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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ086026CE002 definitive contract | Protection Engineering Consultants LLC | $2.0M | Sbir second phase ii: elevated-temperature plate impact testing and hugoniot model expansion for high-performance materials | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880226F0004 delivery order | LMI Consulting, LLC | $2.0M | Space-based sensing and targeting system delta 810 tacsrt branch (syd 810 / ett) through the wrangler idiq contract. | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8301 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.0M | Technology requirement model (trm) support for uws tr trainer operations 22-24 | Navy | Jul 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8391 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.0M | Cockroach | Navy | Jan 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0230 delivery order | Omelas Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Dec 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8067 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.0M | Future capabilities assessments | Navy | Feb 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0013 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $2.0M | Research and development labor only | Missile Defense Agency | Dec 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001926F0128 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.0M | The purpose of this delivery order is to establish clins 0001-0004 for skyhook integration. | Navy | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA237724FB005 delivery order | Matrix Research Inc | $2.0M | Research and development of radio frequency (rf) sensor technology, to include antenna, microelectronic hardware, software, firmware and associated algorithms in lab and flight test scenarios. task order 2 from idiq fa865023d1028. | Air Force | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875024CB125 definitive contract | Murray Associates of Utica LLC | $2.0M | Heterogenous quantum information sciences development | Air Force | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0325 delivery order | Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc | $2.0M | Task order under n0042125d0082 for om&n services | Navy | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24F0008 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Army | Apr 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868424CB011 definitive contract | Unmanned Systems Incorporated | $2.0M | 20.3 albers group sbir phase ii sequential | Air Force | Mar 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA868424CB036 definitive contract | Perfect Point Edm Corporation | $2.0M | Electro-discharge machining sbir phase ii | Air Force | Jul 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8551 delivery order | University of Texas at Austin | $2.0M | Deploy-able surveillance system | Navy | Feb 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE031 definitive contract | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $2.0M | Sbir reach back phase ii: surrogate model for high-fidelity physics-based post intercept debris generation | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600123F0302 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $2.0M | Engineering services: material configuration and inventory control, material/equipment receiving, shipping, documentation, staging, and tracking, slvr/tfds performance metrics reporting, material testing and repair and material ... | Navy | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0099 definitive contract | Fathom5 Corp | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945124CX038 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $2.0M | Directed energy technology experimentation research (deter): pueo statement of work (sow) dated 14 feb 2024 | Air Force | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240523C0001 definitive contract | Ametrine Inc | $2.0M | Labor and services | U.S. Special Operations Command | Jul 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0356 definitive contract | Specter Aerospace Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086026CE006 definitive contract | Ceranova Corp | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii: enhanced emissivity in high-speed window materials | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE001 definitive contract | Gird Systems Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii r and d: passive sending for distributed radars | Missile Defense Agency | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE002 definitive contract | Arete Associates | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii r and d: passive sensing for distributed radars | Missile Defense Agency | Aug 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8097 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.0M | Salaa future capabilities assessments | Navy | Mar 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017425C0041 definitive contract | Energetics Technology Center, Inc | $2.0M | Base year labor- mem fuzing and technology | Navy | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124C4017 definitive contract | SRI International | $2.0M | Research iaw sow for base period - darpa principles of undersea magnetoydrodynamic pumps (pump) program | Navy | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001425FM004 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.0M | Electro optics center fy25 new project task order and expansions | Navy | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE037 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii: conformal electromagnetic radiation absorptive mxene-integrated composite (ceramic) | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025C7414 definitive contract | X-Wave Innovations, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir d2 phase ii R&D: a low-cost, handheld ultrasonic pressure sensor for non-invasive, rapid, and accurate measurement of helium pressure in composite overwrapped pressure vessels of airborne fuel flow | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238525CB022 definitive contract | Slingshot Aerospace Inc | $2.0M | Slingshot aerospace phase iii small business innovation research program (sbir) space domain awareness/space situational awareness exploiting in-space sensors | Air Force | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE046 definitive contract | Nou Systems Inc | $2.0M | Battle management/command and control (bm/c2) | Missile Defense Agency | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0063 definitive contract | Vibrant Corporation | $2.0M | Sttr phase ii vibrant corp proposal l2s-0077 titled " pcrt for improved defect detection, sustainment efficiency, and fleet readiness for NAVY landing gear components" tendered under topic #DLA 15c-001 advertised in sttr baa #dla15.c. | Defense Logistics Agency | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA237724CB011 definitive contract | Honeywell International Inc | $2.0M | Self-assembling ferrofluidic ionic liquid mirror telescope | Air Force | Feb 21, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA868424CB008 definitive contract | Cypress Resources Inc | $2.0M | Cypress direct to phase ii sbir | Air Force | Jan 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945326CX010 definitive contract | Janus Research Group, LLC | $2.0M | Provides the dow warfighter with enhanced space domain awareness, improved satellite protection strategies, and more accurate predictions of space weather impacts on military assets. | Air Force | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0316 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.0M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jul 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q24F0064 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $2.0M | Task for jsil mq-9a high frequency (hf) command & control (c2) link testing phase 2 | Army | Jan 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945325FX029 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $2.0M | Assessment management system (ams) phase ii | Air Force | Mar 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833523C0223 definitive contract | Nikira Labs Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Apr 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0055 definitive contract | Carbon Carbon Advanced Technologies, Inc | $2.0M | Sttr phase ii:carbon-carbon advanced technologies, inc. proporsal title:sic-modified advanced carbon-carbon (acc) for unified hypersonic aeroshell thermal protection proposal #:l2s-0096 | Defense Logistics Agency | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA445222C0015 definitive contract | Revacomm Inc | $2.0M | Expansion of puckboard sbrir 2b | Air Force | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA867524F2001 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $2.0M | Emerging aircraft platform integration support | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK24C0011 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $2.0M | Cyberspace test technology (ctt) automated lru virtualization (avirt), a comprehensive and interactive software-based toolchain to semi-automatically build up virtual machines to model cyber-physical systems | Army | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70US0923F1DHS2706 delivery order | The MITRE Corporation | $2.0M | Professional support for edee 2.0 project | U.S. Secret Service | Jul 2, 2024 |
| FA228026C0005 definitive contract | Tycho AI Inc | $2.0M | Tracking & resilient inertial-derived estimation for naval targets (trident) | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA238525CB029 definitive contract | Anduril Industries, Inc | $2.0M | 10 usc 40223 - anduril capabilities for rocket cargo | Air Force | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA462525C0036 definitive contract | Thrust AI LLC | $2.0M | Sbir phase iii 1 ea lift enterprise business unit, 1-year license term (12 sites) 4 ea lift enterprise sites, 1-year license term 3 ea lift basic sites, 1-year license term | Air Force | Dec 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA488726C0006 definitive contract | Necotech LLC | $2.0M | Necotech automated crack sealing system - sequential phase ii tacfi necotech llc tacfi py25.2 c2 proposal #: f2s-19437 topic #: sequential phase ii tacfi / af212-cso1 | Air Force | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA810026CB002 definitive contract | Raider Technologies LLC | $2.0M | The current phase ii effort builds on raider technologies successful phase i demonstration of a continuous wave (cw), frequency-diverse array radar architecture. | Air Force | Apr 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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