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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0003 delivery order | Carnegie Mellon University | $46.5M | Igf::ot::igf line funding execution for cmu-sei. | Air Force | Sep 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0035 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $46.4M | Hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic missions research, development, test, and evaluation for the navys strategic systems programs and the naval surface warfare center crane strategic systems hardware division | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU24F0002 delivery order | Yulista Support Services LLC | $45.9M | Funding for materials and labor | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0026 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $45.7M | Ground vehicle systems center (gvsc) modeling and simulation (m&s) united states ARMY combat capabilities development command / ground vehicle systems center | Air Force | Mar 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU22F0021 delivery order | Parsons Government Services Inc | $45.6M | Rs3 contract under w15p7t19d0181 entitled intelligence development enabled awareness, which will support research, development, integration, enhancement, transition, deployment and sustainment of the designed intelligence software systems. | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072726FE050 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $45.6M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to resolve obsolescence issues and add capability to microelectronics-based counter-unmanned aircraft system and sense and ... | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807522F0047 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $45.5M | Intelligence surveillance reconnaissance payloads architectures and communications analysis for naval air warfare center aircraft division webster outlying field ship and air integrated warfare | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0021 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $45.4M | Identification, analysis, recommendations, and delivery of military health system and joint staff medical capabilities for defense health agency | Air Force | Jan 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0003024C7002 definitive contract | Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc | $45.4M | Slcm-n spa uca contract | Navy | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911W621F0005 delivery order | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | $45.4M | Future team support and electrical power system (eps) | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072725FE023 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $45.1M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability, improve performance, reliability, maintainability of a microelectronics-based aircraft system | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023F1003 delivery order | Global Infotek Inc | $45.1M | Haniel | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV24F0028 delivery order | DCS Corporation | $45.1M | Technical and engineering services (tes) support for the combat capabilities development command ground vehicle systems center (devcom gvsc) laboratories and its customers | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523621F3020 delivery order | Gryphon Technologies, L.c | $44.9M | The contractor shall provide technical and subject matter expertise support to the darpa information innovation office (i2o) for existing and planned programs, new start efforts, scientific research, and technology transition. | Navy | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1426 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $44.9M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquired progressive microelectronic capability solutions to add capability and improve performance of the microelectronics-based scaled onboard electronic attack (soea) system. | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881020C0002 definitive contract | Parsons Technical Services Inc | $44.8M | Tools, applications, and processing laboratory and overhead persistent infrared battlespace awareness center support services. | Air Force | Apr 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0046 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $44.6M | Security and trustworthy foundations for electronics resurgence (stryfer) | Air Force | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002417C6307 definitive contract | The Boeing Company | $44.4M | Igf::ot::igf xluuv(orca)system design&tech data pkg | Navy | May 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911NF24F0039 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $44.4M | Army modernization priorities (amp) joint training, intelligence surveillance reconnaissance (isr) & cyber operations support | Army | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017326F2403 delivery order | L3Harris Nexgen Communications LLC | $44.3M | The technical development of NAVY research prototype units has advanced to the development of production-ready engineering production systems (eps) units to represent final product level design ready for installation onboard NAVY platforms. | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017322C2005 definitive contract | Technology Service Corp | $44.2M | Panther research & development | Navy | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002426F8322 delivery order | The Pennsylvania State University | $44.2M | Rapid affordable producible torpedo | Navy | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W56KGU23F0016 delivery order | Envision Innovative Solutions, Inc | $44.2M | Rs3 contract under w15p7t19d0206 entitled, "soldier tactical/expidentiary power" (step) | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014719F0012 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $44.1M | Engineering and tech support rdte funds | Missile Defense Agency | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT23CB0000003 definitive contract | Science Applications International Corporation | $44.0M | Development and engineering of biometric and identity accuracy, scalability and equitability (debiase) project | Office of Procurement Operations | Oct 7, 2026 |
| HQ085522F0004 delivery order | Analytical Services, Inc | $43.9M | Missile defense data center operations and sustainment | Missile Defense Agency | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881821F0001 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $43.6M | Red ruby | Air Force | Apr 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ22C0063 definitive contract | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | $43.3M | Contract award and exercise of option 1 for the integration of the improved turbine engine (ite) onto the uh/hh-60m black hawk helicopter. | Army | May 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6600125F3500 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $43.3M | Global positioning system (gps) user equipment (ue) engineering support | Navy | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023F1002 delivery order | CNF Technologies Corporation | $43.1M | Archangel-chamuel | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001125F0450 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $42.9M | Darpa research program support services | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807521F0049 delivery order | HII Mission Technologies Corp | $42.9M | Technical analysis for naval sea systems command (navsea) deputy commander for surface warfare (sea 21) | Air Force | May 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017322C2002 definitive contract | Peraton Inc | $42.8M | Sespd ii - advanced space research to include the design, development and manufacturing of space vehicle hardware and software. | Navy | Jun 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807520F0034 delivery order | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $42.7M | Joint attack munition system (jams) program office (po) defense system analysis | Air Force | Apr 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001123C0054 definitive contract | Applied Physical Sciences Corp | $42.6M | Advanced propulsor, experimental (apex) - phase 1a | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA870225FB035 delivery order | Carnegie Mellon University | $42.5M | Operation of the carnegie mellon university software engineering institute federally funded reseach and development center. | Air Force | Jun 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017325F2401 delivery order | L3Harris Nexgen Communications LLC | $42.5M | Technical development of NAVY prototype units including the development of production-ready eps units to represent near final product level design and engineering for installation onboard NAVY platforms. | Navy | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9126022FD509 delivery order | Science Applications International Corporation | $42.4M | Mjolnir provides training support, technical assistance, and build solutions for us ARMY mission command information systems at 1st ARMY mfgis, & home station required by the mobilizations, training missions, and large scale mobilization ... | Army | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q25F0151 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $41.9M | Aflcmc hby electronic warfare research and development | Army | Mar 9, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911QX23F0136 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $41.7M | Ideas R&D | Army | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523623C8009 definitive contract | Systems & Technology Research LLC | $41.7M | Janus nemo | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0059 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $41.7M | Combat effectiveness, survivability, and vulnerability for air force life cycle management center combat effectiveness and vulnerability analysis branch | Air Force | Apr 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807523F0037 delivery order | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $41.6M | Analysis, testing, and development for future vertical lift cross functional team and program executive office aviation | Air Force | May 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ014717C0046 definitive contract | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc | $41.6M | Analytical engineering for gmg labor "igf::ot::igf" | Missile Defense Agency | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HDTRA125F0001 delivery order | Applied Research Associates, Inc | $41.2M | Dtra technical reachback services | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | Jun 23, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6660425F3001 delivery order | Seacorp, LLC | $41.0M | This is a naval undersea warfare division newport code 25 undersea warfare combat systems requirement for virginia class, columbia class, SSN(x) class, and submarine warfare federated tactical systems platform and systems engineering ... | Navy | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA875023F1000 delivery order | Assured Information Security, Inc | $40.8M | Tenshu | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA807524F0041 delivery order | Mantech Tsg-2 Joint Venture | $40.7M | Deputy commandant for information information war room division research and development | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W91RUS23C0019 definitive contract | Indyne, Inc | $40.7M | United states ARMY electronic proving ground scientific engineering support services contract | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HQ072724F1405 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $40.5M | The advanced technology support program (atsp) contract acquires progressive microelectronic capability solutions for ARMY integrated battle command system capabilities upgrade including joint tactical integrated fire control capabilities | Defense Microelectronics Activity | Apr 13, 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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