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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ086026CE003 definitive contract | Archarithms Inc | $2.0M | Adaptive resource allocation | Missile Defense Agency | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA282 definitive contract | Mantapoole Technologies LLC | $2.0M | Sbir dp2, a244-p038, mantapoole tech | Army | Sep 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA286 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir), direct to phase ii, topic a254-027, low-altitude passive detection system. | Army | Sep 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA285 definitive contract | Picogrid, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir), direct to phase ii, topic a254-027, low-altitude passive detection system. | Army | Aug 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA244 definitive contract | Ombra LLC | $2.0M | A mobile-based multifactor authentication system that integrates facial, periocular, and touchless fingerprint biometrics for secure and efficient authentication in military environments. | Army | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA045 definitive contract | Fieldline Industries Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research, direct to phase ii topic a254-p026, xtechpacific open topic | Army | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA025 definitive contract | Sherpa 6 Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research, direct to phase ii topic a254-p030, xtechoverwatch open topic | Army | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864923P1173 purchase order | Scout Space Inc | $2.0M | Autonomous, multi-agent guidance, navigation, and control of free space guardian satellites in collaborative and non-collaborative scenarios and degraded communications environments. | Air Force | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA084 definitive contract | Wingxpand Inc | $2.0M | Wing xpand: xpod: a truly modular payload enabling multi-mission flexibility and affordability for us ARMY special forces sbir phase ii | Army | Apr 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA860125P0082 purchase order | Saltenna Inc | $2.0M | This is a sbir phase ii-sequential tactical funding increase (tacfi) for saltenna llc. | Air Force | Sep 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA047 definitive contract | Advanced Research, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir), phase ii, topic a244-012, quantum enhanced rf components north american industry classification system (naics): 541715 phi contract # w51701-24-c-0242 | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6426724C0027 definitive contract | Aptima Inc | $2.0M | 873authority | Navy | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0123 definitive contract | Parraid LLC | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Mar 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA049 definitive contract | Cornerstone Research Group Inc | $2.0M | Ultra-low temperature rechargeable li-metal battery | Army | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864922P0936 purchase order | Black Cape, Inc | $2.0M | Rubicon: platform agnostic data storage infrastructure for air-ground integration | Air Force | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA156 definitive contract | Unstructured Technologies, Inc | $2.0M | Development of a scalable platform that automates the ingestion, cleaning, transformation, and enrichment of diverse data types. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086026CE049 definitive contract | R-Dex Systems, Inc | $2.0M | Next generation precision timing for multi-sensor fusion, target discrimination, and missile defense firing solutions | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA116 definitive contract | Earthly Dynamics, LLC | $2.0M | Development of a lightweight, modular propulsion kit for the joint precision airdrop system 10k platform, denoted as talos 10k. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016425FJ507 delivery order | Indesign LLC | $2.0M | Engineering services for siren | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125C0047 definitive contract | Obsidian Sensors Inc | $2.0M | 873authority sbir phase ii award resultant from topic# a244-025 | Army | May 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA238 definitive contract | Charles River Analytics, Inc | $2.0M | Software which integrates with ai/ml enterprise pipelines by providing verification and validation solutions for ml models deployed in safety-critical domains ensuring ml models perform reliably in diverse and unpredictable battlefield ... | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA124 definitive contract | Oledworks LLC | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii, topic a244-011, off the visor heads up display (hud) phase ii (sbir phi contract# w51701-24-c-0181) | Army | Apr 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA081 definitive contract | Exoanalytic Solutions Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii topic a244-064, exoanalytic solutions, inc. | Army | Mar 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0188 definitive contract | Attollo Engineering, LLC | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii, "forward looking infrared (flir) dual band focal plane array in high definition format". | Army | Nov 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA036 definitive contract | Lexset.ai Inc | $2.0M | A254-p030 - lexset sentinel sight | Army | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086026CE051 definitive contract | Plus Designs Inc | $2.0M | Engineered printed propulsion technology: a study on geometry-based thermal management | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA002 definitive contract | Aroboticscompany, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii, topic number a244-029, aroboticscompany inc. | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0175 definitive contract | Arete Associates | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii- topic af183-001 | Navy | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA209 definitive contract | Morsecorp, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii topic a254-003, morsecorp, inc. | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086026CE011 definitive contract | Exoanalytic Solutions Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii: interceptai phase ii | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425CS105 definitive contract | Boston Engineering Corporation | $2.0M | Base award for sibr phase ii topic no. 162-114 | Navy | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0240 definitive contract | Quasar Federal Systems, Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA242 definitive contract | Deepnight Inc | $2.0M | Deep night vision machine learning algorithm for autonomous drone swarm navigation and sensing to address a demonstrated need for advanced, autonomous UAS navigati0on and sensing capabilities in very low-light environments. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA207 definitive contract | Phoenix Operations Group, LLC | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii topic a244-p017, phoenix operations group llc. | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA289 definitive contract | Occam Robotics, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii, topic a244-016, autonomous optical sensors. phase i sbir contract no. w51701-24-c-0248. | Army | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0212 definitive contract | Simetri, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii sequential resultant from topic #: a20-065 | Army | May 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA030 definitive contract | Cenith Innovations LLC | $2.0M | A254-p030 - hivepath - decentralized, self-organizing swarm autonomy for rapid terrain | Army | Jan 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX047 definitive contract | Proteus Space, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii sequential tacfi - rapid automated custom satellite bus design | Air Force | Oct 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125C0058 definitive contract | Starnav LLC | $2.0M | Sibr phase ii sequential, topic a20-108, self-contained signal of opportunity-based pnt | Army | May 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA040 definitive contract | Aeroparagon Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii topic number a244-p001, aeroparagon inc. | Army | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864923P1143 purchase order | Pterodynamics Inc | $2.0M | Developing the x-p5 transwing unmanned aerial system for autonomous agile combat logistics | Air Force | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA010 definitive contract | Hypres Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir), phase ii, topic a244-012, quantum enhanced rf components | Army | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA267 definitive contract | Modalai, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii topic a244-024, modelai, inc. | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0300 definitive contract | Innovital Systems Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA273 definitive contract | Organic Robotics Corporation | $2.0M | Development of an integrated physiological monitoring combat shirt using its proprietary light lace fiberoptic sensor technology. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HY023325PE016 purchase order | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $2.0M | Fy24 sbir/sttr topic#: osd234-p002| affordable cross-domain kill chain UAS munition | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Jul 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA222 definitive contract | Overland AI Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) direct to phase ii (d2phii), topic # a254-008, overland ai inc | Army | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA127 definitive contract | Cornerstone Research Group Inc | $2.0M | Cornerstone research group, inc sbir phase ii sequential multi-spectrum combat identification target silhouette (mcits) allow target silhouettes to provide realistic representation of vehicles across multi-spec tactical equip ph ii ... | Army | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0190 definitive contract | More Cowbell Unlimited, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir) direct to phase ii, topic a244-007: predictive process models for ARMY mobilization. | Army | Jul 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA039 definitive contract | Nantrak Tactical LLC | $2.0M | A254-p030 - 40mm electronic effects payloads | Army | Jan 29, 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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