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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W50S8725PA005 purchase order | WS Darley & Co | $209K | (7) SUAS: ndaa compliant, so must be on the defense innovation unit blue UAS list or a successfully waivered system; maximum gross takeoff weight of up to 4 pounds; ability to operate on 2.4ghz or 1.8ghz frequency to comply with spectrum ... | Army | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912PB26FA400 BPA call | Dronivo GMBH | $208K | Purchase of 3 each ebee vision and 3 each ebee vision ground control systems | Army | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T26F0099 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $208K | Procure laptops | Army | May 14, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0025 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $206K | The government is purchasing small servers off of the common hardware systems 6th gen contract. | Army | Jun 4, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600125P6063 purchase order | Innovative Drone Solutions Pty LTD | $205K | Freefly altax UAV | Navy | Mar 31, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0131 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $204K | Procure voip telephones. | Army | Jul 21, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0250 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $203K | Procure antenna for dismounted radios and antenna for vehicular radios | Army | Aug 12, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912SR26PA001 purchase order | Dronivo GMBH | $202K | Brand name restriction to procure parrot and ebee platform UAS listed via blue UAS select | Army | Feb 12, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ26F0319 delivery order | Edgesource Corporation | $202K | Recognized assessor award in support of dow drone dominance gauntlet | Army | May 27, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0213 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $201K | Procure solid state drive | Army | Jul 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911S224P1602 purchase order | Advanced Mission Systems LLC | $200K | Sord robotics organic drone unison buy #1186044_03 | Army | Jan 27, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0076 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $199K | Cable assembly power | Army | Nov 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911S224P1604 purchase order | Advanced Mission Systems LLC | $195K | Sord robotics organic drone 1plv unison buy #1186069_02 | Army | Jan 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0263 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $192K | Procure antenna system | Army | Sep 8, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911S225PB031 purchase order | Robolink, Inc | $189K | S2p2: drones - solicitation# w911s225u1907 | Army | Sep 23, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911S225FA226 BPA call | W S Darley & Co | $187K | S2p2: UAS solicitation # w911s225u1681 | Army | Nov 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70LGLY26PSSB00014 purchase order | General Pacific, Inc | $183K | Dji supplies required for cyd SUAS/C-UAS training program course | Federal Law Enforcement Training Center | Jun 28, 2026 |
| FA491325P0004 purchase order | Titan Dynamics Inc | $183K | Tf99 titan hoplite group 1, 3d print training and aircraft purchase. | Air Force | Jul 17, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA700025FG536 delivery order | Pixamettic Solutions LLC | $181K | Df 25-36 purchase for autonomous systems lab | Air Force | Sep 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA441825P0093 purchase order | Airspace Link Inc | $179K | This is a new requirement for the drone operations management system at jb charleston. | Air Force | Sep 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0146 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $177K | Procure solid state drive, server bundle, rugged laptop, server, and license & software | Army | Apr 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70CMSD26FC0000045 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $172K | This call order is for small, unmanned aircraft systems which provide homeland security investigations with aerial capabilities when conducting law enforcement operations and investigations. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Sep 9, 2026 |
| W911S225PB086 purchase order | Robolink, Inc | $172K | S2p2: drones solicitation #w911s225u1983 | Army | Sep 24, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0123 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $171K | Procure mobile workstation, universal serial bus, internet protocol phone, carbon fiber transit case, router, and lithium battery | Army | Jun 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W15P7T25F0065 delivery order | Leidos, Inc | $170K | Procure tactical media acquisition kit, laptop, and the cost to ship | Army | Apr 30, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA441725P0149 purchase order | Blue Tech Inc | $169K | Drones and supporting equipment iaw attached successful quote | Air Force | Sep 9, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911QY24F0032 delivery order | AeroVironment, Inc | $169K | Procurement and production | Army | Jan 22, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70LGLY26FSSB00037 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $168K | Supplies required for cyd SUAS/C-UAS training program course (skydio). | Federal Law Enforcement Training Center | Jun 26, 2026 |
| 70B03C25F00000630 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $168K | Skydio x10d and accessories | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Feb 19, 2026 |
| W911S225FA241 BPA call | W S Darley & Co | $166K | Uas solicitation # w911s225u1818 | Army | Sep 18, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6328525PS023 purchase order | W S Darley & Co | $166K | Parrott anafi ukr | Navy | Apr 11, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA452825P0018 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $162K | This requirement is for 5 skydio x10d drones, instructor training, and in-person training. | Air Force | Sep 15, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911S226FA080 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $161K | S2p2: prescribed fire drone: w911s226u2251 | Army | Mar 17, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25FA156 delivery order | Qinetiq Inc | $160K | Delivery order for procurement of mqm-185 aerial targets, spares, ground support equipment and engineering support. | Army | Mar 25, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W900KK26FA062 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $159K | Delivery order (do) #76 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 | Apr 3, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W58RGZ26F0294 delivery order | AeroVironment, Inc | $158K | In accordance with the directives established in dept of war memorandum date 10 july 2025, in support of executive order 14307-unleashing military drone dominance | Army | Apr 29, 2026 DoD 90d |
| W912PF25FA125 BPA call | Dronivo GMBH | $158K | The 173rd ibct needs to rapidly procure electronic components and material for non-program of record equipment maintenance and UAS construction. call order # 2 - dronivo | Army | Sep 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA466125P0085 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $157K | Skydio x10d drones and accessories | Air Force | Aug 26, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK25F0045 delivery order | Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc | $154K | Update to the airborne countermeasures dispenser system (ale-47) programmable software. | Army | May 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W900KK24F0142 delivery order | Griffon Aerospace, Inc | $154K | Delivery order award for aerial target systems and spares. | Army | Jul 29, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA568224P0069 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $154K | The contractor shall provide skydio x10 all environment SUAS and applicable training to the 57th rescue squadron (rqs) at aviano air base, italy. | Air Force | Sep 19, 2024 DoD 90d |
| FA461324P0043 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $151K | Purchase and delivery of SUAS ghoul attachment tools (gat) to replace current, aging gats with in-person and instructor led training iaw with solicitation number fa461324q1052. | Air Force | Sep 27, 2024 DoD 90d |
| 70RSAT24FR0000032 delivery order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $150K | The purpose of this delivery order is to procure blue list unmanned aerial systems for the nustl saver program. | Office of Procurement Operations | Apr 24, 2024 |
| W911S225PB230 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $150K | S2p2: UAS - solicitation# w911s225u2146 | Army | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA301625P0038 purchase order | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $150K | Skydio x2d SUAS training drones and in-person training | Air Force | May 28, 2025 DoD 90d |
| 70B03C24F00000758 BPA call | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc | $146K | Skydio x2d drones for CBP buffalo sector | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Aug 27, 2024 |
| W50S7X26PA003 purchase order | Swarm Defense Technologies, LLC | $143K | The procurement is for a complete system of drones and associated with command and control (c2) software capable of executing complex, autonomous swarm operations. | Army | May 15, 2026 DoD 90d |
| FA568224P0064 purchase order | Skydio, Inc | $139K | Purchase of 6 skydio x2d drones. | Air Force | Sep 7, 2024 DoD 90d |
| H9224025FE285 BPA call | Tidewater Distributors LLC | $139K | First-person view (fpv) drone procurement ico st5 | U.S. Special Operations Command | Sep 16, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W911S225PB163 purchase order | Robolink, Inc | $139K | S2p2: codrone competition field elements, game elements, and individual replacement parts: w911s225u1109 | Army | Sep 24, 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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