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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0001924F2574 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $2.3M | Alwt integration nre | Navy | Sep 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0457 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $2.2M | Developing the designs of the objective and eyepiece optical systems and the design and layout of the individual flat optics. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833521F0269 delivery order | Securboration, Inc | $2.2M | Sbir ph ii.5 rampart | Navy | Oct 10, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6833523C0614 definitive contract | PC Krause & Associates Inc | $2.2M | Sbir phase ii | Navy | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125FE009 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Generating communication channels to operate (gecco) support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| M6785425C6532 definitive contract | Overland AI Inc | $2.2M | Small business innovation research phase ii | Navy | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865123FA052 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.2M | Counter air science and technology | Air Force | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1108 definitive contract | Strike Defense Systems, Inc | $2.2M | Strike will apply its hpic process to complex single chip assemblies of active and passive photonic components in support of chip-scale rf systems. strike will demonstrate its technology as applied to reconfigurable uwb rf analog signal ... | Navy | Aug 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123C0050 definitive contract | The Johns Hopkins University | $2.2M | Postdoctoral scholars program support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123F0026 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $2.2M | Special systems test bed for research and development | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25C0015 definitive contract | Rockwell Collins, Inc | $2.2M | Research to design and develop three (3) identical prototype devices that provide users the ability to baseline a network as sbu-e and elevate the classification level to secret where and when necessary. | Army | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8054 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Integrated common processor engineering | Navy | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660423F0043 delivery order | Sonalysts Inc | $2.2M | Engineering and technical services in support of research and development efforts associated with next generation attach submarine (SSN(x)) and full spectrum undersea warfare innovative naval prototype | Navy | Aug 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA237724CB027 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $2.2M | Next generation mode development, test and evaluation, and integration for digital phased arrays | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865021C2417 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corp | $2.2M | Enabling technology for high-speed operable systems (ethos): hypersonic heat pipe structure demonstrator (hypad) | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424FH136 delivery order | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $2.2M | The contractor shall tailor and apply the data acquisition and reporting tool set and associated processes to collect and analyze data. | Navy | Aug 21, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8112 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Tomahawk weapon system - aur prod recert fy 25 | Navy | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881925CB008 definitive contract | Falcon Exodynamics, Inc | $2.2M | Handle payload-bus interface electronics to be flown on the victus salo2 mission. | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020F5214 delivery order | University of Dayton | $2.2M | Metallic additive manufacturing | Air Force | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042124P0405 purchase order | Kimball International Inc | $2.2M | E.power standard maintenance | Navy | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1521 definitive contract | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $2.2M | Modality independent data exploitation (midex) | Air Force | Jul 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8189 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Synthwave sunset follow-on (sswsm) | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945120C0023 definitive contract | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $2.2M | Pulsed and continuous wave innovation for integration and effects research - modeling and simulation | Air Force | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6893625F0335 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.2M | Crosscheck risk reduction | Navy | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001426C2201 definitive contract | Binera, Inc | $2.2M | Managing flood inundation risk to ensure naval facility resilience and mission assurance | Navy | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085524F0005 delivery order | Alaska Aerospace Corp | $2.2M | Mission support | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8093 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Advanced missile systems fy26 wpn | Navy | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W913E525C0021 definitive contract | University of Maine System | $2.2M | Research & development baa 25-0005 "validation of acoustic, electrical, and electromagnetic instrumentation measurements of changing snow and land properties to improve sub-arctic to arctic domain awareness" u437a00 | Army | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24F0020 delivery order | Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc | $2.2M | Research & development | Army | Jan 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6600123C0046 definitive contract | D9tech Resources LLC | $2.2M | Services iaw pws | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C2016 definitive contract | Deumbra, LLC | $2.2M | Dynamic modeler: autonomously and dynamically building models of the environment | Navy | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945320C0048 definitive contract | Trustees of Boston College | $2.2M | Space chemistry, reactivity and modeling (scram) - roset call 010 | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6339423F0030 delivery order | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $2.2M | Engineering and technical services | Navy | Feb 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893626F0029 delivery order | Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS | $2.2M | Rj-10 task order for studies and testing by kongsberg defence and aerospace, as. | Navy | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833522C0467 definitive contract | Redshred, LLC | $2.2M | Research and development - sbir phase ii | Navy | Aug 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0490 definitive contract | Trail of Bits Inc | $2.2M | Enhanced sbom for optimized software sustainment (e-boss) program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA237725CB013 definitive contract | Mile Two LLC | $2.2M | Operationalizing ai | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001126FE036 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Bratislava support services under johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory (jhu/apl) university affiliated research center (uarc) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA229924FB006 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory (jhu/apl) indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (idiq) task order 13 | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8376 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.2M | Maritime industrial base and undersea efforts | Navy | Jul 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8308 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.2M | Divergent | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1038 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.2M | Lm-rms shall provide system engineering, software development and modification, hardware design and modification, installation and test, and program management in pursuit of the effort an/slq-32v(6) battlespace awareness enhancement. | Navy | Jul 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ085420F0013 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Engineering and tech support fms funds | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123F0034 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX25FA016 delivery order | VRC Metal Systems, LLC | $2.2M | Vrc small business technology transfer (sttr) phase iii task order viii | Army | Jul 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0122 definitive contract | Punch Cyber Corp | $2.2M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii program, replicants: synthetic user personas for cyber security experimentation | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8168 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.2M | Advanced radars | Navy | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE035 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $2.2M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions for sensor enhancement program. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA126FE025 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $2.2M | Balanced electromagnetic hardening technology program for system vulnerability and assessments | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0118 definitive contract | Cynnovative, LLC | $2.2M | Workable hierarchical impersonation using reinforcement learning (whirl) project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 2, 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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