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Research and development: $115B in defense awards
$115B obligated across 38,478 DoD and DHS awards to 8,167 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 10, 2026, 8.2% of all DoD and DHS obligations. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp leads with $7.6B; Department of the Air Force is the largest buyer at $48.4B.
| Obligated FY2024+ | $115B |
|---|---|
| Awards | 38,478 |
| Companies | 8,167 |
| FY2024 | $44.3B |
| FY2025 | $40.4B |
| FY2026 to date | $30.1B |
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| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0016724F0054 delivery order | Seemann Composites, LLC | $19.9M | Multi-material prototype | Navy | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA805124F0023 delivery order | V2x Systems LLC | $19.8M | Afcap v - basic contract vectrus | Air Force | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0018 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $19.8M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861224FB004 delivery order | Scitec Innovations LLC | $19.8M | Abms cbc2 tracker fusion | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C1003 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $19.8M | Denali ta1a | Air Force | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F5401 delivery order | Bluehalo LLC | $19.7M | Biotechnology and biomaterials R&D and exploration | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q22F0012 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $19.6M | Army integrated fires technical support | Army | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239423CB002 definitive contract | Wichita State University | $19.6M | Manufacturing for affordable, sustainable composites (masc) | Air Force | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0034 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $19.6M | Research and development of airborne manned reconnaissance aircraft intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting systems for naval surface warfare center crane, naval air systems command e2c2 airborne command and control ... | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8098 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $19.5M | Asw sensor development and system engineering | Navy | Jan 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945120F0009 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $19.5M | Raster to 09: sor host and space situational awareness (shassam) | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807519FA029 delivery order | Mantech Tsg-2 Joint Venture | $19.5M | Joint training synthetic environment joint staff j-7 deputy director joint training environment architecture division | Air Force | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA248724FB039 delivery order | Raven Defense Corporation | $19.4M | Naval surface warfare center dahlgren division - telemetry and terminal data area collection (nswcdd-ttadc) | Air Force | Aug 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8365 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $19.4M | Counter c5isrt center of excellence | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1102 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $19.4M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for system development, integration and test. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jul 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA248720F0072 delivery order | Dynetics, Inc | $19.4M | Guided weapons evaluation facility radio frequency modernization | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA240123C0013 definitive contract | General Atomics | $19.4M | Demonstration of manhattan spacecraft optical communications terminal | Air Force | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX26FA044 delivery order | VRC Metal Systems, LLC | $19.4M | The contractor shall perform research and development services in support of small business technology transfer (sttr) phase iii contract in accordance with the attached task order ten (10) performance work statement (pws). | Army | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862023F4057 delivery order | L3 Technologies, Inc | $19.3M | Big safari | Air Force | May 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1423 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $19.3M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to improve performance of the microelectronics-based interfaces to support counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0025 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $19.3M | Research, life cycle analysis, rapid engineering, and testing for the air force life cycle management center F-15 division, fighter and advanced aircraft directorate, air force materiel command | Air Force | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424F3003 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $19.3M | Engineering and technical services necessary to design, build, test, maintain, and support operation in non-propulsion electronic system system performance for the virginia, columbia, and ssnx submarines. | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA237724FB001 delivery order | SRC Inc | $19.2M | Reflect task order 1 maturation in idal of rf rw r and d (miirer) | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865019C6055 definitive contract | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $19.2M | Bioeffects research of directed energy effects (brdee) | Air Force | Mar 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9113M22C0082 definitive contract | Enlogix JV LLC | $19.2M | Material - base period | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8042 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $19.2M | Peregrine program | Navy | Aug 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK24C0043 definitive contract | North Wind Test LLC | $19.2M | Labor, material, travel, and odcs | Army | Feb 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911SR23F0049 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $19.2M | Performance of studies in support of the cet-raidir program. | Army | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV24C0030 definitive contract | General Dynamics Land Systems Inc | $19.1M | Arv-30 prototype vehicle procurement. | Army | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU23F0011 delivery order | Yulista Support Services LLC | $19.1M | Fms funding under contract w56kgu19d0002 | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0056 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $19.1M | E-2 hawkeye and c-2 greyhound training systems analysis for naval air systems command | Air Force | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017324C2008 definitive contract | DCS Corporation | $19.1M | Optical science division, code 5600, carries out a variety of R&D and application-oriented activities in the generation, propagation, detection, and use of radiation in the wavelength region between near-ultraviolet and far-infrared ... | Navy | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA236325CB003 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $19.1M | Multifunctional information distribution system (mids) - joint tactical radio system (jtrs) upgrade (mju) - boeing support | Air Force | Apr 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1103 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $19.0M | Rasp will develop enhanced radar sp capabilities that take advantage of next generation receivers/exciters and computing accelerators for transition into shipboard radars that operate in increasingly harsh environments against challenging ... | Navy | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F2011 delivery order | Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc | $18.9M | Innovative combustion and propulsion research | Air Force | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE073 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $18.9M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for stormbreaker. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086020C0006 definitive contract | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $18.9M | R&d concepts and performance lab (capl) | Missile Defense Agency | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0002 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $18.9M | Analysis for live mission operations network for live, virtual, and constructive capability for naval surface warfare center corona | Air Force | Apr 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660422F3009 delivery order | Mclaughlin Research Corporation | $18.9M | Provide analyses, in-service engineering, prototype development, test and evaluation, and system engineering services in support of towed, hull and sensor system programs. | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0003 delivery order | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $18.9M | Igf::ot::igf task order 0003 | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600121C4014 definitive contract | GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc | $18.8M | Research iaw sow - rapid universal nucleic acids using fieldable automated synthesis technology (run fast), darpa now program | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA873023CB027 definitive contract | Nextgen Federal Systems LLC | $18.8M | Weather machine learning platform operations (wxmlp ops) | Air Force | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833522C0473 definitive contract | Bascom Hunter Technologies, Inc | $18.8M | Research and development | Navy | May 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0060 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $18.8M | Endurance UAS (euas), tactical UAS (tuas), soldier UAS (SUAS), and command control and effects (c2e) for ARMY program executive office (peo) aviation (avn), unmanned aircraft systems project office (uaspo) | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912CH24CL069 definitive contract | DCS Corporation | $18.8M | Ground vehicle support lab engineering and support services. | Army | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001426C1127 definitive contract | Innovative Defense Technologies, LLC | $18.7M | The innovative application of commercial automating testing tools for rapid insertion or adaptation of combat system capabilities called automated test and re-test, which has been subsequently developed by the NAVY under a series of ph iii ... | Navy | May 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660421F3007 delivery order | Serco Inc | $18.7M | Services in the areas of technical project management support, program documentation, integrated logistics engineering, systems engineering, technical engineering, fleet systems engineering, maintenance center support. | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001120C0138 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $18.7M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0017 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $18.6M | Ground system technology and laboratory development research, development and engineering command, united states ARMY ground vehicle systems center | Air Force | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001121C0196 definitive contract | Peraton Labs Inc | $18.6M | Darpa research project | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 5, 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 12, 2026.
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