This contract expires in 81 days (Jan 16, 2027).
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION - DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT
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Description
DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT
Context & Analysis
On Dec 3, 2025, Department of Defense obligated $510,876,766.16 to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION for darpa research project. The award is classified under NAICS 541715 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) and issued as a cost plus fixed fee contract. Competition extent: not competed with 1 offer received. The procurement used a NO SET ASIDE USED. set-aside. Performance is located in PALMDALE, CA. The contract is scheduled through Jan 16, 2027 — approximately 3 months remaining. This award is one of several similar procurements from Department of Defense under NAICS 541715 — related awards are listed below.
Market context
- Recompete outlook
- Ends Jan 16, 2027, in 3 months. Recompete signal as of Oct 25, 2026: 89/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
- Competition
- Not competed. 94% of 435 awards in this market (Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years) were competed; median 999 offers.
- Award size
- At $510.9M, this award is larger than 19 in 20 of the 3193 priced Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years (median $884K).
- Incumbent at this agency
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION has 798 other awards from Department of Defense, totalling $121.1B, 2025–2026.
- Largest vendors in this market
By obligations, Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years.
- FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC — 2 awards, $27.8B
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP — 10 awards, $21.0B
- THE MITRE CORPORATION — 12 awards, $5.3B
Computed from USAspending award data on Oct 25, 2026.
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