# AwardTape
> AwardTape tracks US drone and counter-drone (C-UAS) defense contracts from public federal records: open bids from SAM.gov and DIU, and contract vehicle ceilings, obligations and orders from USAspending. Published by Datil Technologies Inc. Data refreshes every weekday; DoD contract actions publish about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6). Data as of Oct 16, 2026.

Key figures (Oct 16, 2026): 41 vehicles and awards, 71 awards to 38 companies, 389 order rows; counter-drone: $2.1B obligated on 25 tracked C-UAS vehicles and awards; 13 open bids.

## Open bids
- [Open drone and counter-drone bids](https://awardtape.com/bids/): every open solicitation with deadline and who can bid
- [Tracker](https://awardtape.com/tracker/): sortable table; JSON at https://awardtape.com/data/tracker.json

## Contract vehicles, companies, agencies
- [Counter-drone hub](https://awardtape.com/counter-drone/): C-UAS obligations, vehicles, companies, agencies, open bids
- [Vehicles](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/): ceiling, obligated, fill and end date per vehicle
- [Companies](https://awardtape.com/companies/): awards and obligations per company
- [Agencies](https://awardtape.com/agencies/): vehicles and obligations per awarding agency
- [Pentagon budget lines and reprogramming](https://awardtape.com/budget/): FY2025 to FY2027 P-1 procurement and R-1 RDT&E line items by service (/budget/fy2027/army/), line pages at /budget/line/<slug>/, and DoD reprogramming actions at /budget/reprogramming/
- [DoD and DHS contract awards database](https://awardtape.com/defense/): every DoD and DHS prime contract, order and IDV with an action since Oct 1, 2023, by category (/categories/), company and agency; search at /defense/search/; record pages at /awards/<piid>/
- [DoD contract announcements](https://awardtape.com/contracts/): every Department of War daily contract release split into single awards, screened for drones, counter-drone and autonomy; one page per release day at /contracts/YYYY-MM-DD/
- [CBP Autonomous Surveillance Towers](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/cbp-ast/): $929.9M obligated of $2.0B
- [Army LASSO loitering munition](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-lasso/): $762.5M obligated of $990.0M
- [CDAO Maven Smart System task order](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/cdao-maven/): $637.6M obligated
- [Army LIDS engineering and fixed-site IDIQ (SRC)](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-lids-src/): $615.1M obligated of $425.9M
- [Army Mobile LIDS (IF/RCO)](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-mlids/): $526.9M obligated of $1.4B
- [USMC installation counter-sUAS](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/usmc-installation-csuas/): $177.3M obligated of $2.7B
- [Anduril Enterprise IDIQ](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/anduril-enterprise/): $173.4M obligated of $20B
- [Army drone dominance BOAs](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-drone-dominance-boa/): $168.3M obligated
- [USMC Organic Precision Fires-Light](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/usmc-opf-l/): $136.1M obligated of $249.0M
- [SOCOM MEUAS IV ISR services](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/socom-meuas-iv/): $131.3M obligated of $975.0M
- [DMEA SPDRACR counter-UAS radar order](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/dmea-spdracr/): $117.1M obligated
- [Air Force C-sUAS engineering and integration order](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/af-csuas-ei/): $85.9M obligated
- [Army force protection / base defense systems](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-av-base-defense/): $80.6M obligated of $500.0M
- [Air Force sUAS for hurricane response](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/af-suas-hurricane/): $75.7M obligated of $960.0M
- [USCG maritime UAS for cutters](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/uscg-mruas/): $61.4M obligated of $229.3M

## Method
- [Methodology](https://awardtape.com/methodology/): sources, signed dates, the DoD 90-day delay, definitions, corrections
- [About](https://awardtape.com/about/): publisher and contact (hello@awardtape.com)
- [Plans](https://awardtape.com/pro/): Full Tape $12/mo, Terminal $49/mo, Team $149/mo

## Optional
- [The Tape](https://awardtape.com/tape/): dated analysis drops

## Agent data feed (JSON): Free sample, Pay as you go, or a Terminal or Team API key
How to buy: https://awardtape.com/agents/
OpenAPI with x-payment-info: https://awardtape.com/openapi.json
Machine-readable listing: https://awardtape.com/.well-known/agent-feed.json
Full text: https://awardtape.com/llms-full.txt
Unpaid requests get HTTP 402 with an MPP payment challenge (USDC on Tempo), settled through Stripe. Example: tempo request "https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/awards?q=anduril"
- [Free sample](https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/sample): 5 latest awards and 1 company, same JSON shapes as the paid endpoints
- GET https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/awards?q=&agency=&category=&psc=&min=&from=&to=&page= : award search, up to 100 rows, $0.02 per call
- GET https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/companies/{id} : company profile and top 25 awards, $0.02 per call (id from matching_companies, e.g. anduril-industries)
- GET https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/daily : latest 200 awards by action date, $0.05 per call
- POST https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/credits : card or stablecoin bundle, $5.00 for 250 calls; returns a bearer key (Authorization: Bearer atk_...)
- POST https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/checkout?plan=bundle|terminal|team|full_tape : free; Stripe Checkout link (pay_url) for your owner to pay by card, plus claim_url. Poll GET claim_url until status is "paid"; the key (atk_ or atp_) is returned once. 3 open checkouts per IP, links expire in 24 hours.
- POST https://awardtape.com/api/agent/mcp : MCP JSON-RPC with tools sample, search_awards, get_company, latest_awards, request_owner_payment, check_owner_payment
Per-call prices are stablecoin (USDC). Cards have a $0.50 minimum, so card payments buy the bundle.

## Plans (same names and prices on https://awardtape.com/pro/)
- Free: $0. Website and the free agent sample (/api/agent/v1/sample). No account.
- Pay as you go: $0.02 per call (awards, company), $0.05 per daily call, or $5.00 for 250 calls. Agent data feed paid per call over HTTP 402. No account.
- Full Tape: $12/mo or $120/yr. Full Tape email for 1 reader, fill alerts, weekly brief, tracker CSV.
- Terminal: $49/mo or $490/yr, 7 days free. Terminal for 1 seat, Full Tape email, personal API key with 5,000 calls/month; pay as you go after that.
- Team: $149/mo or $1,490/yr, 7 days free. 5 seats, Full Tape email for each seat, team API allowance of 25,000 calls/month; pay as you go after that.
Terminal and Team API keys: Authorization: Bearer atp_... on /api/agent/v1/* and /api/agent/mcp. Past the monthly allowance, calls return 402 with pay-as-you-go prices.