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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) obligated $2.1B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 224 contract actions (−13% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION ($1.3B).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.1B
Actions
224
New awards: 2
Sole-source
5.2%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.3BFY2017
  2. 2.4BFY2018
  3. 1.4BFY2019
  4. 1.3BFY2020
  5. 2.7BFY2021
  6. 1.9BFY2022
  7. 2.6BFY2023
  8. 3BFY2024
  9. 2.5BFY2025
  10. 2.1BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.3B62%
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$449.4M21%
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$171.4M8.0%
  4. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$69.8M3.3%
  5. RAYTHEON COMPANY$66.9M3.1%
  6. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$17.9M0.8%
  7. ASRC FEDERAL CYBER, LLC$15.9M0.7%
  8. VICTORY SOLUTIONS, LLC$13.3M0.6%
  9. RAYTHEON COMPANY$6M0.3%
  10. SYSTEMS INTELLIGENCE, LLC$2M0.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.4B68%
  2. Equipment maintenance$567.4M26%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$70.4M3.3%
  4. Transportation & logistics$28.8M1.3%
  5. Construction & real property$17.3M0.8%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$6.1M0.3%
  7. IT & telecom$2M0.1%
  8. Professional services$389.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alabama$2B92%
  2. New Jersey$69.8M3.3%
  3. Massachusetts$66.9M3.1%
  4. Alaska$17.8M0.8%
  5. Hawaii$13.3M0.6%
  6. Arizona$7.5M0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition5.4%
    US 39% · $115.8M
  • Sole-source awards5.2%
    US 30% · $111.3M
  • Single-offer competitions0.2%
    US 8.7% · $4.5M
  • Urgency justifications0.2%
    US 5.1% · $5.3M
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $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. THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA), GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE (GMD) DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINMENT CONTRACT (DSC) THE GMD DSC WORK INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: 1) FUTURE DEVELOPMENT; 2) FIELDING; 3) TEST; 4) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INTEGRATION AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; 5) EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING AND REFURBISHMENT; 6) TRAINING; AND 7) OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT FOR THE GMD WEAPON SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT FACILITIES.$6.5B
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 4, 2016 – Nov 13, 2025· HQ014712C0004
  2. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPMENTAL TESTING OF THE NEXT GENERATION INTERCEPTOR (NGI) ALL-UP-ROUND (AUR)$5.5B
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Mar 24, 2021 – Jun 11, 2026· HQ085621C0001
  3. GBI/AUR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SYSTEMS ENG$4.4B
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 18, 2019 – May 11, 2026· HQ014719C0004
  4. LRDR$1.4B
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Burlington County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 6, 2016 – Jun 1, 2026· HQ014716C0011
  5. DEFENSE OF GUAM UCA AWARD - PERSISTENT DISCRIMINATION RADAR UNDER THE HOMELAND DEFENSE RADAR (HDR) MULTI-AWARD INDEFINITE-DELIVERY/INDEFINITE-QUANTITY CONTRACT (MAIDIQ)$629.7M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Burlington County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 29, 2022 – Mar 24, 2026· HQ086222F0007
  6. THIS CONTRACT COVERS THE GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE (GMD) WEAPON SYSTEM (GWS) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, TESTING, AND FIELDING OF SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE.$569M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Madison County, AL· Equipment maintenance· Sep 24, 2025 – Jun 1, 2026· HQ085625FE001
  7. GWS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (GFC, IDT, GSS,$560.4M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Madison County, AL· Equipment maintenance· Jul 29, 2022 – May 8, 2026· HQ085622F0001
  8. ELEMENT SYSTEM ENGINEERING$383.7M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Aug 30, 2022 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ085622F0005

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.