Defense Tech BaseFederal spending analysis
Federal defense technology contract data
Compare contract award amounts, purchasing agencies and recipients to research potential buyers.
Awards through October 7, 2026 · Updated Sep 28, 2026
What the tracked data shows
In this selection, Austal USA, LLC has the highest sum of reported award amounts ($7.2B). Department of Defense is the largest awarding agency by this measure ($22.7B). These comparisons describe the records currently matched to the directory; they do not rank the entire defense industry.
Year-based views group awards by their recorded base obligation date. The amount is the imported award-level total, not necessarily spending incurred in that year.
Reported award value$33.4B
Matched awards3195
Tracked companies190
Median award$220K
Average award$10.5M
Annual view
Award value by year
Recipients
Top tracked contractors
- Austal USA, LLC$7.2B
- Anduril Industries$2.5B
- L3Harris Technologies$1.8B
- TCOM, L.P.$1.8B
- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions$1.2B
- AeroVironment$1.2B
- Palantir Technologies$973.5M
- Blue Origin$901.0M
- Applied Research Associates$825.9M
- BlueHalo$775.3M
Buyers
Top awarding agencies
- Department of Defense$22.7B
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.3B
- Department of Homeland Security$3.4B
- General Services Administration$1.1B
- Department of Commerce$654.7M
- Department of Transportation$299.5M
- Department of Health and Human Services$228.5M
- Department of the Treasury$154.2M
- Department of Energy$146.3M
- Department of Agriculture$131.7M
Award structure
Contract value by type
Largest records
Largest tracked awards
$2.8BAUSTAL USA, LLCDepartment of Defense / Jun 23, 2017
$1.4BAUSTAL USA, LLCDepartment of Homeland Security / Jul 5, 2022
$1.3BAUSTAL USA, LLCDepartment of Defense / Oct 18, 2018
$660.0MBLUE ORIGIN, LLCNational Aeronautics and Space Administration / Aug 31, 2026
$645.8MAEVEX AEROSPACE, LLCDepartment of Defense / Dec 2, 2024
$632.0MAUSTAL USA, LLCDepartment of Defense / May 18, 2023
$624.9MTCOM, L.P.Department of Defense / Sep 19, 2025
$556.1MBLUESTAQ LLCGeneral Services Administration / Aug 1, 2019