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Research and development: $115B in defense awards
$115B obligated across 38,477 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 | 38,477 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W5J9CQ25F0004 delivery order | General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc | $16.8M | Geospatial, research, integration, development and support (grids iv) | Army | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600123C4514 definitive contract | Nautilus Defense LLC | $16.8M | Smart electrically powered and networked textile systems (smart epants) program | Navy | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861223FB023 delivery order | Braingu LLC | $16.8M | Kessel run big bang as a service | Air Force | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1418 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $16.7M | The avanced technology support program acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions for micro electronic based mission planning systems | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA240125C0001 definitive contract | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | $16.7M | Satellite processing facility that can accommodate up to 21 satellites and dispenser stack, post transport functional testing as required, and mechanical and electrical mates to the dispenser hardware. | Air Force | Mar 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA872622F0138 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $16.7M | Common tactical edge network | Air Force | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807520F0090 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $16.7M | Electronic warfare research, analysis, and testing | Air Force | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523624C8003 definitive contract | Southwest Research Institute | $16.6M | Darpa carcosa | Navy | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8348 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $16.6M | Ssn(x) technology development fy25-27 | Navy | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085021C0001 definitive contract | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | $16.6M | Sda tracking layer tranche 0, wide field of view (wfov) program | Air Force | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1309 definitive contract | Integer Technologies LLC | $16.6M | Resilient autonomous systems | Navy | Apr 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001122C0081 definitive contract | Carnegie Robotics LLC | $16.6M | Robotic autonomy in complex environments with resiliency (racer) phase i | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W909MY23F0076 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $16.6M | Dnvt t0r 0002 | Army | Jan 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072723F1601 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $16.5M | This task is to analyze, integrate, modify, procure, and deliver solutions to improve operational effectiveness, enhance performance for enhanced coyote block 2 and coyote block 3 counter unmanned aircraft system solutions. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945320C0031 definitive contract | Bluehalo LLC | $16.5M | Space logistics assembly disassembly experiment with swarms (slades) | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8219 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $16.5M | Dha directed energy health research | Navy | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX20C0023 definitive contract | Ecs Federal, LLC | $16.5M | Research and development effort to design and develop prototypes to artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms. | Army | Mar 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8010 definitive contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $16.5M | Phase i - satchmo | Navy | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042123F0003 delivery order | A 2 Joint Venture, LLC | $16.5M | Establish to for ati branch | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1326 definitive contract | Oceanit Laboratories Inc | $16.5M | Lightweight anti-corrosion nanotechnology coating/technology enhancement iii | Navy | Apr 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F1003 delivery order | Defense Engineering Corp | $16.5M | Lidar next generation electro-optical research (linger) | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0032 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $16.5M | Analysis, testing, and development of air soldier recapitalization and modernization upgrades for the united states ARMY aviation and missile command program executive office soldier, project manager air warrior | Air Force | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8330 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $16.5M | The purpose of this task order is to acquire fy25 term task, non-consulting rdte services in support of government requirements. accordingly, task order n00024-26-f-8330/td: 4101328 is hereby defined as follows: | Navy | Feb 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833526F0005 delivery order | AeroVironment, Inc | $16.5M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8200 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $16.4M | Comprehensive research and assessment for fabrication, testing, and engineering of developed materials (crafted) phase ii, attachment 1 | Navy | May 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0009 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $16.4M | Research, development, test and experimentation for cyber effects, modeling and simulation, and synthetic enabling training technologies for naval surface warfare center, corona division | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042125F0572 delivery order | Mercury Systems Inc | $16.4M | Create phase 1 | Navy | Apr 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014718F0062 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $16.4M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds igf::ot::igf | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125CE032 definitive contract | Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc | $16.4M | Information innovation office (i2o) support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833525C0010 definitive contract | Sealandaire Technologies, Inc | $16.4M | Engineering and program mgmt support | Navy | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ086023C6000 definitive contract | University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics | $16.4M | Research and development - pulsed laser lethality studies (plls) | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022F9321 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $16.4M | Georgia tech research institute (gtri) support to department of the air force chief architect's office | Air Force | Jul 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HQ086123F4100 delivery order | Amentum Technology, Inc | $16.4M | The purpose of this task order is to sustain the mdsea space operations center (soc) and mdsea for future R&D of experimental mental or developmental missile defense missile defense system space capabilities system space capabilities | Missile Defense Agency | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085021C0002 definitive contract | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $16.3M | Sda tracking layer tranche 0, wide field of view (wfov) program | Air Force | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524C0001 definitive contract | Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc | $16.3M | Sbir phase iii research and development | Navy | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F1007 delivery order | North Star Scientific Corp | $16.3M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | Sep 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8342 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $16.2M | Variant | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0025 delivery order | Rda Inc | $16.2M | Sbir phase iii research & development | Navy | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001424C1320 definitive contract | GE Energy Power Conversion Naval Systems Inc | $16.2M | The purpose of this effort is to develop, test, and validate an 8mw hybrid modular multilevel converter (hmmc) prototype demonstrator targeted for NAVY / marine propulsion applications. | Navy | Jun 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001425C1115 definitive contract | Pacific Defense Strategies, Inc | $16.2M | The DOD is currently developing an open standard hardware/software platform (c5isr/ew modular open suite of standards (cmoss)) for converged ew, communications, sigint, position, navigation and timing (pnt) | Navy | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ085426FE008 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $16.2M | See section j, attachment 1. | Missile Defense Agency | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016722F3005 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $16.2M | Tactical signatures guidance support - engineering, technical, and program management services required in support of the development of signatures guidance and tactical decision aids for naval ships, submarines, air and shore based ... | Navy | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0018925FZ646 delivery order | Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc | $16.2M | Planning tool and analysis labor | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002425F8049 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $16.1M | Advanced asw improvement program (ssf52) | Navy | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0042121F0027 delivery order | American Electronic Warfare Associates, Incorporated | $16.1M | Jse labor base year (level of effort) | Navy | Jul 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865124FB042 delivery order | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $16.1M | Low-cost counter unmanned aerial systems technology | Air Force | Aug 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833524F0020 delivery order | AeroVironment, Inc | $16.1M | Sbir phase iii R&D | Navy | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA239124FB001 delivery order | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $16.1M | Technology research and development | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA880925CB004 definitive contract | Turion Space Corp | $16.1M | Turion sbir phase ii | Air Force | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002424F8206 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $16.1M | Mng10 next generation jammer | Navy | Apr 21, 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 13, 2026.
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