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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP470125C0021 definitive contract | Intellisense Systems Inc | $2.0M | Bradley reverse engineering to procurement source - small business innovative research (sbir) ii | Defense Logistics Agency | Sep 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA131 definitive contract | Microbeam Technologies Incorporated | $2.0M | A244-055 - production of germanium concentrates from coal ash | Army | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA056 definitive contract | Dmetrics Inc | $2.0M | Tactile: transparent and customizable textual information extraction from large textual sources | Army | Apr 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA204 definitive contract | Assetlink Global LLC | $2.0M | Assetlink global llc sbir direct to phase ii develop and implement a secure wireless data transfer solution for predictive logistics. solution to enable the seamless movement of collected logistics data from military platforms to a central ... | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA088 definitive contract | Aviation Resources and Consulting Services, LLC | $2.0M | The proposed augmented rigging assistance for non-riggers (aranr) system leverages wearable augmented reality technology to enhance the rigging capabilities of non-parachute rigger soldiers | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0266 definitive contract | Dare Venture Group LLC | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii topic n222-114 | Navy | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA255 definitive contract | MZA Associates Corporation | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii, topic a244-016, autonomous optical sensors. phase i sbir contract no. w51701-24-c-0250. | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0098 definitive contract | Qortek Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0291 definitive contract | Wavefront Research, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research direct to phase ii. topic a244-030, miniaturization of hyperspectral sensors for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) applications. | Army | May 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA047 definitive contract | Ada Technologies, LLC | $2.0M | Topic a244-p063 battery focused open topic (direct to phase ii) | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN24C0038 definitive contract | Applied Research in Acoustics LLC | $2.0M | Small business technology transfer phase ii selected under topic a22b-t002 for verification, validation, assurance and trust of machine learning models and data for safety critical application in armaments systems | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA208 definitive contract | Protopia AI Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii topic a244-p017, protopia ai, inc. | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA279 definitive contract | Cenith Innovations LLC | $2.0M | Sbir dp2, a244-p017, cenith innovations, llc | Army | Aug 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0041 definitive contract | Chromologic LLC | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii. | Navy | Jan 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA161 definitive contract | Greensight Inc | $2.0M | Direct to phase ii topic a244-072, lighter, low-cost family of bidirectional inverters | Army | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA055 definitive contract | Infleqtion Quantum, LLC | $2.0M | Secured artificial intelligence which enhances security and resilience of artificial intelligence and machine learning based positioning, navigation, and timing systems by defending against adversarial attacks. | Army | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086026CE043 definitive contract | Quadrus Corporation | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA020 definitive contract | Overland AI Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research, direct to phase ii topic a254-p030, xtechoverwatch open topic | Army | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125C0045 definitive contract | Continuous Composites Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research phase ii, topic n31-069: continuous fiber additive manufacturing lauch effects. | Army | May 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA132 definitive contract | Greensight Inc | $2.0M | See attachment 1 - scope of work (sow). | Army | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125C0055 definitive contract | First RF Corporation | $2.0M | Sbir direct to phase ii topic a244-028, "software defined radiohead (sdrh)". | Army | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA441925P0054 purchase order | Schemata Inc | $2.0M | Traverse3ds virtual training platform addresses critical air force readiness challenges by deploying gaussian splatting and vision language models, vlms, to revolutionize cdl certification and equipment training. | Air Force | Jul 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238424FB001 delivery order | Etegent Technologies, LTD | $2.0M | Human evolution of artificial learners for intelligent operational sar (healios) | Air Force | Jul 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA038 definitive contract | Modalai, Inc | $2.0M | A254-p030 - scout - swarm convoy operations with unmanned technology | Army | Jan 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0285 definitive contract | Nu-Trek, Inc | $2.0M | Research and development | Navy | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA277 definitive contract | Odys Aviation, Inc | $2.0M | Dp2, a244-p038, odys aviation, inc | Army | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HY023325PE017 purchase order | Mighty Waves Energy Inc | $2.0M | Fy24 sbir/sttr topic#: osd234-p002| power and communications, sensor, defense node (pacsd)_mighty waves energy inc | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Jul 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6426725C7016 definitive contract | Galois, Inc | $2.0M | 873authority | Navy | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA280 definitive contract | Next Tier Concepts Inc | $2.0M | Sbir dp2, a244-p017, next tier concepts, inc | Army | Sep 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HY023326P0001 purchase order | Innovative Defense Technologies, LLC | $2.0M | Fy25 sbir/sttr topic#: osd234-p002 | enabling cross domain kill chains using light-weight adapters phase ii - innovative defense technologies | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA269 definitive contract | Maxentric Technologies LLC | $2.0M | Sbir phiis topic a20-118, maxentric technologies llc | Army | Aug 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0174 definitive contract | Synoptic Engineering, LLC | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii topic hr001119s0035-21 | Navy | Mar 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA143 definitive contract | Eoptic, Inc | $2.0M | Topic a254-002 - explosive ordnance disposal visual ordnance identification database (eodvoid) | Army | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA190 definitive contract | Trail of Bits Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii topic a244-p017, trail of bits inc. | Army | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1332 definitive contract | Scix3 LLC | $2.0M | Next-generation autonomy for unmanned maritime vehicles (umvs) | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6426724C0150 definitive contract | Scientific Systems Company, Inc | $2.0M | 873authority | Navy | Mar 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0254 definitive contract | Physical Sciences Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii sequential topic a20-043, innovative approaches for aided target recognition (aitr) of ARMY targets. | Army | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA276 definitive contract | Saaz Micro, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii topic a214-051, saaz micro, inc. | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA024 definitive contract | Scout AI Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research, direct to phase ii topic a254-p030, xtechoverwatch open topic | Army | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125C0051 definitive contract | Aquila, Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase ii resultant from topic # a20-135 | Army | Jan 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA023 definitive contract | Scientific Systems Company, Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research, direct to phase ii topic a254-p030, xtechoverwatch open topic | Army | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0085 definitive contract | Dignitas Technologies, LLC | $2.0M | Research and development 873 authority | Navy | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864923P0540 purchase order | Quidient, LLC | $2.0M | Automated confined space inspection using mobile devices and systems enabled with 3d+ software platform | Air Force | Nov 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA700025P0045 purchase order | Jericho Security, Inc | $2.0M | Topic no. afx23e-tpcso1 sttr phase ii proposal f2-19013 - generative ai-driven defense and machine learning against advanced phishing attacks tacfi | Air Force | Jun 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0176 definitive contract | Vidrovr Inc | $2.0M | Sbir phase iii research and development | Navy | Mar 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA942225C0004 definitive contract | Canopy Aerospace Technologies Inc | $2.0M | Small business innovation research (sbir) tactical funding (tacfi) effort titled smart thermal protection systems for hypersonics | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086025CE013 definitive contract | Secmation LLC | $2.0M | Sbir direct to phase ii: reflect - radar emission fuzzing and logging for exploitability and countermeasure testing | Missile Defense Agency | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA062 definitive contract | Deepnight Inc | $2.0M | Sbir direct to phase ii topic # a254-020 deepnight inc. | Army | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125C0031 definitive contract | Covar, LLC | $2.0M | Phase ii award | Army | May 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA110 definitive contract | Pryon Incorporated | $2.0M | Small business innovation research, direct to phase ii topic a254-023, ai-enabled portfolio management | Army | May 22, 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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