What the Department of Defense buys, who it buys from, and what's open for bid — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 819,215 | $47.9B | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 746,600 | $38.8B | -19% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 299,512 | $20.3B | -48% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 78,178 | $6.4B | -68% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BOEING COMPANY | $9.9B | 8.7% |
| 2 | RTX CORP | $8.6B | 7.6% |
| 3 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | $5.6B | 5.0% |
| 4 | CENCORA, INC. | $4.2B | 3.7% |
| 5 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION | $2.1B | 1.9% |
| 6 | ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC. | $2.1B | 1.9% |
| 7 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | $1.9B | 1.7% |
| 8 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC | $1.8B | 1.6% |
| 9 | LEIDOS, INC. | $1.6B | 1.4% |
| 10 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | $1.5B | 1.3% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $4.8B | 13.0% |
| 8(a) | $1.1B | 2.9% |
| SDVOSB | $166.3M | 0.5% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $95.5M | 0.3% |
| HUBZone | $67.8M | 0.2% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $30.5B | 83.2% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 32% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 10,123. Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.