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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
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal 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.

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

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.