Who buys Product and Service Code 1550 (Unmanned Aircraft), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — 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 | 57 | $104.3M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 109 | $180.8M | +73% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 92 | $401.0M | +122% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 120 | $196.4M | -51% |
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 (DoD is 88% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEIDOS, INC. | $203.3M | 23.0% |
| 2 | AEROVIRONMENT, INC | $165.1M | 18.7% |
| 3 | GRIFFON AEROSPACE, INC. | $126.1M | 14.3% |
| 4 | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | $122.8M | 13.9% |
| 5 | ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC | $56.4M | 6.4% |
| 6 | STREAM TECHNO LLC | $40.0M | 4.5% |
| 7 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | $37.5M | 4.2% |
| 8 | THE MISTRAL INC | $20.0M | 2.3% |
| 9 | KRAUS HAMDANI AEROSPACE, INC. | $18.8M | 2.1% |
| 10 | NEROS, INC. | $18.2M | 2.1% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $772.4M | 87.5% |
| Department of State | $43.2M | 4.9% |
| Department of Energy | $40.1M | 4.5% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $9.0M | 1.0% |
| Department of Justice | $8.4M | 0.9% |
| Department of the Interior | $4.2M | 0.5% |
| Department of Agriculture | $3.0M | 0.3% |
| Department of Labor | $1.4M | 0.2% |
| Department of Commerce | $659K | 0.1% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $196K | 0.0% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | THIS EFFORT IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING OPERATIONAL UTILITY OF THESE SYSTEMS FOR USE BY DEPARTMENT OF WAR (DOW) PERSONNEL FOR FORCE PROTECTION, BASE DEFENSE, AND COUNTER-UAS OPERATIONS. AEROVIRONMENT, INC · Department of Defense | $80.6M |
| Jul 9, 2026 | IN SUPPORT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER- UNLEASHING DRONE DOMINANCE, THE ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND-REDSTONE ARSENAL ESTABLISHED THE BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT TO PROCURE DRONES AND DRONE DOMINANT COMPONENTS. GRIFFON AEROSPACE, INC. · Department of Defense | $37.0M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | DELIVERY ORDER 1 FOR PURPOSE-BUILT ATTRITABLE SYSTEM (PBAS) TO INCLUDE SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (SUAS) ARCHER WITH NEROS, INC. NEROS, INC. · Department of Defense | $17.5M |
| Jul 9, 2026 | THE CONTRACTOR MUST EXECUTE ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOW ATTACHED TO BASIC CONTRACT FA8629-26-D-B002. ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. · Department of Defense | $11.8M |
| Jul 10, 2026 | WALLABEE MICRO-BALLOON (MHAB) ISR SYSTEM URBAN SKY THEORY INC · Department of Defense | $11.3M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2027 | PROCURE TACTICAL EDGE COMPUTER KITS LEIDOS, INC. · Department of Defense | $128.5M |
| Dec 31, 2026 | MQ-9 AGILE REAPER ENTERPRISE SOLUTION (ARES) IDIQ FRANCE HARDWARE AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. · Department of Defense | $89.5M |
| Mar 30, 2027 | IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIVES ESTABLISHED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR MEMORANDUM DATED 10 JULY 2025, IN SUPPORT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14307-UNLEASHING U.S. MILITARY DRONE DOMINANCE GRIFFON AEROSPACE, INC. · Department of Defense | $67.9M |
| Nov 23, 2026 | ADDING WAWF CLAUSE TO CONTRACT AND COR INFORMATION. LEIDOS, INC. · Department of Defense | $43.7M |
| Jan 31, 2027 | MQ-9 PROLIFERATED LOW EARTH ORBIT (PLEO) TECHNICAL MATURATION EFFORT (TME) GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. · Department of Defense | $42.8M |
182 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $4.3M | 2.0% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $3.8M | 1.7% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $208.2M | 96.3% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 25% 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 28. 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.