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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N6833523C0731 definitive contract | Heat Light & Sound Research Inc | $1.9M | Research and development | Navy | Mar 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875025CB053 definitive contract | Cohere Solutions LLC | $1.9M | Multi-object behavior modeling for space battle management command and control using agent-based modeling and simulation design a prototype capable of simulating and discovering multi-object engagements, large-scale wargaming and what-if ... | Air Force | May 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8000 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.9M | Planning factors fy24 | Navy | May 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0139 definitive contract | Illumination Works, LLC | $1.9M | "illumination works, llc" sbir phase ii | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY25F0085 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $1.9M | Research and development of electronic equipment | Army | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239125CB032 definitive contract | Technology in Blacksburg, Inc | $1.9M | Topic no. af23c-t003, sttr phase ii proposal f2-18442 - dynamic screenvanes for the generation of user-prescribed, time-varying inlet | Air Force | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0027 definitive contract | 1print LLC | $1.9M | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase ii topic a234-p014. | Army | Jun 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0171 definitive contract | Enveil, Inc | $1.9M | Enveil inc., sbir phase ii, for encrypted model inference for secure ml deployment. | Army | Oct 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8141 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.9M | Isr program operations and maintenance | Navy | Sep 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA228026P0001 purchase order | Purple Rhombus LLC | $1.9M | Mass production of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) | Air Force | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA046 definitive contract | Zeromark, Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovation research, direct to phase ii topic a254-p026, xtechpacific open topic | Army | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6893624C0033 definitive contract | Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc | $1.9M | Sbir ph 2 n202-112 | Navy | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0157 definitive contract | University of Southern California | $1.9M | Open, programmable, secure 5g (ops-5g) program ta1 base award | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F1098 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $1.9M | Mum-t plus support | Navy | Jan 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001421FM015 delivery order | Advanced Technology International | $1.9M | Manufacturing technology (mantech) - composites manufacturing center (cmc) | Navy | Feb 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170125CA137 definitive contract | Teleswivel LLC | $1.9M | Teleswivel llc, sbir ph ii, a234-p017 | Army | Apr 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0016726F0105 delivery order | BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP | $1.9M | Propulsor demonstration hardware | Navy | Feb 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| SP470125C0053 definitive contract | 6k Additive, Inc | $1.9M | Enhancing aerospace bearing supply chain - emergent iv, sbir baa topic dla183-013, reduction of critical material imports by converting untapped domestic sources of titanium c-103 niobium into spherical alloy powders & ingots | Defense Logistics Agency | Jan 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA254124CB021 definitive contract | Rise8 Inc | $1.9M | Sf241 d026 digital spaceport of the future. this phase ii contract provides full-stack digital services and modern, cloud technologies to deliver integrated spaceport launch scheduling and optimization across launch scheduling and cost ... | Air Force | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8704 delivery order | University of Washington | $1.9M | Artic pisces (pacific infrastructure supporting continuous engineering and science) | Navy | May 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA254125CB052 definitive contract | Momentus Space LLC | $1.9M | The end state of this project is to establish a robust and sustainable framework for space sustainment and maneuver, enabling companies to facilitate movement within the space domain across all orbital regimes, including travel to and from ... | Air Force | Jun 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0237 definitive contract | Qnect LLC | $1.9M | Monthly status report | Army | Aug 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY26FA032 delivery order | Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc | $1.9M | Research and development for information technology equipment | Army | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170126CA155 definitive contract | Pytho AI Inc | $1.9M | A futuristic agentic artificial intelligence system purpose-built to process, fuse, and interpret vast, multimodal data streams continuously. | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880924FB003 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $1.9M | Formally known as mobile flight range, the purpose to maintain kafb ground systems baseline architecture. | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042126F0275 delivery order | Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc | $1.9M | Rdt&e labor | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0142 definitive contract | Lynntech Inc | $1.9M | "lynntech, inc." sbir phase ii | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0038 definitive contract | Mach9 Robotics Inc | $1.9M | Small business innovation research (sbir) direct to phase ii. topic a234-020, deep-bim: dynamic enhanced environment perception - building information models. | Army | May 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C2403 definitive contract | SRI International | $1.9M | Hc2: managing knowledge through the hierarchy | Navy | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0124 definitive contract | Haylon Technologies Inc | $1.9M | "haylon technologies" sbir phase ii | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SP470126F0027 delivery order | Knexus Research LLC | $1.8M | Knexus task order for option 1 clin 1006 under idiq contract sp470124d1020 for foundational data fabric for enterprise master management agents (emma) implementation | Defense Logistics Agency | Dec 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8703 delivery order | University of Washington | $1.8M | Arctic pisces (pacific infrastructure supporting continuous engineering and science) phase ill td 1101012apl/uw fy2020 - fy2028 requirements university affiliated research center (uarc) effort in accordance with section c | Navy | Feb 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA864923P1095 purchase order | Conductorai Corporation | $1.8M | Artificial intelligence (ai) assistance for derivative classification and redaction | Air Force | Jun 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA557024C0003 definitive contract | Peakmetrics Inc | $1.8M | Further develop the commercial publicly available information (pai) artificial intelligence (ai)/machine learning (ml) narrative identification platform. | Air Force | Sep 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6660426FH155 delivery order | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $1.8M | Darts task order - h155 | Navy | Mar 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR25C0019 definitive contract | Blue Ridge Dynamics, Inc | $1.8M | This procurement is for tools for visualizing collected exploitable material and associated travel expenses. | Army | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424CS210 definitive contract | Scientific Systems Company, Inc | $1.8M | Base | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875022C1527 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $1.8M | Ocelot | Air Force | Dec 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA702225F0049 delivery order | Ensco Inc | $1.8M | Acquire services for modeling, software, and engineering support at the air force technical application center (aftac). task order 1. | Air Force | Jan 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123F0651 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $1.8M | Build-to-print services | Navy | Feb 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085422F0004 delivery order | Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | $1.8M | The purpose of this task order is to provide uarc subject matter expertise to the mda engineering directorate. | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0043 definitive contract | Information Visualization and Innovative Research Inc | $1.8M | 873authority sbir phase ii award resultant from sbir topic a234-009 | Army | Mar 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W5170124F0003 delivery order | Andro Computational Solutions LLC | $1.8M | 'andro' - sbir phase ii enhancement task order w51701-24-f-0003 awarded against idiq w51701-23-d-0003 under the sbir fy2023 catalyst program. | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002422F8307 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $1.8M | Arl/psu fy2021 fy 2024 requirement | Navy | Feb 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA873023PB004 purchase order | Applied Intuition Government Inc | $1.8M | Sbir phase 2 sensor optimization toolkit | Air Force | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862625FB006 delivery order | General Electric Company | $1.8M | Fy25 j85-21 component improvement program | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001119C0077 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $1.8M | Safe documents (safedocs) program technical area 4 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Jul 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W5170124C0238 definitive contract | Metavoxel Technologies, Inc | $1.8M | Monthly status report | Army | Jun 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086026CE004 definitive contract | Omni Consulting Solutions, Inc | $1.8M | Mda sbir/sttr integrated decision engine for capability acceleration and responsiveness (sidecar) | Missile Defense Agency | Feb 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875020C1545 definitive contract | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $1.8M | Cyber technology maturation framework resiliency and surviability of operational systems (cyber sos) | Air Force | Jun 18, 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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