Federal sub-agency · Department of Defense

Defense Microelectronics Activity

Defense Microelectronics Activity obligated $831.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 412 contract actions (−34% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was RAYTHEON COMPANY ($262.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$831.7M
Actions
412
New awards: 68
Sole-source
6.4%
Small business
17%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 526.5MFY2017
  2. 1.1BFY2018
  3. 1.1BFY2019
  4. 670.7MFY2020
  5. 861.2MFY2021
  6. 829.2MFY2022
  7. 1.2BFY2023
  8. 1.4BFY2024
  9. 1.3BFY2025
  10. 831.7MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$262.8M32%
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$169.3M20%
  3. BLACKWATCH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$124.2M15%
  4. GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC$87.5M11%
  5. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$78.3M9.4%
  6. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$40.7M4.9%
  7. BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.$39.6M4.8%
  8. TECHNOLOGY, AUTOMATION & MANAGEMENT, INC.$6.7M0.8%
  9. MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC$5M0.6%
  10. THE BOEING COMPANY$4M0.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$560.5M67%
  2. Equipment maintenance$145.7M18%
  3. Professional services$103M12%
  4. IT & telecom$10.2M1.2%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$9.3M1.1%
  6. Construction & real property$2.9M0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$340.8M41%
  2. Vermont$98.1M12%
  3. Maryland$88.5M11%
  4. Alabama$69.7M8.4%
  5. New York$38.9M4.7%
  6. Massachusetts$38.4M4.6%
  7. Florida$29.2M3.5%
  8. New Jersey$25.9M3.1%
  9. New Hampshire$25.4M3.0%
  10. Arizona$23.7M2.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition70%
    US 39% · $586.2M
  • Sole-source awards6.4%
    US 30% · $53.1M
  • Single-offer competitions64%
    US 8.8% · $533M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. DEFENSE MICROELECTRONICS ACTIVITY$53.1M6.4%

Largest awards

  1. CONTRACTUAL ENGINEERING TASK (CET) 21-108 FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO STUDY, DESIGN, PROTOTYPE, INTEGRATE, FABRICATE AND TEST EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY (EHF) TERMINALS.$297.2M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 28, 2021 – Apr 13, 2026· HQ072721F1610
  2. THIS TASK IS TO ANALYZE, INTEGRATE, MODIFY, PROCURE, AND DELIVER SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, ENHANCE PERFORMANCE FOR ENHANCED COYOTE BLOCK 2 AND COYOTE BLOCK 3 COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM SOLUTIONS.$253.3M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Collin County, TX· Research & development· Apr 13, 2023 – Apr 30, 2026· HQ072723F1601
  3. THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT PROGRAM (ATSP) CONTRACT ACQUIRES PROGRESSIVE MICROELECTRONIC CAPABILITY SOLUTIONS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MAINTAINABILITY OF THE MICROELECTRONICS-BASED COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM$216.9M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Aug 27, 2024 – Jan 26, 2026· HQ072724F1610
  4. THIS TASK IS TO PRODUCE, PROCURE, AND MODIFY THE ENHANCED COYOTE BLOCK 2 AND BLOCK 3 INTERCEPTORS TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS AT FORWARD OPERATING BASES.$207.3M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 26, 2022 – Dec 15, 2025· HQ072722F1619
  5. THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT PROGRAM (ATSP) CONTRACT ACQUIRED PROGRESSIVE MICROELECTRONIC CAPABILITY SOLUTIONS TO ANALYZE, DESIGN, DEVELOP, PROTOTYPE, PROCURE AND DEPLOY OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE ENHANCED COYOTE BLOCK 2 PROTOTYPE.$159M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 21, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025· HQ072723F1614
  6. THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT PROGRAM (ATSP) CONTRACT ACQUIRES PROGRESSIVE MICROELECTRONIC CAPABILITY SOLUTIONS TO RESOLVE OBSOLESCENCE ISSUES, IMPROVE PERFORMANCE, IMPROVE RELIABILITY OF THE RECEIVER REPLACEMENT FOR THE PROJECTILE.$146.8M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 9, 2024 – Jan 21, 2026· HQ072724F1617
  7. CET 19-952, SOLDIER PERIMETER DEFENSE RAPID ADVANCED C-UAS RADAR PROGRAM (SPDRACR)$117.1M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Los Angeles County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Jun 24, 2019 – Dec 2, 2025· HQ072719F1616
  8. SILICON CARBIDE CAPABILITY EXPANSION$115.9M
    BLACKWATCH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION· Sacramento County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 6, 2026 – May 27, 2026· HQ072726FE053

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $117.5M (257 subawards)

142 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. BAE SYSTEMS CONTROLS INC.$9.2M7.9%
    ENDICOTT, NY · 3 subawards
  2. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$7.4M6.3%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 3 subawards
  3. HFE INTERNATIONAL, LLC$7.2M6.2%
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  4. PENN-TECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.$6.4M5.4%
    MALVERN, PA · 2 subawards
  5. PERSISTENT SYSTEMS LLC$5.2M4.4%
    NEW YORK, NY · 3 subawards
  6. TCI INTERNATIONAL, INC$5.1M4.3%
    FREMONT, CA · 1 subaward
  7. GICHNER SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.$3.7M3.2%
    DALLASTOWN, PA · 1 subaward
  8. L3HARRIS FUZING AND ORDNANCE SYSTEMS, INC.$3.7M3.1%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 5 subawards
  9. TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP$3.6M3.0%
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
  10. AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.$3.5M3.0%
    CADILLAC, MI · 2 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.