Top Defense Contractors
The top 200 contractor families in the USAspending award data, shown as 195 corporate families by total federal obligations — FY2017–FY2026. Figures are in raw USD and aggregate the whole period, not a single year.
5 of those registry names are earlier names of a company already on this list — Raytheon and RTX are one company, renamed in 2023. 8 corporate families are shown merged, from a hand-curated table of renames and acquisitions with an official source for each. Every merged total is a cited figure whose inputs are the rows it replaced — click it to see them.
Obligation totals carry derived USAspending citations — click a figure to inspect the derivation. Confidence reflects the entity-resolution method: high = a registered common parent for the subsidiaries; medium = name inference. A merged family is only as good as its worst member. 147 of these 195 families resolve at high confidence and 48 by name inference — the biggest names on this list are mostly the latter, and promoting them would need a SAM.gov entity extract this build does not have. See methodology §4.
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Every figure in the obligations column is USAspending award obligations in raw USD, summed across the whole period FY2017–FY2026 — not a single year, and not budget authority: award obligations and the budget figures elsewhere on this site are different universes.
| # | Company | USAspending awards FY2017–FY2026 | Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Lockheed Martin Corp | 136 | Total obligations:$502.1B136 UEIs | medium |
| 2 | 2RTX
The 4 figures that add to this totalRTX Corp $184.0B + Raytheon Company $35.1B + Rockwell Collins Australia Pty Limited $19.5B + Rockwell Collins, Inc. $72.9M = $238.6B 183,968.8 + 35,065.2 + 19,467.5 + 72.9 = 238,574.4 USD millions | 214 | Total obligations:$238.6B214 UEIs | medium |
| 3 | 3The Boeing Company | 90 | Total obligations:$212.9B90 UEIs | medium |
| 4 | 4General Dynamics Corp | 120 | Total obligations:$188.7B120 UEIs | medium |
| 5 | 5Northrop Grumman
The 2 figures that add to this totalNorthrop Grumman Corporation $121.9B + Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems LLC $1.31B = $123.2B 121,913.7 + 1,314.0 = 123,227.7 USD millions | 148 | Total obligations:$123.2B148 UEIs | medium |
| 6 | 6Huntington Ingalls Industries
The 2 figures that add to this totalHuntington Ingalls Industries, Inc $68.9B + Alion Science and Technology Corporation $4.97B = $73.9B 68,879.3 + 4,974.1 = 73,853.4 USD millions | 27 | Total obligations:$73.9B27 UEIs | high |
| 7 | 7Humana Inc. | 2 | Total obligations:$62.1B2 UEIs | high |
| 8 | 8BAE Systems PLC | 69 | Total obligations:$60.6B69 UEIs | medium |
| 9 | 9L3Harris Technologies
The 3 figures that add to this totalL3Harris Technologies, Inc $58.6B + L3 Technologies, Inc. $1.97B + Exelis Inc. -$72.7K = $60.6B 58,608.8 + 1,966.8 + -0.1 = 60,575.5 USD millions | 124 | Total obligations:$60.6B124 UEIs | medium |
| 10 | 10Cencora, Inc. | 9 | Total obligations:$33.3B9 UEIs | high |
| 11 | 11ADS Tactical, Inc. | 4 | Total obligations:$32.0B4 UEIs | high |
| 12 | 12Pfizer Inc | 5 | Total obligations:$31.9B5 UEIs | high |
| 13 | 13Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 58 | Total obligations:$31.2B58 UEIs | high |
| 14 | 14General Electric Company | 83 | Total obligations:$30.5B83 UEIs | medium |
| 15 | 15Centene Corporation | 2 | Total obligations:$27.4B2 UEIs | high |
| 16 | 16Bechtel Group, Inc. | 7 | Total obligations:$25.2B7 UEIs | medium |
| 17 | 17Science Applications International
The 2 figures that add to this totalScience Applications International Corporation $22.6B + Engility Corporation $1.71B = $24.3B 22,616.9 + 1,711.9 = 24,328.8 USD millions | 46 | Total obligations:$24.3B46 UEIs | medium |
| 18 | 18V2X
The 3 figures that add to this totalVectrus, Inc. $14.1B + Vertex Aerospace Services Corp. $8.76B + Vectrus Systems LLC $772.2M = $23.6B 14,070.2 + 8,760.4 + 772.2 = 23,602.8 USD millions | 16 | Total obligations:$23.6B16 UEIs | medium |
| 19 | 19General Atomics | 8 | Total obligations:$22.1B8 UEIs | medium |
| 20 | 20Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation | 16 | Total obligations:$21.9B16 UEIs | high |
| 21 | 21Fluor Corporation | 8 | Total obligations:$18.6B8 UEIs | high |
| 22 | 22CACI International Inc | 56 | Total obligations:$18.1B56 UEIs | high |
| 23 | 23Oshkosh Corp | 12 | Total obligations:$17.7B12 UEIs | medium |
| 24 | 24McKesson Corporation | 7 | Total obligations:$17.6B7 UEIs | high |
| 25 | 25Amentum Government Services Holdings LLC | 9 | Total obligations:$17.4B9 UEIs | medium |
| 26 | 26Bell Boeing Joint Project Office | 1 | Total obligations:$16.7B1 UEI | high |
| 27 | 27KBR, Inc. | 14 | Total obligations:$16.2B14 UEIs | high |
| 28 | 28Textron Inc | 26 | Total obligations:$14.3B26 UEIs | high |
| 29 | 29Sierra Nevada Company, LLC | 15 | Total obligations:$14.0B15 UEIs | medium |
| 30 | 30Leonardo S.p.A. | 55 | Total obligations:$13.3B55 UEIs | medium |
| 31 | 31The Johns Hopkins University | 3 | Total obligations:$12.3B3 UEIs | high |
| 32 | 32Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2 | Total obligations:$11.8B2 UEIs | high |
| 33 | 33Jacobs Engineering Group Inc | 61 | Total obligations:$11.8B61 UEIs | medium |
| 34 | 34United Launch Alliance, L.L.C | 1 | Total obligations:$10.6B1 UEI | high |
| 35 | 35Honeywell International Inc | 74 | Total obligations:$10.4B74 UEIs | medium |
| 36 | 36Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 22 | Total obligations:$10.2B22 UEIs | high |
| 37 | 37Modernatx Inc. | 2 | Total obligations:$10.00B2 UEIs | high |
| 38 | 38The Aerospace Corporation | 3 | Total obligations:$9.90B3 UEIs | medium |
| 39 | 39The MITRE Corporation | 2 | Total obligations:$9.85B2 UEIs | high |
| 40 | 40BP P.L.C. | 10 | Total obligations:$9.49B10 UEIs | medium |
| 41 | 41Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. | 10 | Total obligations:$8.67B10 UEIs | high |
| 42 | 42AECOM | 82 | Total obligations:$8.12B82 UEIs | high |
| 43 | 43Peraton Solutions Inc. | 6 | Total obligations:$7.80B6 UEIs | high |
| 44 | 44Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. | 2 | Total obligations:$7.58B2 UEIs | high |
| 45 | 45FedEx Corp | 11 | Total obligations:$7.56B11 UEIs | high |
| 46 | 46Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | 3 | Total obligations:$7.45B3 UEIs | medium |
| 47 | 47M1 Support Services, L.P. | 1 | Total obligations:$7.37B1 UEI | high |
| 48 | 48MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. | 4 | Total obligations:$7.13B4 UEIs | high |
| 49 | 49Government of Canada | 7 | Total obligations:$7.05B7 UEIs | high |
| 50 | 50Valero Energy Corporation | 1 | Total obligations:$7.05B1 UEI | high |
| 51 | 51Francisco Partners Management, L.P. | 7 | Total obligations:$6.86B7 UEIs | medium |
| 52 | 52Parsons Corporation | 26 | Total obligations:$6.81B26 UEIs | high |
| 53 | 53Serco Group PLC | 10 | Total obligations:$6.53B10 UEIs | high |
| 54 | 54Austal Limited | 5 | Total obligations:$6.46B5 UEIs | high |
| 55 | 55W S Darley & Co | 3 | Total obligations:$6.37B3 UEIs | high |
| 56 | 56Patriot Team | 1 | Total obligations:$6.00B1 UEI | high |
| 57 | 57Accredo Health Group Inc | 1 | Total obligations:$5.85B1 UEI | high |
| 58 | 58Carahsoft Technology Corp | 1 | Total obligations:$5.72B1 UEI | high |
| 59 | 59Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp | 1 | Total obligations:$5.68B1 UEI | high |
| 60 | 60Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | Total obligations:$5.57B1 UEI | high |
| 61 | 61Hensel Phelps Construction Co | 11 | Total obligations:$5.43B11 UEIs | high |
| 62 | 62Noble Supply & Logistics, LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$5.26B1 UEI | high |
| 63 | 63Georgia Tech Research Corp | 3 | Total obligations:$5.19B3 UEIs | medium |
| 64 | 64UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | 6 | Total obligations:$5.12B6 UEIs | high |
| 65 | 65Arctic Slope Regional Corporation | 25 | Total obligations:$4.94B25 UEIs | high |
| 66 | 66Torch Technologies Inc | 1 | Total obligations:$4.94B1 UEI | high |
| 67 | 67Crowley Holdings, Inc. | 14 | Total obligations:$4.91B14 UEIs | medium |
| 68 | 68Novetta Solutions, LLC | 4 | Total obligations:$4.90B4 UEIs | medium |
| 69 | 69Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation | 3 | Total obligations:$4.73B3 UEIs | high |
| 70 | 70Government of Japan | 3 | Total obligations:$4.69B3 UEIs | high |
| 71 | 71Eli Lilly and Company | 1 | Total obligations:$4.67B1 UEI | high |
| 72 | 72NANA Regional Corporation Inc | 40 | Total obligations:$4.62B40 UEIs | medium |
| 73 | 73The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. | 1 | Total obligations:$4.59B1 UEI | high |
| 74 | 74Cardinal Health, Inc. | 8 | Total obligations:$4.54B8 UEIs | high |
| 75 | 75The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. | 1 | Total obligations:$4.42B1 UEI | high |
| 76 | 76Valiant Integrated Services LLC | 5 | Total obligations:$4.37B5 UEIs | high |
| 77 | 77IAP Global Services, LLC | 8 | Total obligations:$4.26B8 UEIs | high |
| 78 | 78State of California Controllers Office | 44 | Total obligations:$4.24B44 UEIs | high |
| 79 | 79The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation | 1 | Total obligations:$4.21B1 UEI | high |
| 80 | 80Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP | 2 | Total obligations:$4.10B2 UEIs | high |
| 81 | 81International Business Machines Corporation | 22 | Total obligations:$4.04B22 UEIs | high |
| 82 | 82Vigor Industrial LLC | 6 | Total obligations:$4.01B6 UEIs | high |
| 83 | 83Government of the United States | 145 | Total obligations:$3.97B145 UEIs | high |
| 84 | 84Abbott Laboratories | 19 | Total obligations:$3.96B19 UEIs | high |
| 85 | 85SupplyCore LLC | 2 | Total obligations:$3.96B2 UEIs | high |
| 86 | 86Olin Corporation | 2 | Total obligations:$3.93B2 UEIs | medium |
| 87 | 87Veritas Capital Fund Management, L.L.C. | 17 | Total obligations:$3.90B17 UEIs | medium |
| 88 | 88Omnicom Group Inc. | 4 | Total obligations:$3.90B4 UEIs | high |
| 89 | 89Phillips 66 | 1 | Total obligations:$3.76B1 UEI | high |
| 90 | 90National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Inc | 1 | Total obligations:$3.73B1 UEI | high |
| 91 | 91World Wide Technology Holding Co., Inc. | 2 | Total obligations:$3.71B2 UEIs | high |
| 92 | 92S-Oil Corporation | 3 | Total obligations:$3.69B3 UEIs | high |
| 93 | 93Martins Point Health Care Inc | 1 | Total obligations:$3.66B1 UEI | high |
| 94 | 94Highmark Inc | 2 | Total obligations:$3.65B2 UEIs | medium |
| 95 | 95Viasat Inc | 6 | Total obligations:$3.64B6 UEIs | medium |
| 96 | 96Microsoft Corporation | 6 | Total obligations:$3.48B6 UEIs | high |
| 97 | 97WICO Limited | 5 | Total obligations:$3.41B5 UEIs | high |
| 98 | 98HIG Capital Management, Inc. | 4 | Total obligations:$3.41B4 UEIs | high |
| 99 | 99Petromax Refining Company LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$3.36B1 UEI | high |
| 100 | 100B.L. Harbert Holdings, L.L.C. | 1 | Total obligations:$3.35B1 UEI | high |
| 101 | 101ManTech International Corporation | 22 | Total obligations:$3.32B22 UEIs | medium |
| 102 | 102USF Holding Corp. | 26 | Total obligations:$3.31B26 UEIs | high |
| 103 | 103Dell Technologies Inc. | 6 | Total obligations:$3.29B6 UEIs | high |
| 104 | 104TransDigm Group
The 2 figures that add to this totalTransDigm Group Incorporated $3.26B + Esterline Technologies Corporation $2.32M = $3.26B 3,262.2 + 2.3 = 3,264.5 USD millions | 54 | Total obligations:$3.26B54 UEIs | medium |
| 105 | 105Teledyne Technologies
The 3 figures that add to this totalTeledyne Technologies Incorporated $1.98B + Teledyne FLIR, LLC $1.27B + FLIR Systems Inc $0 = $3.25B 1,977.57 + 1,269.77 + 0.00 = 3,247.34 USD millions | 74 | Total obligations:$3.25B74 UEIs | high |
| 106 | 106Brown & Root Industrial Services Holdings, LLC | 4 | Total obligations:$3.23B4 UEIs | medium |
| 107 | 107Defense Systems and Solutions | 1 | Total obligations:$3.23B1 UEI | high |
| 108 | 108Verizon Communications Inc | 25 | Total obligations:$3.19B25 UEIs | high |
| 109 | 109AAR Corp | 12 | Total obligations:$3.13B12 UEIs | high |
| 110 | 110RQ Construction, LLC | 2 | Total obligations:$3.11B2 UEIs | medium |
| 111 | 111DCS Corporation | 3 | Total obligations:$3.10B3 UEIs | high |
| 112 | 112Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. | 2 | Total obligations:$3.08B2 UEIs | high |
| 113 | 113Clark Construction LLC | 3 | Total obligations:$3.06B3 UEIs | high |
| 114 | 114Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. | 14 | Total obligations:$3.03B14 UEIs | high |
| 115 | 115CFM International Inc | 1 | Total obligations:$3.02B1 UEI | high |
| 116 | 116Weston Solutions Holdings, Inc. | 6 | Total obligations:$2.99B6 UEIs | high |
| 117 | 117Environmental Chemical Corporation | 3 | Total obligations:$2.98B3 UEIs | high |
| 118 | 118Michael Baker International, LLC | 14 | Total obligations:$2.89B14 UEIs | medium |
| 119 | 119Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, A Joint Venture | 1 | Total obligations:$2.84B1 UEI | high |
| 120 | 120Shell Deutschland GmbH | 2 | Total obligations:$2.83B2 UEIs | high |
| 121 | 121Foreign Awardees (Undisclosed) | 1 | Total obligations:$2.82B1 UEI | high |
| 122 | 122J & J Maintenance Inc | 2 | Total obligations:$2.81B2 UEIs | high |
| 123 | 123Aptim Holdings LLC | 4 | Total obligations:$2.79B4 UEIs | high |
| 124 | 124Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV | 1 | Total obligations:$2.78B1 UEI | high |
| 125 | 125FRS Holdings, Inc. | 1 | Total obligations:$2.78B1 UEI | high |
| 126 | 126Textron Systems Corp | 2 | Total obligations:$2.77B2 UEIs | medium |
| 127 | 127Battelle Memorial Institute | 8 | Total obligations:$2.76B8 UEIs | medium |
| 128 | 128Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche | 6 | Total obligations:$2.74B6 UEIs | high |
| 129 | 129Scientific Research Corporation | 2 | Total obligations:$2.73B2 UEIs | medium |
| 130 | 130The Pennsylvania State University | 4 | Total obligations:$2.71B4 UEIs | medium |
| 131 | 131Domestic Awardees (Undisclosed) | 1 | Total obligations:$2.70B1 UEI | high |
| 132 | 132Global Ordnance LLC | 2 | Total obligations:$2.68B2 UEIs | high |
| 133 | 133Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, The | 1 | Total obligations:$2.66B1 UEI | high |
| 134 | 134Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. | 5 | Total obligations:$2.65B5 UEIs | high |
| 135 | 135CAE Inc | 11 | Total obligations:$2.64B11 UEIs | high |
| 136 | 136Harper Construction Company, Inc. | 1 | Total obligations:$2.63B1 UEI | high |
| 137 | 137Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd | 6 | Total obligations:$2.59B6 UEIs | high |
| 138 | 138Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 41 | Total obligations:$2.58B41 UEIs | high |
| 139 | 139American Ordnance LLC | 3 | Total obligations:$2.57B3 UEIs | high |
| 140 | 140Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. | 27 | Total obligations:$2.53B27 UEIs | high |
| 141 | 141AT&T Inc. | 44 | Total obligations:$2.51B44 UEIs | high |
| 142 | 142Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS | 1 | Total obligations:$2.49B1 UEI | high |
| 143 | 143Manson Construction Co. | 1 | Total obligations:$2.48B1 UEI | high |
| 144 | 144HP, Inc. | 7 | Total obligations:$2.44B7 UEIs | high |
| 145 | 145Globalfoundries U.S. 2 LLC | 3 | Total obligations:$2.43B3 UEIs | high |
| 146 | 146Insight, Inc | 8 | Total obligations:$2.41B8 UEIs | medium |
| 147 | 147ECC Constructors LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$2.41B1 UEI | high |
| 148 | 148APM Terminals Pacific LLC | 2 | Total obligations:$2.40B2 UEIs | high |
| 149 | 149Chugach Alaska Corporation | 11 | Total obligations:$2.39B11 UEIs | high |
| 150 | 150Sodexo | 7 | Total obligations:$2.39B7 UEIs | high |
| 151 | 151University of Texas System | 22 | Total obligations:$2.36B22 UEIs | high |
| 152 | 152Aerovironment, Inc | 5 | Total obligations:$2.34B5 UEIs | medium |
| 153 | 153Southwest Valley Constructors Co | 1 | Total obligations:$2.34B1 UEI | high |
| 154 | 154ManTech TSG-2 Joint Venture | 1 | Total obligations:$2.31B1 UEI | high |
| 155 | 155Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees | 2 | Total obligations:$2.30B2 UEIs | medium |
| 156 | 156Applied Research Associates, Inc. | 8 | Total obligations:$2.30B8 UEIs | high |
| 157 | 157Glaxosmithkline PLC | 1 | Total obligations:$2.30B1 UEI | high |
| 158 | 158Palantir Technologies Inc. | 2 | Total obligations:$2.27B2 UEIs | high |
| 159 | 159Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation | 2 | Total obligations:$2.25B2 UEIs | high |
| 160 | 160Parker-Hannifin Corporation | 43 | Total obligations:$2.23B43 UEIs | high |
| 161 | 161CDW Corporation | 3 | Total obligations:$2.23B3 UEIs | high |
| 162 | 162Walsh Federal LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$2.22B1 UEI | high |
| 163 | 163Caterpillar Inc. | 8 | Total obligations:$2.22B8 UEIs | high |
| 164 | 164Merck & Co., Inc. | 1 | Total obligations:$2.21B1 UEI | high |
| 165 | 165Gilbane, Inc. | 4 | Total obligations:$2.20B4 UEIs | high |
| 166 | 166Weeks Marine Inc | 4 | Total obligations:$2.20B4 UEIs | high |
| 167 | 167Ernst & Young LLP | 2 | Total obligations:$2.20B2 UEIs | high |
| 168 | 168Range Generation Next LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$2.18B1 UEI | high |
| 169 | 169KPMG L.L.P. | 3 | Total obligations:$2.18B3 UEIs | medium |
| 170 | 170Owens & Minor, Inc. | 2 | Total obligations:$2.18B2 UEIs | high |
| 171 | 171SLSCO, Ltd. | 1 | Total obligations:$2.17B1 UEI | high |
| 172 | 172Walsh Group Ltd., The | 7 | Total obligations:$2.17B7 UEIs | high |
| 173 | 173DLT Mergerco LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$2.16B1 UEI | high |
| 174 | 174ANHAM FZCO | 1 | Total obligations:$2.16B1 UEI | high |
| 175 | 175Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$2.15B1 UEI | high |
| 176 | 176Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd. | 1 | Total obligations:$2.12B1 UEI | high |
| 177 | 177Johnson Controls International Public Limited Company | 28 | Total obligations:$2.10B28 UEIs | medium |
| 178 | 178Saab Aktiebolag | 9 | Total obligations:$2.10B9 UEIs | high |
| 179 | 179Ashbritt Inc | 1 | Total obligations:$2.10B1 UEI | high |
| 180 | 180Patriot Contract Services, LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$2.09B1 UEI | high |
| 181 | 181Oasis Systems, LLC | 5 | Total obligations:$2.08B5 UEIs | high |
| 182 | 182Dynetics, Inc. | 1 | Total obligations:$2.06B1 UEI | high |
| 183 | 183Lumen Technologies, Inc | 56 | Total obligations:$2.06B56 UEIs | high |
| 184 | 184Thales | 22 | Total obligations:$2.03B22 UEIs | medium |
| 185 | 185Vinci | 15 | Total obligations:$2.01B15 UEIs | medium |
| 186 | 186Riverside Research Institute | 4 | Total obligations:$1.99B4 UEIs | medium |
| 187 | 187WPP PLC | 3 | Total obligations:$1.99B3 UEIs | high |
| 188 | 188Vitol Inc. | 3 | Total obligations:$1.97B3 UEIs | high |
| 189 | 189iHealth Labs Inc. | 1 | Total obligations:$1.97B1 UEI | high |
| 190 | 190RAM-System GmbH | 1 | Total obligations:$1.97B1 UEI | high |
| 191 | 191Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited | 3 | Total obligations:$1.95B3 UEIs | high |
| 192 | 192Tetra Tech, Inc. | 55 | Total obligations:$1.94B55 UEIs | medium |
| 193 | 193Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC | 1 | Total obligations:$1.94B1 UEI | high |
| 194 | 194DMS Pharmaceutical Group Inc | 1 | Total obligations:$1.93B1 UEI | high |
| 195 | 195TCOM, L.P. | 1 | Total obligations:$1.91B1 UEI | high |