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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 7, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W900KK26CA002 definitive contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $65.7M | Rangehawk (rh) prototype development and demonstration rh universal payload architecture prototype is a novel, high-altitude long endurance airborne test resource to improve the agility and adaptability of high speed systems test data ... | Army | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0007 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $65.3M | Research, development, test and evaluation of vertical launching systems interface test sets and combat systems for the naval surface warfare center port hueneme division | Air Force | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001423C1022 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $63.6M | The objective of future advanced strike (fast) is to enable the customers intended concept of operations (conop) to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (isr) and precision strike capability. | Navy | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600124F0495 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $63.3M | Engineering services rgs-a task order 3 | Navy | Mar 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0003923C1000 definitive contract | Innovative Defense Technologies, LLC | $63.1M | Labor - base year | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA240125C0004 definitive contract | Kratos Technology & Training Solutions, Inc | $62.9M | Advanced fire control ground infrastructure (afcgi) | Air Force | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C1017 definitive contract | University of Dayton | $62.9M | Eo14042 soaring otter | Air Force | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0005 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $62.8M | Microelectronics assurance for secure trustworthy electronics research (master) | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0013 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $62.6M | Experimentation, integration, and transition program for ARMY research laboratory (arl) photonics, electronics, and quantum sciences division (peqs) | Air Force | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1400 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $61.4M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to improve performance, improve reliability and maintainability of the microelectronics-based g/ator rsp refresh system | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Dec 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0016 delivery order | Battelle Memorial Institute | $61.3M | Ongoing force health protection analysis, assessment, and evaluation for NAVY and marine corps public health center | Air Force | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239425FB014 delivery order | University of Dayton | $61.3M | Pervasive research and evaluation for complex-solutions in operational and urgent systems task order 0001 | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003422F0106 delivery order | American Systems Corporation | $61.2M | Program engagement and independent technical assessments | Washington Headquarters Services | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862522FB001 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corp | $61.1M | Proposal prep for NAVY tacamo office | Air Force | Jan 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HY023326C0002 definitive contract | Raytheon Company | $60.8M | Complete design, build and delivery of a specified number of prototypes that integrate into existing systems and components as well as new innovations in accordance with the statement of work. | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Mar 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240825FE006 delivery order | Technology Service Corp | $60.8M | Isr service fy2025 | U.S. Special Operations Command | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0041 delivery order | Mantech Tsg-2 Joint Venture | $60.1M | Research, development, test, and evaluation (rdt&e) of radar and electronic warfare (ew) systems, subsystems, and interface equipment for radar technologies division (wxp), naval surface warfare center (nswc), crane division | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945125CX002 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $60.0M | Starfire electro-optics, laser lab advancement (stella) | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014719F0023 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $60.0M | Provide analysis to include design, develop, integrate, and test an aegis bmd mission planner model prototype which includes the cerberus project in accordance with the sow, section j, and executing the combat systems task order tasks. psc ... | Missile Defense Agency | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA868426FB001 delivery order | University of Dayton | $59.5M | Rapid operational capabilities and manufacturing for optimized readiness (rocmor) task order (to) 01 | Air Force | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV24F0025 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $59.2M | Technical and engineering services (tes) support for the combat capabilities development command ground vehicle systems center (devcom gvsc) for assorted gvsc directorates | Army | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA910119C1000 definitive contract | Akima Intra-Data, LLC | $59.1M | Facility support services (fss) ii | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1604 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $59.0M | Engineering services: the advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for radar. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Jan 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001917F0108 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $58.9M | Igf::ot::igf | Navy | Aug 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0014 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $58.8M | Advanced analysis and engineering and research, development, test, and evaluation with technology insertion for united states air force warfighting integration capability | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660424F3008 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $58.7M | Engineering and technical services for current and future submarine strike systems, weapons, tactical control systems, and payload control systems. | Navy | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0010 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $58.7M | Analysis securing homeland information service research development for ARMY corps of engineers, engineer research development center, cold regions research engineering laboratory, remote sensing geographic information system center of ... | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862624FB015 delivery order | General Electric Company | $58.6M | Delivery order 5 | Air Force | May 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8129 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $58.4M | Navy conventional prompt strike program | Navy | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 0012 delivery order | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $57.8M | Igf::ot::igf mit ll non-severable task order creation for new start programs | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA239123FB001 delivery order | Williams International Co, L.l.c | $57.6M | Risk reduction for flight capable high mach expendable turbine propulsion | Air Force | Mar 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ003422F0072 delivery order | American Systems Corporation | $57.3M | This is for operational professional research and engineering support for the under secretary of defense research and engineering, developmental test evaluation and assessments office. | Washington Headquarters Services | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU25F0022 delivery order | CACI Technologies, LLC | $57.3M | Services to support ARMY field experimentation, lab-based risk reduction, air-based integration and risk reduction, tactical mission command application integration, strategic initiatives and related activities | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8051 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $57.1M | Air and missile defense power projection | Navy | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017824F3000 delivery order | CACI, Inc - Federal | $57.1M | Computer program engineering services (cpes) in support of the naval surface warfare center, dahlgren division (nswcdd) for support in the development and maintenance of tactical systems weapon system element and combat system domain ... | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV24F0024 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $57.0M | Technical and engineering services (tes) support for the combat capabilities development command ground vehicle systems center (devcom gvsc) software engineering center and its associated peo/pm customers | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F0120 delivery order | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $57.0M | Power thermal management upgrade systems analysis undefinitized contract action | Navy | Mar 31, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA861226CB001 definitive contract | Davidson Technologies Inc | $56.9M | Supply chain analytics sbir | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HY023325CE004 definitive contract | Avantus Federal LLC | $56.7M | Osd strategic capabilities office support contract | Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0012 definitive contract | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation | $56.6M | Control of revolutionary aircraft with novel effectors (crane)program phase 2 and 3. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Feb 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0023 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $55.7M | V-22 logistics information technology product line software development and engineering for naval air systems command pma-275 | Air Force | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0035 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $55.7M | Research, analysis, and development of the medical capabilities and readiness | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F8009 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $55.1M | S3119-ssbn security technology | Navy | May 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0015 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $55.1M | Engineering and analysis for the strategic capability office, office of the secretary of defense | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE027 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $55.0M | Cet, 25-518: ku-rfs kinetic response improvements (kukri) | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0004 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $54.9M | Research, development, test and evaluation on the in-service engineering agent of the future initiative and live, virtual, and constructive advanced capabilities for the naval surface warfare center port hueneme division | Air Force | Feb 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017321F2006 delivery order | Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC | $54.6M | Satellite and ground command and control | Navy | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA852626CB001 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $54.6M | Resolve obsolescence in the c-17 fight deck through an integrated, functional, modernized, open architecture solution approach that also provides development/updates to the labs affected. | Air Force | Mar 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0042 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $54.4M | Engineering, integration, modeling & simulation, and cyber security for leading edge training for naval surface warfare center corona | Air Force | Dec 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807525F0039 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $54.3M | Technology integration and assessment research and development for united states northern command and north american aerospace defense command | Air Force | Jun 1, 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 9, 2026.
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