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Unmanned aircraft: $5.5B in defense awards
$5.5B obligated across 1,143 DoD and DHS awards to 249 companies, Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 10, 2026, 3.7% of Aircraft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc leads with $2.3B; Department of the Army is the largest buyer at $2.1B.
| Obligated FY2024+ | $5.5B |
|---|---|
| Awards | 1,143 |
| Companies | 249 |
| FY2024 | $2.2B |
| FY2025 | $1.9B |
| FY2026 to date | $1.5B |
| Parent category | Aircraft |
| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Z02325FACAR0003 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $62K | Skydio s10d for USCG msst nola | U.S. Coast Guard | Aug 25, 2025 |
| W912P524P0039 purchase order | Geocue Group Inc | $62K | Trueview 625 lidar payload purchase | Army | May 3, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0082 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $61K | Procure tactical media acquisition kit and laptop | Army | Feb 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912K624F0021 delivery order | RPT Consulting LLC | $60K | The 278th brigade engineer battalion (beb) seeks to procure three parrot anafi USA mil night flight bundle systems to support agency needs. | Army | Sep 4, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD26FC0000034 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $60K | Purchase of small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS), their accessories, and associated parts and services in support of homeland security investigations. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Aug 18, 2026 |
| W15P7T25F0102 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $60K | Procure mobile workstation and printer | Army | Apr 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70B03C25F00001308 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $59K | Skydio x10d drones,accessories and training for CBP el centro | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Sep 30, 2026 |
| W911S225PA915 purchase order | Vex Robotics, Inc | $59K | S2p2 - drones - solicitation w911s225u1816 | Army | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD26FC0000059 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $59K | Purchase of small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS), their accessories, and associated parts and services in support of homeland security investigations. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Sep 20, 2026 |
| 70RSAT24FR0000031 delivery order | Adorama Inc | $59K | The purpose of this solicitation is to procure blue list unmanned aerial systems for the nustl saver program. | Office of Procurement Operations | Apr 22, 2024 |
| W15P7T25F0116 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $58K | Procure solid state drive, laptop, and power cord | Army | Mar 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0120 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $58K | Procure removable solid state drive, laptop, and power cord | Army | Apr 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0147 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $58K | Procure solid state drive, server bundle, rugged laptop, and license & software | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA930424FG504 delivery order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $57K | Tps enlisted test fundamentals course equipment | Air Force | Sep 8, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24P00000030 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $57K | This is a new contract for blue list UAS (drones). this requirement has an approved waiver. | Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 30, 2024 |
| FA487725P0137 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $57K | The 48 rqs is requesting brand name only procurement of two (2) small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS). | Air Force | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W564KV24P0043 purchase order | Red Orange North America Inc | $57K | Uav drone and thermal cameras | Army | Aug 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| SPMYM226P7271 purchase order | Deep Trekker Inc | $56K | Photon expert pkg | Defense Logistics Agency | May 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W9124726PA012 purchase order | Teal Drones Inc | $56K | Irf drone requirement 30x red cat holdings teal - fang 7 fpvs. ndaa compliant and UAS blue list certified. in order to conduct rapid CUAS training for 3-4 ad with approved systems. in order to conduct rapid C-UAS training systems. | Army | Feb 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911S224P1337 purchase order | Robolink, Inc | $56K | Unison buy# 1181035 codrone edu (jrotc edition) set of 10 ki | Army | Sep 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T26F0108 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $56K | Procure dell pro max micro | Army | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA487725P0194 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $56K | This contract provides the 355th security forces squadron with two (2) skydio x10d drones. | Air Force | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA706026FG022 delivery order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $56K | Unmanned aircraft | Air Force | Oct 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9224025FE314 BPA call | W S Darley & Co | $54K | Fpv drone kits parts iso srt1. | U.S. Special Operations Command | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911S224P1529 purchase order | Robolink, Inc | $54K | Unison buy# 1185550 aerial drone competition 2024-2025 | Army | Sep 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70B02C25F00000448 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $53K | Yuma sector x10d order | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 70Z03025FCLEV0058 delivery order | RPT Consulting LLC | $53K | Uscg great lakes district incident mgmt br (drm) drones | U.S. Coast Guard | Jul 28, 2025 |
| N0017424P0287 purchase order | Defendtex Corp | $53K | D81 platform with medusa | Navy | Sep 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70Z08424FDL940030 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $53K | Skydio x10d drone for USCG pacarea | U.S. Coast Guard | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 70B03C25F00000793 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $52K | Skydio x10d kit drone | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Aug 13, 2025 |
| SPMYM226P7199 purchase order | Cleo Robotics Labs Inc | $52K | Dronut dd1 system | Defense Logistics Agency | May 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T26F0020 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $52K | An equipment purchases off of the chs-6 contract. | Army | Feb 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0016724P0242 purchase order | Lyme Computer Systems, Inc | $52K | Skydio x10d + 3d scan starter solution | Navy | Jan 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9227824P0004 purchase order | Lumenier Holdco LLC | $52K | Lumenier nighthawk lite v2 | U.S. Special Operations Command | Mar 12, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA557025P0020 purchase order | Teal Drones Inc | $51K | Requirement for purchase of 4 SUAS for the operations at raf alconbury. | Air Force | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70B03C25F00000476 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $51K | 2 ea. skydio x10d kit-vt300-z drones for CBP buffalo sector. | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Jun 9, 2025 |
| 70CMSD25FC0000027 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $51K | This contract is to procure small-unmanned aircraft systems for homeland security investigations agents to utilize in the san antonio, texas area of operation. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 70US0924F1DHS2152 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $51K | Small unmanned aviation system (SUAS) | U.S. Secret Service | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 70Z04525FKODI0038 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $51K | Skydio x10d unmanned aircraft systems | U.S. Coast Guard | Aug 1, 2025 |
| 70Z08424FDL940028 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $51K | Purchasing skydio x10d kit- vt300-2 drones for 93309 psu 308 - resource management & logistics. | U.S. Coast Guard | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 70Z08424FDL940034 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $51K | Skyx10d kit - vt300-z for psu 312. | U.S. Coast Guard | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 70Z0G824FBNCR0024 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $51K | Drones | U.S. Coast Guard | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 70Z08824FOAKL0020 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $51K | Uas skydio x10d starter kit part # dr4dsbn31za1000na | U.S. Coast Guard | Feb 5, 2025 |
| FA239625PB062 purchase order | Skydio, Inc | $51K | Afrl/do requires small unmanned aerial systems (SUAS) to provide realistic scenarios for the development of advanced UAS technologies. | Air Force | Apr 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911S226FA110 BPA call | Neros, Inc | $51K | S2p2: UAS crossbow: w911s226u2745 | Army | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911S225FA255 BPA call | W S Darley & Co | $51K | S2p2: UAS solicitation # w911s225u2099 | Army | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0017325P5171 purchase order | Skydio, Inc | $50K | Skydio x10d starter solution (multi-band, ir) na + vt300-z w/skydio academy online - all access | Navy | Dec 17, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W912EE26PA032 purchase order | Seiler Instrument and Manufacturing Company, Incorporated | $50K | The technical service branch needs an inspired flight 1200a unmanned aircraft system. | Army | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911S225PB107 purchase order | Capital Sciences, LLC | $50K | S2p2 : UAV tracking system : solicitation w911s225u1981 | Army | Oct 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA500424F0094 delivery order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $50K | Skydio x10d kit - vt300-z qty. 2 | Air Force | Aug 26, 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 12, 2026.
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