Contracting office · Missile Defense Agency

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) obligated $469.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 525 contract actions (−12% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC ($186.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$469.8M
Actions
525
New awards: 45
Sole-source
73%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 98.3MFY2017
  2. 255.4MFY2018
  3. 495.7MFY2019
  4. 511.9MFY2020
  5. 557.9MFY2021
  6. 548.5MFY2022
  7. 497.2MFY2023
  8. 498.9MFY2024
  9. 532.9MFY2025
  10. 469.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$186.9M40%
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$46.3M9.8%
  3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$33.4M7.1%
  4. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$29.6M6.3%
  5. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY$28.2M6.0%
  6. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$25.1M5.3%
  7. CHENEGA NASWIK INTERNATIONAL LLC$17M3.6%
  8. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$16.6M3.5%
  9. DECIBEL RESEARCH, INC.$15.4M3.3%
  10. GRAY ANALYTICS, INC.$14.5M3.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$350.3M75%
  2. IT & telecom$53.5M11%
  3. Facilities & utilities$23.9M5.1%
  4. Transportation & logistics$13.5M2.9%
  5. Equipment maintenance$12.8M2.7%
  6. Professional services$9.3M2.0%
  7. Construction & real property$5.6M1.2%
  8. Other equipment & supplies$897.3K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alabama$236.5M50%
  2. Maryland$157.9M34%
  3. Utah$25.9M5.5%
  4. Georgia$19.6M4.2%
  5. Virginia$13.3M2.8%
  6. California$9M1.9%
  7. New Jersey$3.5M0.7%
  8. District of Columbia$2.1M0.4%
  9. Hawaii$1.1M0.2%
  10. 66$693.7K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition83%
    US 39% · $391.7M
  • Sole-source awards73%
    US 30% · $344M
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.7% · $47.7M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • 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. CONTRACT. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO IDENTIFY AND OPERATIONALIZE OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED (OPIR) AND OTHER SENSOR EXPLOITATION CAPABILITIES WHICH PROVIDE EARLY INTERCEPT OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASE RAID HANDLING OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM (BMDS). THE DEVELOPED CAPABILITIES WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE COMMAND AND CONTROL, BATTLE MANAGEMENT, AND COMMUNICATIONS (C2BMC) PROGRAM OF RECORD AS WELL AS TO PERFORM DISCRETE EXPERIMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RELATED ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE OVERALL MISSION.$372.2M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Mar 2, 2018 – Jun 3, 2026· HQ014718F0022
  2. HE PURPOSE OF THE SWDC DE TASK ORDER IS TO MAINTAIN, SUSTAIN, AND DEVELOP THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE INTERNATIONAL SIMULATION (BMD I-SIM), MISSILE DEFENSE SPACE WARNING TOOL (MDST) AND THREAT MODELING CENTER (TMC) PRODUCTION SOFTWARE$248M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Mar 4, 2021 – Jun 3, 2026· HQ085421F0029
  3. PROVIDE ANALYSIS TO INCLUDE DESIGN, DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, AND TEST AN AEGIS BMD MISSION PLANNER MODEL PROTOTYPE WHICH INCLUDES THE CERBERUS PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOW, SECTION J, AND EXECUTING THE COMBAT SYSTEMS TASK ORDER TASKS. PSC AC23 EXPENDITURE TYPE 255.0 R&D$167.2M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Nov 30, 2018 – Apr 20, 2026· HQ014719F0023
  4. ENGINEERING AND TECH SUPPORT RDTE FUNDS$166.6M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Nov 15, 2018 – Jun 2, 2026· HQ014719F0012
  5. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION SERVICES$133.5M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Madison County, AL· Research & development· May 3, 2024 – Apr 13, 2026· HQ085424C0001
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THE SWDC DE TASK ORDER IS TO MAINTAIN, SUSTAIN, AND DEVELOP THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE INTERNATIONAL SIMULATION (BMD I-SIM), MISSILE DEFENSE SPACE WARNING TOOL (MDST), AND THREAT MODELING CENTER (TMC) PRODUCTION SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND TO SUPPORT THE CUSTOMERS AND USERS THROUGH EVENT SUPPORT, TRAINING, AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.$126.7M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Mar 3, 2018 – Mar 30, 2026· HQ014718F0002
  7. ENGINEERING AND TECH SUPPORT RDTE FUNDS$116.4M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Jun 29, 2018 – May 11, 2026· HQ014718F0043
  8. ENGINEERING AND TECH SUPPORT RDTE FUNDS$104.9M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Apr 27, 2018 – Mar 10, 2026· HQ014718F0024

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.