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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N0017424P0129 purchase order | Aerotargets International LLC | $594K | Long range dispense submunition body development | Navy | May 28, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA862924FB022 delivery order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $583K | Puma replacement parts | Air Force | Jun 13, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ22F0490 delivery order | L3 Technologies, Inc | $559K | Remote operated video enhanced receiver (rover) spares production order (year 1 minimum buy) and engineering technical services (ets) for contract w58rgz-22-d-0009 | Army | Jun 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70B02C25F00000658 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $554K | X10d- order 0003 endurance kits | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 70B04C26P00000532 purchase order | Sentinel Forge Defense LLC | $541K | Drone kits | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Sep 26, 2026 |
| FA491325P0003 purchase order | Uavionics Technologies SP Z O.o | $539K | Fy25 tf99 tiguar s-410 (dingo) purchase - x12 | Air Force | Apr 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T24F0183 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $531K | Procure front stack, rugged laptop, and cost to ship | Army | Apr 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD24FR0000188 delivery order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $530K | Skydio drones | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Feb 11, 2025 |
| W58RGZ26F0236 delivery order | AeroVironment, Inc | $528K | In accordance with the directives established in the department of war memorandum dated 10 july 2025, in support of executive order 14307-unleashing u.s. military drone dominance | Army | Mar 18, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F0607 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $527K | Spares and sustainment spares | Navy | Nov 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T26F0114 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $526K | Procure antenna, data converter, firewall, laptop | Army | May 1, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001926F1042 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $517K | 9 months of operation action center (oac) support and required spares in support of philippines fms case ph-p-lae. | Navy | Apr 13, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD25P00000095 purchase order | Edgesource Corporation | $516K | This contract is for small unmmaned aircraft systems (SUAS) which is used by homeland security investigations to enhance personnel safety during investigations. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Aug 20, 2025 |
| W15P7T25F0069 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $515K | Procure uninterrupted power supply, large | Army | Feb 6, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD25FC0000039 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $514K | This award procures small unmanned aircraft systems which provides homeland security investigations personnel with aerial capabilities when conducting law enforcement investigations nationwide. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Aug 18, 2026 |
| W900KK25FA104 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $506K | Delivery order (do) #66 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 | Jun 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| H9224025PE045 purchase order | Neros, Inc | $503K | Neros archer UAS first person view | U.S. Special Operations Command | Aug 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ24F0452 delivery order | L3 Technologies, Inc | $500K | Spectrum and software engineering support for contract w58rgz-22-d-0009. | Army | Dec 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD26FC0000036 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $500K | This award procures small unmanned aircraft system which provides homeland security investigation personnel with aerial capabilities when conducting law enforcement investigations nationwide. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Aug 26, 2026 |
| FA487726P0024 purchase order | Dragoon Technology LLC | $498K | Dragoon coriolis drones with starlink capabilities. | Air Force | Mar 19, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0171 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $489K | Procure rugged notebook and cost to ship | Army | May 20, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA480326P0036 purchase order | Grey Raven Group, LLC | $487K | Poinsett package red air swarm drone bundle hardware, software, and field support services. | Air Force | May 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0222 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $480K | Procure carbon fibre transit case, server, router, and ion battery | Army | Jul 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T26F0101 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $479K | Procure a portable, multi-mission unmanned aerial system detection system | Army | Apr 16, 2026 DoD 90d |
| 70Z02324F71100016 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $478K | Call order for fifteen small unmanned aircraft systems. | U.S. Coast Guard | Jun 13, 2025 |
| W912PB26FA482 BPA call | Greentech Harvest LLC | $466K | Fpv training | Army | Jun 24, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F0110 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $463K | Spares and tools procurement | Navy | Oct 15, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T24F0194 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $463K | Purchase hard items. | Army | Sep 30, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0001926F1021 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $462K | The purpose of this new task order is to procure hardware in support of the philippines fms case pi-p-bbz. | Navy | Jan 7, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0325 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $443K | Procuring laptop | Army | Sep 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001924F0036 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $433K | Fms scaneagle spares for philippines air force under fms case ph-p-lae | Navy | Nov 28, 2023 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0122 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $429K | Procure tactical kit, interface bracket, power cable, antenna, battery dual charger, and power supply | Army | Aug 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0052 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $424K | Procure tactical server infrastructure large | Army | Sep 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0239 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $404K | Procure laptop and spare drive | Army | Aug 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA568225P0048 purchase order | Skydio, Inc | $403K | 31 sfs skydio drones | Air Force | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0046 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $397K | Procure cable assembly and an enhanced cable assembly | Army | Dec 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0221 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $374K | Procure server solution medium and large | Army | Jul 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA441726P0043 purchase order | Wingxpand Inc | $372K | The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, tools, parts, shipping, and all other items necessary to deliver the following items: 0001: wingxpand xrai smart UAS-vtol mission dominance package (silvus) iaw quote 1s0ta0s-2a (sbir iii). | Air Force | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK26FA047 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $368K | Delivery order (do) #74 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 | Mar 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25FA042 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $362K | Hardware | Army | Apr 14, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0099 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $359K | Procure connector cable, power cable, tactical router, rugged laptop | Army | Mar 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA862019F2810 delivery order | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc | $348K | Mq-9 reaper clean-up hitter 2 (cuh2) | Air Force | Sep 9, 2024 DoD 90d |
| H9223825F0014 delivery order | Area-I, LLC | $347K | A600 autoland refurb kit | U.S. Special Operations Command | Jul 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA441726FG134 delivery order | Govsmart, Inc | $346K | Unmanned aircraft | Air Force | Oct 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA491324P0025 purchase order | GPC Consolidated Reporting | $339K | 10x tiguar drones and transport cases for task force 99 | Air Force | Sep 23, 2024 DoD 90d |
| M6786126P0020 purchase order | Neros, Inc | $336K | 4th marine division and 4th light armored reconnaissance battalion has a requirement to procure archer 8 fpv drones and respective training for 20 marines to operate and utilize drones in an operational atmosphere. | Navy | Jun 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0154 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $332K | Procure precision oscillator | Army | Apr 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912D025PA012 purchase order | W S Darley & Co | $330K | 11th airborne division g3, jber is requesting parrot anafi ukr small UAS acquisition (drones) for ARMY mission success | Army | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N0001923F0313 delivery order | Insitu, Inc | $328K | Procure four (4) rq-21 blackjack air vehicles (av) and associated support equipment, spares, and training in support of the bangladesh air force fms case bg-p-lak and building partner capacity/global peace operations initiative case ... | Navy | Apr 2, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W911S725PA012 purchase order | Skydio, Inc | $326K | Purchase 18 skydio x2d drone | Army | Aug 29, 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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