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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA857125C0035 definitive contract | Direct Kinetic Solutions Inc | $2.0M | Fy25 f47sr 2d2g50 afscen fm 9 pzimb sbir ph3 topic af221-dcso1 persistent power supplies to extend the life of asset tracking devices. a defense for energy resilience and optimization program - operational energy capability improvement ... | Air Force | Jul 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA857125C0041 definitive contract | Gelsight, Inc | $2.0M | This is a sequential phase ii requirement arising under sbir topic nsf 17 544 high-resolution digital tactile sensors for streamlined maintenance workflows funding for: tacfi gelsight, inc. py25.2proposal number: f2-18998 topic number: nsf ... | Air Force | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA857125C0044 definitive contract | Empower Equity Inc | $2.0M | The contractor shall provide all personal, labor, tools, transportation, material, equipment and services iaw solicitation sbir phase ii topic#: afx236-dpcso1, sow dated 22 may 2025 and all other sbir/sttr program requirements. | Air Force | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA857126C0026 definitive contract | Grid Raster Inc | $2.0M | Ph3 a6 digital depot topic af212-cs013d mesh model generation (company grid raster) | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865020C5229 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $2.0M | Operational inspection of bomber size lo aircraft | Air Force | Apr 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX045 definitive contract | Cosmic Shielding Corporation | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii sequential tacfi - radiation threat mitigation system | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX046 definitive contract | Agile Space Industries, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii sequential tacfi - agile thruster production | Air Force | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE048 definitive contract | Symplectic Engineering Corporation | $2.0M | Sttr sequential phase ii: high temperature fracture | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001126FE030 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.0M | Ibiza support services under the johns hopkins university / applied physics laboratory (jhu/apl) university affiliate research center (uarc) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001126FE044 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.0M | Banyan effort under the johns hopkins university (jhu)/ applied physics laboratory (apl) university affiliated research center (uarc) support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HY023325PE014 purchase order | Tycho AI Inc | $2.0M | Fy24 sbir/sttr topic#: osd234-p002| next-generation UAV autonomy: fusing vision, ai, and inertial sensing for unprecedented precision and agility | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Jul 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HY023326FE001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.0M | Provide engineering and scientific expertise to identify and mature appropriate technologies and develop operational prototypes for the rapid transition of maturing technologies to meet warfighters needs. includes testing/validation of ... | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F0203 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $2.0M | Systems modernization working group 12 | Navy | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8210 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.0M | Rapid capability assessment and prototyping - brc01 | Navy | Nov 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8338 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $2.0M | Leviathan ii | Navy | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523625C1019 definitive contract | Pqsecure Technologies, LLC | $2.0M | Hw/sw design and implementation | Navy | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0315 definitive contract | Adroit Materials, Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0254 definitive contract | Parallel Flight Technologies, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii | Navy | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0036 definitive contract | Ultramet | $2.0M | Sttr phase ii pepin associates proposal l2s-0055 titled ultramets proposal increased component size of cf zrc cmcs for hypersonic and related, tendered under topic dla212-007 advertised in sbir broad agency announcement baa sbir 22.2 | Defense Logistics Agency | Jan 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470126C0050 definitive contract | Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc | $2.0M | Baa 21.3, DLA topic 213-002, sbir phase ii qualification of domestic high-grade sintered ndfeb pm-wire magnets for defense applications | Defense Logistics Agency | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN24C0042 definitive contract | Optimization Technologies, Inc | $2.0M | Sttr phase ii award for verification, validation, assurance, and trust of machine learning models and data | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W50S8526CA001 definitive contract | Visto 360 AI, Inc | $2.0M | Visto 360 tacfi | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0187 definitive contract | Intelliepi Ir, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii, "forward looking infrared (flir) dual band focal plane array in high definition format". | Army | Nov 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0232 definitive contract | Toyon Research Corporation | $2.0M | Direct to phase ii award | Army | Jun 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA057 definitive contract | Scout AI Inc | $2.0M | Autonomous ground vehicle system with integrated vision language models and retrieval augmented generation technologies to deliver mission-complete solutions for a variety of payloads, beginning with counter-unmanned aerial systems ... | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA288 definitive contract | Credo.ai Corp | $2.0M | Sbir dp2, a244-p017, credo ai | Army | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA008 definitive contract | Innsightful Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research phase ii sequential topic a224-025, wearable technologies for physiological monitoring open topic. this furthers the effort conducted under phase ii sbir w5170123c0256 and phase i sbir w5170123c0068. | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA032 definitive contract | Azak, Inc | $2.0M | A254-p030 - azak d2p2 tactical controls | Army | Jan 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA037 definitive contract | Mavrik, Inc | $2.0M | A254-p030 -hatchet - autonomous heavy lift vtol for logistics under fire | Army | Jan 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA130 definitive contract | Anactisis LLC | $2.0M | A244-055 - functionalized adsorbents for highly efficient germanium extraction and separation from coal ash leachates | Army | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA009 definitive contract | Andro Computational Solutions LLC | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir), phase ii sequential, topic a214-013, behavioristic electromagnetic spectrum assessment general learning engine (beagle). | Army | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE030 definitive contract | Optimization Technologies, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii - benchmarking simulations for missile defense systems analysis | Missile Defense Agency | Oct 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA104 definitive contract | Andro Computational Solutions LLC | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii topic a244-068, andro computational solutions llc. | Army | Mar 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA162 definitive contract | Lunar Resources, Inc | $2.0M | Direct to phase ii topic a244-072, lighter, low-cost family of bidirectional inverters | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA052 definitive contract | Genesis Systems LLC | $2.0M | Genesis systems llc sbir phase ii sequential seeking novel, disruptive concepts and technology solutions that have dual use capabilities that can assist to provide transformative technology solutions while enabling cost savings to the ARMY. | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA108 definitive contract | Valid Evaluation, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research, direct to phase ii topic a254-022, ai-enabled source selection for contract proposal evaluation | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125C0044 definitive contract | United Protective Technologies, LLC | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir), topic# a20-147, "light-weight internal-combustion high-power, transformative, novel, individual new generator (lightning)" this furthers the effort conducted under sbir phase ii contract ... | Army | Jun 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA864923P1034 purchase order | Branch Technology, Inc | $2.0M | Energy efficiency, force protection, and resilient basing through custom, ondemand building retrofits | Air Force | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA184 definitive contract | Vbase Oil Company | $2.0M | Phase ii sequential, usda topic 8.8, biofuels and biobased products. | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0255 definitive contract | Andro Computational Solutions LLC | $2.0M | "andro computational solutions" sbir phii | Army | Feb 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA857126C0005 definitive contract | Compass Technology Group, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir af254-dcs02 - radome operational performance evaluation and tuning with machine learning methods | Air Force | Oct 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025C7403 definitive contract | Vector Atomic Inc | $2.0M | Sbir/sttr phase ii R&D - miniature iodine nanosecond timekeeper (mint) | Missile Defense Agency | May 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA049 definitive contract | American Lithium Energy Corp | $2.0M | Topic #: a244-p063 battery focused open topic (direct to phase ii) | Army | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA058 definitive contract | Rhea Space Activity, Inc | $2.0M | Development of an app named anvil: handheld gps denied self-location for atak to provide u.s. ARMY 1st special forces command with an atak plugin as a solution to special forces gps-denied atak compatible self-location application. | Army | Aug 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0220 definitive contract | Intellisense Systems Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phii sequential, ARMY topic# a224-021, "advanced circuit breaker tech for power distribution and management solutions." | Army | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0039 definitive contract | Kitware Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0277 definitive contract | Gird Systems Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phii sequential, ARMY topic #a20-080, "continuous-time digital signal processing (dsp) using reconfigurable devices". current effort continues the effort initiated under phi sbir contract w9113m-20-c-0096 and phii sbir contract ... | Army | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125C0032 definitive contract | Kitware Inc | $2.0M | Phase ii award | Army | May 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA132 definitive contract | Inpro Technologies, Inc | $2.0M | A244-059 - explosion-proof (xp) cobot cart and mobile cobot development | Army | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA284 definitive contract | Andro Computational Solutions LLC | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir), direct to phase ii, topic a254-027, low-altitude passive detection system. | Army | Sep 5, 2025 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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