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DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY

DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY obligated $1.1B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,017 contract actions (−41% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION ($246.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.1B
Actions
1,017
New awards: 100
Sole-source
41%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 536.1MFY2017
  2. 622.2MFY2018
  3. 609.3MFY2019
  4. 996.8MFY2020
  5. 1.4BFY2021
  6. 1.6BFY2022
  7. 1.6BFY2023
  8. 1.8BFY2024
  9. 1.8BFY2025
  10. 1.1BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$246.2M23%
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$129M12%
  3. SECURIGENCE LLC$76.1M7.1%
  4. SCHAFER GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLC$42.2M3.9%
  5. ECS FEDERAL, LLC$39M3.6%
  6. GUIDEHOUSE INC.$37.1M3.5%
  7. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, INC.$36.4M3.4%
  8. SYSTEM HIGH CORPORATION$32.4M3.0%
  9. SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC$25M2.3%
  10. HRL LABORATORIES, LLC$22.3M2.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$716.2M67%
  2. Professional services$249.8M23%
  3. IT & telecom$104.1M9.7%
  4. Transportation & logistics$282.6K0.0%
  5. Construction & real property$119.1K0.0%
  6. Education & social services$35.6K0.0%
  7. Other equipment & supplies$1,2420.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$369.3M34%
  2. California$360.6M34%
  3. Maryland$160.5M15%
  4. Massachusetts$59.2M5.5%
  5. Alabama$19.2M1.8%
  6. Connecticut$18M1.7%
  7. New Jersey$11.6M1.1%
  8. Texas$10.8M1.0%
  9. Ohio$10.3M1.0%
  10. Missouri$8.5M0.8%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition55%
    US 39% · $586.1M
  • Sole-source awards41%
    US 30% · $442.2M
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.8% · $144M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · -$19.4K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.8%
    US 4.2% · $8.1M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. MULTI-NETWORK SUPPORT SERVICES$705M
    SECURIGENCE LLC· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Oct 14, 2020 – May 18, 2026· HR001121F0006
  2. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$676.7M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Oct 17, 2023 – May 20, 2026· HR001124C0304
  3. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$386.6M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 25, 2020 – Dec 17, 2025· HR001120C0074
  4. HYPERSONIC AIR-BREATHING WEAPON CONCEPT (HAWC) PHASE 2$376.9M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Oct 31, 2016 – Dec 1, 2025· HR001117C0025
  5. HYPERSONIC AIR-BREATHING WEAPON CONCEPT (HAWC) PHASE 2$240.7M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Dec 1, 2016 – Jan 28, 2026· HR001116C0110
  6. DARPA RESEARCH PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES$231.4M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Jan 14, 2025 – Mar 24, 2026· HR001125F0008
  7. PROGRAM SECURITY SERVICES$146.4M
    SYSTEM HIGH CORPORATION· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Dec 21, 2021 – Apr 6, 2026· HR001122C0073
  8. DARPA ENTERPRISE SUPPORT SERVICES$141.1M
    GUIDEHOUSE INC.· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· May 11, 2021 – May 8, 2026· HR001121F0012

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.