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Defense systems R&D: $104B in defense awards
$104B obligated across 31,432 DoD and DHS awards to 7,037 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 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 | 31,432 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0001424C1515 definitive contract | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $37.0M | This effort is to investigate the extension of swarming autonomy from expendable, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs) to enable heterogeneity across sensor modalities, and super swarm systems. | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0001 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $36.7M | P1 23-2513, naval air systems command unmanned aviation integration, demonstration, and prototyping for the navair program executive office, unmanned aviation and strike weapons | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0024 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $36.6M | United states air force bomber reliability and sustainment improvement for air force life cycle management center, b-52 system program officep1-22-2367 | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001422C1042 definitive contract | Innovative Defense Technologies, LLC | $36.5M | No description on the record | Navy | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGY26F0035 delivery order | Tcom, LP | $36.2M | This requirement is for product director sensor-aerial intelligence for juon 0587 support. | Army | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0037 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $35.9M | Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems engineering, development, and integration for naval surface warfare center, panama city division | Air Force | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA123F0016 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $35.9M | Data science support | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0032 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $35.9M | Program executive office combat support & combat services support (peo cs&css) portfolio of products, vehicles, and systems research and development (R&D) for ARMY peo cs&css | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA248724FB030 delivery order | Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation | $35.8M | Army g2 intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance task force (isr tf) | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600120F3500 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $35.6M | Global positioning system (gps) enterprise engineering services | Navy | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA237724CB002 definitive contract | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $35.6M | Insight integration (i2) | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0008 delivery order | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $35.6M | Igf::ot::igf adding program 2837 | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA882023C0002 definitive contract | Galapagos Federal Systems LLC | $35.6M | National space test and training center advisory and assistance support | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085624F0003 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $35.3M | Ground-based midcourse defense (gmd) booster sustainment contract (bsc) task order 0001 | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072722F1620 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $35.2M | Engineering services: study, analyze, design, develop, test and integrate advanced technology software and algorithm solutions to improve performance of the microelectronics-based ground segment of the patriot air and missile defense system | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0013 definitive contract | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation | $35.2M | The liberty lifter program will design, build, and flight test an affordable, innovative, and disruptive seaplane. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Sep 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0039 delivery order | Amentum Services, Inc | $35.1M | Development and engineering of electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems for naval air systems command ea-18 aircraft program office and naval surface warfare center crane division airborne electronic ... | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0002 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $35.0M | Research collaboration and computing analysis for air force research laboratory | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893625C0034 definitive contract | Amentum Technology, Inc | $34.8M | Other direct costs (odcs) - material | Navy | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072723F1100 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $34.7M | This task is for engineering services to analyze, design, develop, prototype, build, integrate, test, and deliver builds of a vessel combat system | Defense Microelectronics Activity | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23C0011 definitive contract | Civil-Military Innovation Institute Inc | $34.5M | Project emergence research and development (R&D) | Army | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W519TC25F0192 delivery order | JJR Solutions LLC | $34.4M | Procurement of human performance assessment framework, small business innovation research phase iii, and services in support of program executive office enterprise product manager ARMY training information system | Army | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W909MY22F0086 delivery order | Fibertek, Inc | $34.3M | Rs3-22-0026 | Army | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124F0448 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $34.3M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA240123C0010 definitive contract | Stephenson Stellar Corporation | $34.3M | Ssc systems, technologies, and emerging capabilities (stec) support | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023F1005 delivery order | Radiance Technologies Inc | $34.2M | Uriel | Air Force | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0002 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $34.1M | Development of objective simulation framework capabilities to provide a modeling and simulation augmentation system | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ085624F0001 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $34.0M | Services to support task instruction 0800-24-01 | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001926F1055 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $34.0M | The purpose of this order is to procure non-recurring engineering and associated test assets for the design, development, and integration of an/alq-264(v) beowulf. | Navy | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085825FE005 delivery order | Integration Innovation Inc | $34.0M | The core operations and sustainment task order is focused on providing key services to research, development, test and evaluation during flight tests, ground tests, cyber tests, and other related department of defense activities. | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0051 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $34.0M | C-130 hercules modernization and sustainment | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9126022FD107 delivery order | Serco Inc | $34.0M | Homeland defense - integrated air defense systems providing scientific and technological advice and recommendations on the use and integration of new technologies, technology insertion and testing related to ARMY homeland defense and ... | Army | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014719F0005 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $33.9M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0028 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $33.9M | Life cycle research and analysis for cargo helicopter systems for cargo helicopter CH-47 project management office | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072723F1201 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $33.9M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to analyze, and develop the next generation signals intelligence. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945322F0007 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $33.8M | Space & nuclear advanced prototypes, experiments & technology development (snapet) small satellite program (ssp) task order | Air Force | May 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA861222CB005 definitive contract | Davidson Technologies Inc | $33.7M | Acc dtc cmcc | Air Force | Dec 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA861223FB016 delivery order | Raft LLC | $33.6M | Abms cbc2 comms broker | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945322C0020 definitive contract | Honeywell International Inc | $33.5M | Strategic compact inertial measurement unit (scimu) | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0028 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $33.5M | System acquisition and reliability improvement for the program executive office aviation, fixed wing project office | Air Force | Apr 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014719F0008 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $33.4M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds igf::ot::igf | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9126024FD511 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $33.3M | National advanced surface-to-air-missile system (nasams) maintenance, sustainment, and engineering services necessary to support nasams and associated equipment. | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0325 definitive contract | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation | $33.3M | Speed and runway independent technologies (sprint) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0116 definitive contract | Southwest Research Institute | $33.3M | Darpa research program | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jun 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0034 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $33.3M | Technical training product development for the naval air warfare center aircraft division air systems group | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA255324CB001 definitive contract | Galapagos Federal Systems LLC | $33.2M | Training, operations, and general analysis. | Air Force | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F7002 delivery order | Assurance Technology Corp | $33.1M | Frost - advancing rf research and development | Navy | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865023C9302 definitive contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $33.1M | Johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory support to the integrated capabilities directorate | Air Force | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F0955 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $33.1M | Nre for palc | Navy | Jun 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042124F0159 delivery order | The Mil Corporation | $33.0M | Cwd admin support -rdt&e | Navy | May 19, 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 9, 2026.
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