development labor only | Missile Defense Agency | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862024FB041 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.3M | Big safari | Air Force | Nov 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| SP470124F0006 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $2.3M | Sp470123d5001, sp470124f0006, advanced technology international (ati), DLA emergent metal castings program. metal castings projects related to developing reinforce steel. | Defense Logistics Agency | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0428 definitive contract | Trustees of Dartmouth College | $2.3M | Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (castle) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017323F2023 delivery order | Envisioneering Inc | $2.3M | Surface ew systems research & prototype | Navy | Aug 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA460023C0005 definitive contract | Intellisense Systems Inc | $2.3M | 873authority sequential sbir phase ii for integrated weather observation system (iwos) transition - complete the design of the iwos and transition into production. | Air Force | Oct 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8310 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.3M | Arl/psu - fy2018 - fy 2023 requirement | Navy | Feb 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8071 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Zumwalt cs operational analysis | Navy | Jul 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239125CB036 definitive contract | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc | $2.3M | Aggressive embedded propulsion operability (aepo) | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8353 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.3M | Engineering support for sustainment of strategic weapons systems (sws) navigation capabilities fy25 om&n | Navy | Aug 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0285 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $2.3M | Labor - ibst staff support services | Navy | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M22C0079 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $2.3M | Sbir phase iii for research and development of gun launched interceptors | Army | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239424CB008 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $2.3M | Raytheon - variability improvements in engineered windows (view) | Air Force | Sep 10, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA880820C0040 definitive contract | L3 Technologies, Inc | $2.3M | Wide field of view testbed wide-area six-degree payload pre-launch and post-launch activities | Air Force | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238424FB006 delivery order | Parallax Advanced Research Corp | $2.3M | Autonomous sensing technologies for tactical exploration and research with intelligent assistance - astteria | Air Force | Dec 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6523620C8000 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $2.3M | Darpa sedna nottingham ta1&ta2 phase 1 | Navy | Oct 10, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8069 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Maritime surveillance systems operations engineering program | Navy | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9132T25F0025 delivery order | Areli, Inc | $2.3M | Esms research and development support task order fy25 | u435cei | Army | Dec 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238424FB002 delivery order | Etegent Technologies, LTD | $2.3M | Holistic exploration of rapid model evolution for sar (hermes) | Air Force | Mar 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6833520F0032 delivery order | L3 Adaptive Methods, Inc | $2.3M | Research and development | Navy | Oct 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002417C4101 definitive contract | Cardinal Engineering, LLC | $2.3M | Igf::ct::igf | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F5607 delivery order | University of Dayton | $2.3M | Qre iii | Air Force | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072721F1410 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $2.3M | The purpose of this task is to study, analyze, design, build, integrate and test radar system modifications | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8053 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Advanced radars opn (bar44) | Navy | Aug 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8057 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Integrated common processor productions engineering | Navy | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001426C2205 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $2.3M | The proposed program will develop and demonstrate a new a-sized sonobuoy with twice the bandwidth of the existing an/ssq-125 multi-static active coherent (mac). | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8545 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.3M | Fy24 nsw sensor depot support | Navy | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8139 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.3M | Jhu/apl - fy2023 - fy2027 requirements | Navy | Jun 7, 2024 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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