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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA252125F0279 delivery order | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $56K | Arctos will provide software updates, testing, update of user documentation and submittal of a final report for distance focused overpressure (dfo) model update in gwin. | Air Force | Jan 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA252125F0335 delivery order | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $52K | Aats to include 30/45 sld/sew will use the hazx risk-based model in lieu of dods quantity-distance separation approach which can negatively impact neighboring operations and result in significant mission limitations. | Air Force | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881925FB020 delivery order | Raytheon Company | $50K | The contractor shall complete a software porting assessment study for the rams mission application software from counter communications system (ccs) 10.2 into meadowlands, in accordance with attachment 1, statement of work (sow). | Air Force | Mar 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881924FB006 delivery order | Six3 Advanced Systems Inc | $50K | The contractor shall complete a software porting assessment study for the rams mission application software from counter communications system (ccs) 10.2 into meadowlands, in accordance with attachment 1, statement of work (sow). | Air Force | Sep 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881924FB004 delivery order | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $50K | The contractor shall complete a software porting assessment study for the rams mission application software from counter communications system (ccs) 10.2 into meadowlands, in accordance with attachment 1, statement of work (sow). | Air Force | Feb 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881924FB003 delivery order | Rincon Research Corporation | $50K | The contractor shall complete a software porting assessment study for the rams mission application software from counter communications system (ccs) 10.2 into meadowlands, in accordance with attachment 1, statement of work (sow). | Air Force | Feb 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N3239824P0601 purchase order | Environmental Tectonics Corp | $25K | On site support one week | Navy | Jun 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 0006 delivery order | Interface & Control Systems, Inc | $0 | No description on the record | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA251823D0001 IDIQ contract | Welkin Sciences, LLC | $0 | This contract covers the support required by space delta 12 (del 12) in order to perform operational testing of strategic military satellite communications systems in a simulated trans/post nuclear attack environment. | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA252120D0002 IDIQ contract | Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC | $0 | The safety hazard analysis and risk processing support ii contract provides technical support for the 45th space wings | Air Force | Jan 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA252122D0003 IDIQ contract | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $0 | Small business innovation research (sbir) phase iii for cloud lightning evaluation for the eastern range (cleer) and stargate software maintenance, development, and sustainment programs | Air Force | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA252123F0279 delivery order | Bluehalo Labs, LLC | $0 | Stargate increment 4. | Air Force | Sep 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA254825DB001 IDIQ contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $0 | Indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (idiq) university affiliated research center (uarc) contract with johns hopkins university, applied physics laboratory (jhu /apl) for analysis, research and development, and system engineering | Air Force | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA862023C4010 definitive contract | Blacksky Geospatial Solutions, LLC | $0 | Big safari | Defense Contract Management Agency | Dec 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA865022C9223 definitive contract | Space Exploration Engineering, LLC | $0 | Cislunar and lunar mission prep and ops | Air Force | Jun 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880621D0001 IDIQ contract | The Boeing Company | $0 | Support the operational and tactical space c2 enterprise for development, security and continual operations. | Air Force | Jun 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880621D0002 IDIQ contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $0 | Support the operational and tactical space c2 enterprise for development, security and continual operations. | Air Force | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880621D0003 IDIQ contract | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $0 | Support the operational and tactical space c2 enterprise for development, security and continual operations. | Air Force | May 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880621D0004 IDIQ contract | Lockheed Martin Corp | $0 | Support the operational and tactical space c2 enterprise for development, security and continual operations. | Air Force | Jul 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880621D0005 IDIQ contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $0 | Support the operational and tactical space c2 enterprise for development, security and continual operations. | Air Force | Jul 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880621D0006 IDIQ contract | Peraton Inc | $0 | Support the operational and tactical space c2 enterprise for development, security and continual operations. | Air Force | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880621D0007 IDIQ contract | Raytheon Company | $0 | Support the operational and tactical space c2 enterprise for development, security and continual operations. | Air Force | Aug 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA880706C0006 definitive contract | L3Harris Technologies, Inc | $0 | Service | Defense Contract Management Agency | May 1, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881909D0001 IDIQ contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $0 | Jhu/apl - uarc | Defense Contract Management Agency | Apr 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881915C0003 definitive contract | Parsons Government Services Inc | $0 | Igf::ot::igf joint space mission system increment 2 | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881917C0003 definitive contract | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | $0 | Igf::ot::igf jms increment 2 user defined operational picture development | Defense Contract Management Agency | Feb 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881918D0009 IDIQ contract | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $0 | Space systems engineering and research and development. | Air Force | May 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0415 IDIQ contract | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jul 31, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0416 IDIQ contract | Six3 Advanced Systems Inc | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Mar 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0417 IDIQ contract | The Boeing Company | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0418 IDIQ contract | General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0419 IDIQ contract | Danbury Mission Technologies, LLC | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the ares of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Dec 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0421 IDIQ contract | L3 Technologies, Inc | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Mar 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0422 IDIQ contract | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0424 IDIQ contract | Millennium Space Systems, Inc | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0425 IDIQ contract | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Mar 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0426 IDIQ contract | Redwire Space Missions LLC | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Mar 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0428 IDIQ contract | Raytheon Company | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Mar 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0429 IDIQ contract | Rincon Research Corporation | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Feb 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0430 IDIQ contract | Sierra Nevada Company, LLC | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Mar 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA881921D0431 IDIQ contract | SRI International | $0 | Conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and control, and space domain awareness | Air Force | Mar 25, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945322CA006 definitive contract | Sciperio Inc | $0 | Advanced manufacturing and assembly approaches for reduced cost small satellite constellations | Air Force | Feb 7, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945322CA008 definitive contract | Blue Cubed LLC | $0 | Next generation path-agnostic small satellite communications | Air Force | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945322CA018 definitive contract | Microlink Devices Inc | $0 | Space qualification of low-cost, light-weight and flexible power modules for space applications power modules. | Air Force | Mar 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945322CA020 definitive contract | Blacksky Geospatial Solutions, LLC | $0 | Tactical funding increase (tacfi) sbir ii "ground moving target indicator (gmti)development for turul jctd" | Defense Contract Management Agency | Dec 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945322CA106 definitive contract | Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc | $0 | Learning assisted single satellite rapid geolocation of ground-based emi sources | Air Force | Mar 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945323CX003 definitive contract | City Labs, Inc | $0 | Sbir phase 2 -- tacfi topic j201-cs01 title: nanotritium betavolatic power systems (program) | Air Force | Nov 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945323CX006 definitive contract | Trusted Science and Technology, Inc | $0 | Enhance security and improve resilience in embedded systems for space force satellites (espresso) | Air Force | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA945323CX009 definitive contract | Spideroak Mission Systems LLC | $0 | Orbitsecure for commercially augmented space | Air Force | Feb 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA945323PA005 purchase order | Physical Sciences Inc | $0 | Flexible multi-layer emissivity control coatings (f-meccs) for spacecraft thermal regulation | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jan 25, 2024 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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