Contracting office · Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense

DIRECTOR SCO

DIRECTOR SCO obligated $199.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 100 contract actions (+192% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was RAYTHEON COMPANY ($60.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$199.1M
Actions
100
New awards: 19
Sole-source
77%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.3MFY2024
  2. 68.1MFY2025
  3. 199.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$60.8M31%
  2. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$53.3M27%
  3. AVANTUS FEDERAL LLC$35.3M18%
  4. SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC.$23.8M12%
  5. MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$14M7.1%
  6. INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$3.5M1.7%
  7. GOODRICH CORPORATION$2.7M1.4%
  8. GXO, INC.$1.9M1.0%
  9. ROYCE GEOSPATIAL CONSULTANTS, LLC$1.4M0.7%
  10. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.1M0.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$199.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$80M40%
  2. Arizona$62M31%
  3. District of Columbia$31.9M16%
  4. Maryland$19.5M9.8%
  5. Massachusetts$2.7M1.4%
  6. California$1.9M1.0%
  7. Alabama$1.1M0.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition82%
    US 39% · $162.3M
  • Sole-source awards77%
    US 30% · $154.3M
  • Single-offer competitions4.1%
    US 8.8% · $8.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts31%
    US 5.0% · $60.8M
  • Time-and-materials pricing7.1%
    US 4.2% · $14M

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

Largest awards

  1. COMPLETE DESIGN, BUILD AND DELIVERY OF A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF PROTOTYPES THAT INTEGRATE INTO EXISTING SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS AS WELL AS NEW INNOVATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK.$60.8M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Nov 20, 2025 – Mar 23, 2026· HY023326C0002
  2. OSD STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES OFFICE SUPPORT CONTRACT$57.7M
    AVANTUS FEDERAL LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· May 30, 2025 – Jun 5, 2026· HY023325CE004
  3. COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT ACROSS FOUR TECHNICAL AREAS: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, JOINT PLANNING AND TARGETING ANALYSIS, AND SPECIALIZED STUDIES AND ANALYSIS.$28.5M
    SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Mar 26, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· HY023326C0007
  4. PROVIDE FULL-SPECTRUM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, INTEGRATION AND TESTING, MODELING AND SIMULATION, TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION, AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT MISSION EXECUTION.$17.7M
    MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Mar 27, 2026 – Jun 12, 2026· HY023326C0006
  5. PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE TO IDENTIFY AND MATURE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOP OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPES FOR THE RAPID TRANSITION OF MATURING TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET WARFIGHTERS NEEDS. INCLUDES TESTING/VALIDATION OF TECHNOLOGY.$11.4M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – May 8, 2026· HY023326FE003
  6. PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE TO IDENTIFY AND MATURE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOP OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPES FOR THE RAPID TRANSITION OF MATURING TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET WARFIGHTERS NEEDS. INCLUDES TESTING/VALIDATION OF TECHNOLOGY.$10.9M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Mar 25, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· HY023326FE009
  7. PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE TO IDENTIFY AND MATURE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOP OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPES FOR THE RAPID TRANSITION OF MATURING TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET WARFIGHTERS NEEDS. INCLUDES TESTING/VALIDATION OF TECHNOLOGY.$6.7M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Jul 11, 2025 – Apr 17, 2026· HY023325FE003
  8. PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE TO IDENTIFY AND MATURE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOP OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPES FOR THE RAPID TRANSITION OF MATURING TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET WARFIGHTERS NEEDS. INCLUDES TESTING/VALIDATION OF TECHNOLOGY.$6.2M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Jul 26, 2025 – May 7, 2026· HY023325FE004

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.