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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 |
Largest awards, page 1950 per page · search this category
| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA867823F1011 delivery order | Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc | $0 | Air force subscale aerial target (afsat) lots 17-21, cls, and spares | Air Force | Apr 24, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA868126DB001 IDIQ contract | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc | $0 | Joint urgent operational need (juon) air-to-air (a2a) dual mode system | Air Force | Apr 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA868920D2020 IDIQ contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Mq-9 agile reaper enterprise solution (ares) idiq | Air Force | Nov 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868921F2800 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Mq-9 reaper foreign military sales italy mid-life modernization lot 1 | Air Force | Dec 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868922F2201 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Mq-9 command & control resilient satellite communication | Air Force | Nov 21, 2023 DoD 90d |
| FA868922F2401 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Mq-9 reaper fiscal year 22 aircraft production order | Air Force | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868923D2012 IDIQ contract | L3 Technologies, Inc | $0 | Mq-9 communication reaper integrated upgrade solutions (crius) idiq | Air Force | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA868925DB001 IDIQ contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | International remotely piloted aircraft (rpa) idiq (iris) | Air Force | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9223822D0002 IDIQ contract | Area-I, LLC | $0 | Year 1 | U.S. Special Operations Command | Apr 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9227725DE001 IDIQ contract | Deep Element Technologies | $0 | Idiq for foreign small unmanned systems fsuxs , components, training | U.S. Special Operations Command | Apr 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9240318F0008 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $0 | Oconus fsr support | U.S. Special Operations Command | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9240823F0003 delivery order | Technology Service Corp | $0 | Aircraft & SOF modifications | U.S. Special Operations Command | Dec 8, 2023 DoD 90d |
| H9240823F0005 delivery order | Technology Service Corp | $0 | To for spares in support of lea | U.S. Special Operations Command | Dec 8, 2023 DoD 90d |
| H9240823F0013 delivery order | Technology Service Corp | $0 | Aircraft & SOF modifications | U.S. Special Operations Command | May 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001918F2470 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $0 | Mfas spares buy in support of mq-4c triton lrip 3 | Navy | Jun 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001920C0075 definitive contract | Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc | $0 | Subsonic aerial target (ssat)bqm-177a full rate production | Defense Contract Management Agency | Mar 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001922F0979 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $0 | This delivery order procures dms kits and kit installs for mb-4 primary, mb-5 secondary, mb-7 secondary, and fb-3. this delivery order also implements the dms crs/ecps. | Navy | Apr 10, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001922G0006 basic ordering agreement | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Mq-9a mux / male boa | Navy | Jun 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001923F0014 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $0 | Purpose of this order is to procure 2 rq-21a air vehicles navair pid# n00019-23-norfp-wpm263-0011 | Navy | Oct 25, 2023 DoD 90d |
| N0001926G1004 basic ordering agreement | Fedtribe LLC | $0 | Requirements detailed requirements for the supplies or services to be furnished will be set forth in each order issued in accordance with section h-special contract requirements section of this boa entitled orders under boas. | Navy | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0002421D6200 IDIQ contract | AeroVironment, Inc | $0 | Blackwing 10c uavs | Navy | Apr 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0002423F6227 delivery order | AeroVironment, Inc | $0 | Blackwing 10c UAV - year 2 | Navy | Dec 6, 2023 DoD 90d |
| N6133124P1062 purchase order | Canicula Consulting Corp | $0 | 1301155171 | Navy | Oct 2, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6833513C0125 definitive contract | Navmar Applied Sciences Corp | $0 | Tigershark block 3 UAV | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jun 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833513G0012 basic ordering agreement | Aerostar Integrated Systems | $0 | Aerostat boa | Navy | Apr 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833514C0131 definitive contract | Navmar Applied Sciences Corp | $0 | Copperhead sustainment | Defense Contract Management Agency | Jun 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6833522F0395 delivery order | Cypher Analytics, Inc | $0 | Purchase of 13 fois, pn: 4178as0106-1 (year one) | Navy | Feb 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N6893619D0026 IDIQ contract | Insitu, Inc | $0 | Unmanned systems: hardware for rapid response unmanned aerial systems programs | Navy | May 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| SPE4A519F7395 delivery order | CFM International Inc | $0 | 8506076474 miscellaneous | Defense Logistics Agency | Dec 10, 2024 DoD 90d |
| SPE4AX18D9402 IDIQ contract | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation | $0 | 4610037902 | Defense Logistics Agency | May 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| SPRPA119F0007 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $0 | 8506524388 performance based support | Defense Logistics Agency | Nov 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| SPRPA119F0010 delivery order | The Boeing Company | $0 | 8506624409 performance based support | Defense Logistics Agency | Feb 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0013 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $0 | Upgrade and repair of precision far target locators | Army | Aug 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W31P4Q14C0158 definitive contract | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $0 | Basic contract award for engineering services with various option slins for hardware and services over a 5-year period. | Army | May 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W519TC25P2327 purchase order | Vesequ LLC | $0 | Drone | Army | May 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W519TC25PA026 purchase order | Save Again.com | $0 | Skydio drone specifications dr4dsbn3iza3000na skydio x10d all-environment starter solution drone (multi-band,ir) na + vt300-z | Army | Jul 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W56HZV22C0073 definitive contract | Orbital Research Inc | $0 | The procurement of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) | Army | Mar 11, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ10C0006 definitive contract | Textron Systems Corporation | $0 | Fy 2010 shadow 200 tuas performance based logistics contract | Army | Mar 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ11C0099 definitive contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Gray eagle low rate initial production ii | Army | Oct 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ12C0011 definitive contract | Textron Systems Corporation | $0 | This letter contract is to provided fiscal year 2012 shadow performance based logistics and operational support for ARMY and USMC shadow systems. | Army | Mar 28, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ15C0047 definitive contract | Textron Systems Corporation | $0 | Procurement of fiscal year 14 tactical common data link full rate production vii in support of unmanned aircraft systems ARMY and marines. | Army | May 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ17D0055 IDIQ contract | L3 Technologies, Inc | $0 | Basic award for rover engineering technical services (ets). | Army | Jul 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ18D0138 IDIQ contract | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Basic contract for fy19-23 gray eagle technical services | Army | Nov 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ19F0274 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Engineering services fy19 -23 for gray eagle aircraft system | Army | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ19F0351 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Engineering services fy19-23 for gray eagle aircraft system | Army | Nov 15, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ20F0062 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $0 | Gray eagle engineering services | Army | Mar 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ21C0041 definitive contract | AeroVironment, Inc | $0 | Acquisition of puma and wasp aircraft system for bangladesh | Army | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ21D0059 IDIQ contract | Textron Systems Corporation | $0 | Contract award for contractor logistics support and production hardware consisting of one system remote video terminals (osrvt) and soldier portable osrvt including support for the commonwealth of australia fiscal years 2021 through 2023. | Army | Aug 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ22D0009 IDIQ contract | L3 Technologies, Inc | $0 | To provide program engineering technical service (ets) and procurement for the united states ARMY one system remote video terminal's (osrvt's) remote operated video enhanced receiver (rover) spectrum reallocation | Army | Aug 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ26D0001 IDIQ contract | AeroVironment, Inc | $0 | Idiq requirement | Army | Mar 20, 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 13, 2026.
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