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Space R&D: $2.9B in defense awards
$2.9B obligated across 173 DoD and DHS awards to 112 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 7, 2026, 2.5% of Research and development. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation leads with $1.8B; Department of the Air Force is the largest buyer at $2.6B.
| Obligated FY2024+ | $2.9B |
|---|---|
| Awards | 173 |
| Companies | 112 |
| FY2024 | $1.2B |
| FY2025 | $1.2B |
| FY2026 to date | $579.9M |
| Parent category | Research and development |
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| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA945324CX033 definitive contract | Orbit Logic Incorporated | $2.5M | Satellite fusion, inference and response engine (safire) solution through the addition of new mission-relevant capabilities and by fully flight-qualifying the capability through a series of experiments on a multi-spacecraft flight program. | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA701423F0155 delivery order | Dsoft Technology Company | $2.5M | Pkf-chwalik/mills: space warfare modeling simulation and analysis dsoft. | Air Force | Apr 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX014 definitive contract | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc | $2.5M | Star - resilient by design architecture | Air Force | Apr 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881923F1004 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $2.5M | Navy joint radiant touchstone (jrts) | Air Force | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945323CA044 definitive contract | Xona Space Systems Inc | $2.3M | Xona d2p2 | Air Force | Feb 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945125CX013 definitive contract | Arete Associates | $2.2M | D2p2 arete - low earth orbit space domain awareness optical fence | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX038 definitive contract | Trustees of Boston College | $2.1M | Geospace environment technologies and science (gets) program broad agency announcement (baa) - space environment technologies and science (sets) call 002 award 01 | Air Force | May 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA252126F0042 delivery order | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $2.1M | Provide upgrades and increased developmental agility to the current stargate software to address new requirements for the eastern range cape canaveral force station, fl and western range, vandenberg space force base, ca. | Air Force | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881026CB001 definitive contract | Neuron Space Corporation | $2.0M | To develop and demonstrate a novel, resilient, optical communication architecture optical doorbell that enables live ingestion of commercial remote sensing mission data. | Air Force | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881923F1003 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.9M | Space systems integration office technical agent | Air Force | Apr 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017325C2431 definitive contract | Nearspace Launch Inc | $1.9M | Space power and energy advanced recon (spear) | Navy | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945124CX053 definitive contract | Rise8 Inc | $1.8M | Path to production development for electro-optical sensor scheduling software modernization | Air Force | Jul 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX020 definitive contract | Trans Astronautica Corporation | $1.8M | Transastra tacfi sequential sbir phase ii | Air Force | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA252125F0093 delivery order | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $1.8M | Stargate increment 5 fy25 3620 | Air Force | Jul 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA252124F0250 delivery order | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $1.8M | The purpose of this contract is to allow space launch deltas 45 capabilities developmental division | Air Force | Feb 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945124CX052 definitive contract | Duality Systems LLC | $1.8M | Path to production development for electro-optical sensor scheduling software modernization | Air Force | Sep 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA875023C0270 definitive contract | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $1.8M | Advanced algorithm development for space situation awareness characterization, assessment, and data generation | Air Force | Feb 11, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017324C2003 definitive contract | Angstrom Designs Inc | $1.7M | Solar panel inspection and test (spit) | Navy | Jan 18, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA233026CB003 definitive contract | Global Weather & Climate Solutions, Inc | $1.5M | The purpose of this effort is to award the strategic funding increase to planetiq. | Air Force | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881923F1001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $1.5M | Usspacecom space technical analysis group | Air Force | Feb 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA252124C0011 definitive contract | Enduralock LLC | $1.5M | Sequential phase ii small business innovation research (sbir) tactical funding increase (tacfi) - space-qualified robotic manipulators and fasteners | Air Force | Mar 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA852326FB001 delivery order | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | $1.3M | United states space force (ussf) space warfighting analysis center (swac) moving target tracking analysis | Air Force | Oct 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA865021F5413 delivery order | Bluehalo, LLC | $1.3M | Materials response in rapid heating environments | Air Force | Sep 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA251820F0002 delivery order | Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, LTD | $1.0M | Air&space expeditionary forces (aef) support | Air Force | May 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX028 definitive contract | Curve Analytics, Inc | $1000K | Geometric-based distributed autonomy approach for data fusion | Air Force | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX026 definitive contract | Verus Research, LLC | $1000K | Model-based spacecraft fault identification | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 22, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX025 definitive contract | Trusted Space LLC | $1000K | Sttr-ii proposal# f2-16812 af topic #af22a-t004 satellite fault identification | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945324CX027 definitive contract | Xanalytix Systems LLC | $998K | Collaborative autonomy and resilience of distributed satellites (cards) | Air Force | Jan 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881922F1001 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $885K | Cross mission integration ground support | Air Force | Mar 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX044 definitive contract | Ideas Engineering & Technology, LLC | $830K | The objective of the cease-3 for us/uk pa effort is to build, test, calibrate and deliver a cease-3 sensor to the specifications in the document package, to produce raw sensor data and convert IT into the required format. | Air Force | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881923F1005 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $559K | Mission thread integration for portfolio of systems | Air Force | Feb 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881926FB002 delivery order | Rincon Research Corporation | $558K | Ewtip porting of rams software from the counter communications system (ccs) 10.2 to the new ccs meadowlands platform in accordance with attachment 1, statement of work. | Air Force | Apr 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA252125F0257 delivery order | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $535K | The purpose of this contract is to provide software maintenance support to the on premise and aws nebula stargate software for sld 45 and sld 30. | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0017317F6702 delivery order | Assurance Technology Corp | $507K | Igf::ot::igf 81-2009-17 system development, support and integration (optical and rf payloads) | Navy | Feb 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA252126F0055 delivery order | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $478K | Sharp support iii is the designation for the hardware, software, and procedures used to perform flight analysis and risk analysis by sld 45 safety office analysts in support of space launch missions at the eastern range (er). | Air Force | May 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA945322CA109 definitive contract | Thermavant Technologies LLC | $422K | High power density structural heat spreader | Air Force | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881921F1003 delivery order | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $350K | Enterprise engineering support | Air Force | Jul 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA251823F0015 delivery order | Welkin Sciences, LLC | $300K | Mass equipment maintenance, calibration, status reports, and sme support. | Air Force | Apr 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA252124F0349 delivery order | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $275K | Provide software maintenance support to the stargate software for both space launch delta 45 and space launch delta 30. | Air Force | Sep 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865019C9204 definitive contract | Blue Canyon Technologies LLC | $250K | Space situational awareness micro-satellite bus | Air Force | Aug 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA252124F0137 delivery order | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $180K | Cloud lightning evaluation for the eastern range (cleer) continued product support. | Air Force | Feb 20, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA252125F0125 delivery order | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $180K | Cleer annual licensing (ref: clin 0002). in addition, to any attachment(s) included with this order, this order is also subject to the terms and conditions outlined under fa252122d0003. | Air Force | Feb 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX026 definitive contract | Rhea Space Activity, Inc | $180K | Sttr phase i - dr. legs: deep reinforcement learning ecosystem for guaranteed safety | Air Force | Dec 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX016 definitive contract | Neoskye Inc | $180K | F24b-t007 - finding guaranteed rl control for satellite systems | Air Force | Dec 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX017 definitive contract | Corvid Technologies, LLC | $180K | Phase i sttr - t007-0099, finding guaranteed rl control for satellite systems. | Air Force | Jun 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945325CX025 definitive contract | CFD Research Corporation | $179K | Stable rl control for satellites with learned dynamics | Air Force | Dec 10, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA701424F0092 delivery order | The RAND Corporation | $175K | Pkh-weston-teixeria-rand project pa24q-s4a3 | Air Force | Mar 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945322C0019 definitive contract | Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines | $146K | Development of germanium controlled spalling technology for low-cost iii-v photovoltaic substrates | Air Force | Feb 5, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA252126F0061 delivery order | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $92K | Sharp is the designation for the hardware, software, and procedures used to perform flight analysis and risk analysis by sld 45/sel analysts in support of space launch missions at the eastern range (er). | Air Force | Nov 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA251825F0030 delivery order | Welkin Sciences, LLC | $65K | Mass on-site test support #2 support required by space delta 12 (del 12) to perform operational testing of strategic military satellite communications systems in a simulated trans/post nuclear attack environment. | Air Force | Jun 9, 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 9, 2026.
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