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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA254125CB042 definitive contract | Katalyst Space Technologies, LLC | $1.9M | The space force requires the ability to relocate our assets from contested areas to positions where they can be part of the solution, as our conflicts will be dynamic, and our adversaries will also adapt. | Air Force | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833523C0729 definitive contract | Heat Light & Sound Research Inc | $1.9M | Onr sttr phii research and development | Navy | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA010 definitive contract | Krtkl Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovation research (sbir), phase ii topic a234-p017, xtechsbir autonomy finalist open topic competition | Army | May 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0123 definitive contract | Noble Gas Systems Inc | $1.9M | "noble gas systems" sbir phase ii | Army | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA228023P0002 purchase order | Joby Aero Inc | $1.9M | Xwing remotely operated large cargo trials and detect and avoid testing | Air Force | Apr 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA857124C0033 definitive contract | Corsha, Inc | $1.9M | No description on the record | Air Force | Jun 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA239426CB017 definitive contract | Orbital Composites, Inc | $1.9M | Manufacturing innovations in extreme temperature carbon- and ceramic-matrix composites tactical funding increase (tacfi) | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945124CX060 definitive contract | Hart Scientific Consulting International L.l.c | $1.9M | Sbir ii for a laser-guided wavefront compensation system will be demonstrated in the uplink beam of a sodium guide star launch telescope. | Air Force | Aug 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA138 definitive contract | Primordial Labs Inc | $1.9M | Primordial labs, inc, sbir ph ii, a234-p017 | Army | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239125CB033 definitive contract | Spectral Energies LLC | $1.9M | Topic no. af23c-t003, sttr phase ii proposal f2-18430- transient distortion and swirl generator using circulation control airfoils | Air Force | May 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA864923P1106 purchase order | Quindar Inc | $1.9M | Cloud-based multi-mission automated satellite operations platform | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0030 definitive contract | Cusatis Computational Services Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii topic a234-p014. | Army | Feb 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA239425FB002 delivery order | University of Texas at Arlington | $1.9M | Physics-based modeling for advanced composites (pmac) | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945124CX055 definitive contract | Hart Scientific Consulting International L.l.c | $1.9M | Passive aircraft avoidance through eo/ir imaging and reconfigured tbad | Air Force | Apr 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0121 definitive contract | Barrow Green LLC | $1.9M | Monthly status report | Army | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0129 definitive contract | Haylon Technologies Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii, "fy23 aiml open topic ph2". the current effort continues the research conducted under sbir ph i contract w51701-23-c-0172. | Army | Jun 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0141 definitive contract | Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc | $1.9M | "innovative scientific sol." sbir phii | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0145 definitive contract | R4 Technologies, Inc | $1.9M | Bi-monthly status report | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0146 definitive contract | R4 Technologies, Inc | $1.9M | Bi-monthly status report | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0069 definitive contract | Swir Vision Systems, Inc | $1.9M | Sbir phase ii award to swir vision systems for see spot quantum dot detector (seeqd2), low-cost swir laser sensor, for the u.s. ARMY command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (c5isr) ... | Army | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA521524P0015 purchase order | Black Cape, Inc | $1.9M | Sbir sequential phase ii tacfi for rubicon partner nation in support of 621st air control squadron - proposal number f2-17880 - afwerx topic # afx234-dcs02 | Air Force | Apr 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA930025C6022 definitive contract | Exos Aerospace Systems & Technologies, Inc | $1.9M | Suborbital hover vehicle-reusable rocket | Air Force | Sep 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0160 definitive contract | Spectral Labs Incorporated | $1.9M | Monthly status report | Army | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA254124CB023 definitive contract | Trustpoint, Inc | $1.9M | F2d-11524 - resilient gps-independent pnt in support of proliferated leo constellations. mature the leons system/service, with associated subsystems, components, integrations, defense adaptations, and concept of operations (conops). | Air Force | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA114 definitive contract | Spectrum Photonics Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii topic a234-p010, xtechsbir pacific finalist open topic competition | Army | Mar 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0031 definitive contract | Engineering Mechanics Corporation of Columbus | $1.9M | 873authority. sbir d2p2 award to engineering mechanics corp. of columbus for prototype of structural building/construction materials from waste thermoplastics for u.s. ARMY erdc construction engineering research laboratory (cerl). | Army | Jun 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA254124CB026 definitive contract | Starnav LLC | $1.9M | F2d-11659 - starnav will provide a satellite relayed, broadcast service (starnav broadcast service, snbs) that enables alternative pvt receivers to cold-start without gnss. | Air Force | Jul 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0140 definitive contract | Inception Robotics, LLC | $1.9M | "inception robotics, llc" sbir phase ii | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q26F0031 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $1.9M | Task order to support jsil spectre 2, mq-9a block 1 integration support and sustainment | Army | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875025CB046 definitive contract | Tompkins Consulting LLC | $1.9M | Multi-layer graph-based evaluation of space-enabled kill-webs - purpose is to develop an end-to-end geko software solution to integrate sysml models and afsim agent-based mission scenarios with graph-based kill-web analyses and ... | Air Force | Jun 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945125CX016 definitive contract | Outpost Technologies, Inc | $1.9M | Mobile raven observatory telescope for autonomous and remote universal surveillance (taurus) | Air Force | Jul 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA857125C0040 definitive contract | Shipcom Federal Solutions LLC | $1.9M | Tacfi shipcom federal solutions py25.2 | Air Force | Jun 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945124CX034 definitive contract | Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc | $1.9M | Sbir direct to phase ii - multi-modal aircraft detection and avoidance system st-23.3a_d2p2_sbir_sf233-d006 | Air Force | Feb 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864923P0555 purchase order | Rebel Space Technologies Inc | $1.9M | Sophia security software for trusted communications | Air Force | May 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA254124CB035 definitive contract | Rapidfort Inc | $1.9M | Sf241-d026 digital spaceport of the future. the goal of this effort is to deliver a toolset to speed up the rate at which software can meet ussf compliance standards, have them catod, and be delivered into production. | Air Force | Jun 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q24F0066 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $1.9M | Under this task order contractor shall provide engineering support for the evaluation and integration of technologies into the mq-1c system. | Army | Jan 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA857124C0030 definitive contract | Perceptronics Solutions, Inc | $1.9M | Sbir- tactical funding increase -tacfi- funded, sequential phase ii topic af201-d002, airborne radio sustainment modernization | Air Force | Jun 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0133 definitive contract | Trideum Corporation | $1.9M | Small business innovative research (sbir) phase ii, "fy23 aiml open topic ph2". the current effort continues the research conducted under sbir ph i contract w51701-23-c-0152. | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA873023PB005 purchase order | SB Technology Federal Inc | $1.9M | Quantum magnetometry for alternative position and navigation | Air Force | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA254125CB105 definitive contract | The Dcode Group Inc | $1.9M | Sf254-d805 rapid acquisition and integration of space force human resource presentation layer. this project is to identify, evaluate, and prepare to implement a scalable hr IT solution that meets mission and end-user needs. | Air Force | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470124F0124 delivery order | LMI Consulting, LLC | $1.9M | Lmi consulting, task order under base year obligation for idiq contract under weapon system sustainment program (wssp) baa for supply chain risk management phase iii , 12 month | Defense Logistics Agency | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0231 definitive contract | Sage Technologies Limited | $1.9M | "sage technologies, ltd." sbir phase ii sequential a20-037, dynamic frame rate throttling | Army | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0157 definitive contract | Willowview Consulting, Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovation research (sbir), topic# a224-012, "soldiersynch" this contract continues the effort conducted on contract # w911nf-22-c-0072. | Army | May 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15QKN24C0066 definitive contract | Custom Electronics, Inc | $1.9M | Novel launch assisted UAS (ce) | Army | Sep 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA254125CB062 definitive contract | Trustpoint, Inc | $1.9M | F2d-14732 trustpoint, inc. this project encompasses the design, development, integration, and testing of an lband payload for the transmission of the lws. | Air Force | Aug 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA254124CB014 definitive contract | Utsi International Corporation | $1.9M | Sf241-d026 digital spaceport of the future. this direct 2 phase ii contract aims to develop a strategic adaptation and integration of utsi's data quality method (dqm) with the department of the air force's common operating data ... | Air Force | Jul 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0148 definitive contract | Rockfish Data Inc | $1.9M | Bi-monthly status report | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0067 definitive contract | Spectral Sciences, Inc | $1.9M | Research and development | Navy | Jul 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA930025C6021 definitive contract | Outpost Technologies, Inc | $1.9M | Sbir ii research and development | Air Force | Aug 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA238523C0004 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $1.9M | Smaller targeting radars with integrated performance equivalency | Air Force | Aug 12, 2024 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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