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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 7, 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 |
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| Award | Company | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W15P7T25F0298 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.8M | Procure laptops, dvd writer and foam case | Army | Feb 6, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK26FA032 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.8M | Delivery order (do) #71 under the air defense artillery targets (ada-t) contract w900kk-22-d-0010, used to provide aerial target replacement hardware for items used in support of ARMY and NAVY training and test events. | Army | Jan 30, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0138 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.7M | Procure server | Army | Apr 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25FA006 delivery order | Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc | $1.7M | Mqm-178 firejet target systems | Army | Dec 26, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0177 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.7M | Procure single module counting kit | Army | May 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0036 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.7M | Procure laptop and bonded storage | Army | Sep 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA862926FB004 delivery order | Anduril Industries, Inc | $1.7M | Agile-launch tactically-integrated unmanned system (altius) 600 | Air Force | Oct 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ26F0054 delivery order | AeroVironment, Inc | $1.7M | Puma visual navigation systems | Army | May 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9223824F0004 delivery order | Area-I, LLC | $1.7M | A01m0007b | U.S. Special Operations Command | Dec 18, 2023 DoD 90d |
| FA228026F0011 delivery order | Firestorm Labs, Inc | $1.6M | Socpac | Air Force | May 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0071 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.6M | Procure antenna system | Army | Mar 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9223825F0006 delivery order | Area-I, LLC | $1.6M | Altius 600 - low altitude w/ mpu-5 - hardware procurement iaw exh. a | U.S. Special Operations Command | Jun 13, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001923F0319 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $1.6M | Rq-21a air vehicles, training, support equipment, and spares | Navy | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ24C0006 definitive contract | AeroVironment, Inc | $1.6M | Colombia foreign military sales | Army | Apr 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0164 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.6M | Procure system rack, console control, universal control, display spare, dual universal serial bus, panel mount, filter, audio assembly, power supply, fiber cable, fan exhaust assembly, dual input, blu ray, solid state drive, fan rack, | Army | Jun 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA868922F2200 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $1.5M | Mq-9 agile reaper enterprise solutions (ares) enterprise studies and analysis | Air Force | Oct 16, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ26F0331 delivery order | Redwire Defense Tech Operations, LLC | $1.5M | In support of executive order 14387-unleashing american drone dominance the ARMY contracting command-redstone arsenal establishes this basic ordering agreement to procure drones. | Army | May 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925P1000 purchase order | Redwire Defense Tech Slo, LLC | $1.5M | The purpose of this purchase order is to procure a vxe30 stalker unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), associated hardware, and training in support of the guyana defence force, foreign military sales (fms) case gu-p-lag. | Navy | Apr 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912PB26FA285 BPA call | Dronivo GMBH | $1.4M | Anafi parrot ukr xlr SUAS and batteries for 2d cavalry regiment. | Army | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0089 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.4M | Procure network essentials, switch modules, firewall, laptop, server system, module uplink switch, router, network advantage, bonded storage | Army | Dec 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0212 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.4M | Procure unmanned ariel system | Army | Jan 21, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001922F0031 delivery order | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | $1.4M | The purpose of this modification is to procure usn maintenance & raaf task analyses. navair pid# n00019-20-rfpreq-pma-262-0284 pr# 1301005156 pr# 1301005338 | Navy | Dec 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868922F2008 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $1.4M | Mq-9 air vehicle simulator equipment | Air Force | Mar 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W51AA125P0058 purchase order | Orqa Inc | $1.4M | Drone component kits and technical support package | Army | Sep 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25FA092 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.4M | Delivery order # 63, used to provide aerial target replacement hardware for items used in support of ARMY and NAVY training and test events. | Army | Jun 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25F0007 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.3M | Ada-t order #51. marinized outlaw | Army | Apr 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA487726P0062 purchase order | Rogue Industries LLC | $1.3M | Procurement of two (2) integrated C-UAS ew defeat systems with interceptor capabilities | Air Force | Jun 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA489025F0056 delivery order | Next Evolution Water Solutions, Inc | $1.3M | Fiscal year 24 tranche 3 united states indo-pacific command taiwan phase ii unmanned aerial systems | Air Force | Mar 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0142 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.3M | Procure system rack | Army | Apr 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK24F0015 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.3M | Aerial target systems and spares | Army | Feb 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA868925FB007 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $1.3M | Site survey study in support of the india mq-9b program | Air Force | Jan 26, 2026 DoD 90d |
| H9227725FE012 delivery order | Deep Element Technologies | $1.3M | Purpose: deep element raze and sarab drone systems h9227725de001pop: 01 aug 25 to 31 jul 26 | U.S. Special Operations Command | Aug 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0136 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.3M | Procure digital to analog interface | Army | Feb 5, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0149 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.3M | Procure digital to analog interface | Army | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA487726P0034 purchase order | Rogue Industries LLC | $1.2M | Layered counter unmanned aerial system (CUAS) kit. | Air Force | Apr 10, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA491325P0006 purchase order | Uavionics Technologies SP Z O.o | $1.2M | S-610 tiguar xl unmanned aerial vehicle to include airframe, servos, autopilot, power supplies, batteries, engine, fuel tank. ready to fly. does not include data link radio. | Air Force | Jul 2, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD26P00000078 purchase order | Auterion Government Solutions Inc | $1.2M | This order provides small unmanned aircraft systems for support in homeland security operations and investigations. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Aug 29, 2026 |
| FA868926FB002 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $1.2M | This delivery order includes all activities required for the procurement of hardware for poland MQ-9 fms requirements. | Air Force | Mar 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK24F0099 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.2M | Delivery order award of aerial target systems and spares in support of the air defense artillery targets (ada-t ii) program. | Army | Jun 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA491325P0014 purchase order | Uavionics Technologies SP Z O.o | $1.2M | Tiguar s-410 purchase for soccent | Air Force | Sep 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA542224C0016 definitive contract | Anduril Industries, Inc | $1.2M | Ghost-x sbir phase 3 under sbir# f191-005-1461 | Air Force | Jan 20, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001925F2142 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $1.1M | Scaneagle spares | Navy | Dec 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ24P0008 purchase order | AeroVironment, Inc | $1.1M | Puma spares in support of egypt to add verbiage for contracting writing system. | Army | Feb 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0176 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $1.1M | Procure memory card, rugged laptop, case, and network cable | Army | May 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25FA120 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.1M | Delivery order for a low-cost launcher. | Army | Aug 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25FA030 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.0M | Hardware buy | Army | Aug 7, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK24F0162 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.0M | Delivery order award for mqm-170 aerial target systems and spares | Army | Jul 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70B06C26C00000158 definitive contract | Cleo Robotics Labs Inc | $1.0M | Sbir phase iii award for cleo dd1/dronut confined-space aerial drone systems, air vehicles, field repair kits, shipping, and on-site training at three CBP locations. | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Sep 24, 2026 |
| W900KK21F0033 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $1.0M | Order for pilot services, field support/operation for small unmanned aerial systems. | Army | Jun 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ26F0222 delivery order | AeroVironment, Inc | $1.0M | Drones in support of egypt | Army | Apr 27, 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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