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DOD Contract Awards

Every business day at 5 PM ET, the Department of Defense publishes contract awards worth $7.5M+ across all military branches. We parse them within hours, map contractors to public tickers, and categorize by type — giving you same-day visibility into where defense dollars are flowing before it hits any financial data feed.

How to Read This Data

AWARD
New contract awards — actual dollars committed for specific work. This is real spending.
MOD
Contract modifications — changes to existing contracts. Can add scope, extend timelines, or increase funding.
IDIQ
IDIQ ceiling — maximum possible value over the contract life. Not guaranteed spend — actual task orders are issued against this ceiling over time.
TICKER
Green left border = publicly traded contractor. Ticker badge shows the stock symbol. Useful for tracking which defense primes are winning work.
Why it matters: Defense contract awards are the earliest public indicator of where DOD spending is directed. This data appears on defense.gov hours before it reaches financial terminals or data aggregators. IDIQ ceilings are excluded from the headline value to avoid inflating the numbers.
Awards + Mods
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Awarded Value
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Public Tickers
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IDIQ Ceilings
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Last Updated
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Data Source & Methodology

Source: Department of Defense daily contract announcements, published at defense.gov at 5 PM ET on business days. All contracts valued at $7.5M+ are included per DOD policy.

Contract types: FFP (Firm-Fixed-Price) = fixed cost, lowest risk. CPIF (Cost-Plus) = cost reimbursement with incentive fee. IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity) = ceiling value for task orders issued over time. FPI = Fixed-Price Incentive.

Ticker mapping: Contractor names are matched to public stock tickers using a curated mapping of 40+ defense primes and IT services firms. Private companies (Anduril, General Atomics, Sierra Nevada) are tracked but unmarked.

Limitations: IDIQ ceiling amounts represent maximum possible value, not guaranteed spend. Multi-awardee IDIQs split the ceiling across all awardees via competitive task orders. Modification amounts are incremental, not cumulative contract value.