Rankings
Top contractors of the Department of Defense: FY2021
FY2021 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-12
≈ computed · agency obligations
Lockheed Martin Corporation received more money from the Department of Defense than any other recipient in FY2021: $39.1B in obligations. Ranked by what the Department of Defense obligated to each recipient in FY2021, so the list is about this agency's money rather than a contractor's overall size. Combined corporate families count once. Computed
Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. Rank vs FY2020 is each name's change in position from FY2020; a dash means the name was not in FY2020's data.
Quick findings
Computed- The top 10 account for 60% of the $237.1B combined total of all 100 recipients listed.
- Pfizer Inc rose the most, from #560 in FY2020 to #5 in FY2021.
- Federal Resources Supply Company, LLC fell the most among those listed, from #26 in FY2020 to #92 in FY2021.
| Rank | Name | FY2021 | FY2020 | Change | Rank vs FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lockheed Martin Corporation0 awards | $39.1B | $73.9B | −47% | same |
| 02 | The Boeing Company0 awards | $21.2B | $20.7B | +2% | ▲ 2 |
| 03 | RTX Corporation0 awards | $18B | $25.1B | −28% | ▼ 1 |
| 04 | General Dynamics Corporation0 awards | $16.2B | $20.8B | −23% | ▼ 1 |
| 05 | Pfizer Inc0 awards | $13.3B | $109.2K | — | ▲ 555 |
| 06 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation0 awards | $9.7B | $8.7B | +11% | ▼ 1 |
| 07 | Humana Government Business Inc0 awards | $7.1B | $6.9B | +3% | same |
| 08 | Modernatx, Inc.0 awards | $6.9B | $1.2B | +465% | ▲ 25 |
| 09 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.0 awards | $6.4B | $8.1B | −20% | ▼ 3 |
| 10 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc0 awards | $5.6B | — | — | — |
| 11 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc.0 awards | $4.4B | $4.5B | −1% | ▼ 2 |
| 12 | BAE Systems, Inc.0 awards | $4.1B | $6.1B | −32% | ▼ 4 |
| 13 | Leidos, Inc.0 awards | $3.4B | $3.1B | +9% | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Health Net Federal Services, LLC0 awards | $3.2B | $3.1B | +4% | ▼ 3 |
| 15 | Mckesson Corporation0 awards | $3B | $2.8B | +4% | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.0 awards | $2.8B | $3.1B | −10% | ▼ 3 |
| 17 | General Electric Company0 awards | $2.7B | $4B | −33% | ▼ 7 |
| 18 | Bell Boeing Joint Project Office0 awards | $2.5B | $2B | +21% | ▲ 3 |
| 19 | KBR, Inc.0 awards | $2.4B | $1.8B | +32% | ▲ 4 |
| 20 | Bechtel Corporation0 awards | $2.3B | $1.7B | +37% | ▲ 4 |
| 21 | V2X, Inc.0 awards | $2.3B | $2.3B | +2% | ▼ 4 |
| 22 | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc0 awards | $2.2B | $2.3B | −4% | ▼ 6 |
| 23 | Oshkosh Defense LLC0 awards | $2.2B | $2.4B | −10% | ▼ 8 |
| 24 | General Atomics0 awards | $2.1B | $2.2B | −3% | ▼ 5 |
| 25 | Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp0 awards | $2B | $2.1B | −6% | ▼ 5 |
| 26 | Eli Lilly and Company0 awards | $1.9B | — | — | — |
| 27 | Science Applications International Corporation0 awards | $1.8B | $1.4B | +24% | same |
| 28 | Abbott Rapid DX North America LLC0 awards | $1.7B | $60.6M | — | ▲ 298 |
| 29 | Science Applications International Corporation0 awards | $1.7B | $1.4B | +19% | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC0 awards | $1.4B | $1.7B | −14% | ▼ 5 |
| 31 | CACI International Inc0 awards | $1.4B | $1.4B | +2% | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | V2X Systems LLC0 awards | $1.4B | $1.3B | +5% | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology0 awards | $1.2B | $1.2B | +2% | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC0 awards | $1.2B | $13.8K | — | ▲ 546 |
| 35 | Dyncorp International LLC0 awards | $1.2B | $1.8B | −34% | ▼ 13 |
| 36 | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC0 awards | $1.2B | $1.2B | +2% | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Amentum Services, Inc.0 awards | $1.2B | $1.1B | +1% | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Ministry of Defense0 awards | $1.1B | — | — | — |
| 39 | Department of Energy0 awards | $1.1B | — | — | — |
| 40 | The Aerospace Corporation0 awards | $1B | $1B | 0% | same |
| 41 | Peraton Corp.0 awards | $1B | $1.4B | −28% | ▼ 12 |
| 42 | The Mitre Corporation0 awards | $994.3M | $984.5M | +1% | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Rolls-Royce Corporation0 awards | $981M | $994.4M | −1% | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Amentum Technology, Inc.0 awards | $948M | $704.5M | +35% | ▲ 9 |
| 45 | V2X Aerospace LLC0 awards | $901.7M | $781.9M | +15% | ▲ 5 |
| 46 | Dell Technologies Inc.0 awards | $858M | $937.9M | −9% | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | FedEx Corporation0 awards | $845.3M | $802.1M | +5% | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Walsh - Turner JV II0 awards | $840.1M | — | — | — |
| 49 | M1 Support Services, L.p.0 awards | $831.3M | $941M | −12% | ▼ 5 |
| 50 | Express Scripts Inc0 awards | $742.5M | $678.9M | +9% | ▲ 5 |
| 51 | Core Tech-Hdcc-Kajima LLC0 awards | $730.4M | — | — | — |
| 52 | Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC0 awards | $668.8M | $823.8M | −19% | ▼ 6 |
| 53 | United Launch Services, LLC0 awards | $633.3M | $1B | −38% | ▼ 12 |
| 54 | Canadian Commercial Corporation0 awards | $625.8M | $700.5M | −11% | same |
| 55 | Deloitte LLP0 awards | $597.2M | $584.6M | +2% | ▲ 6 |
| 56 | Parsons Government Services Inc.0 awards | $585.7M | $466.6M | +26% | ▲ 21 |
| 57 | Patriot Team0 awards | $582.4M | $726.7M | −20% | ▼ 5 |
| 58 | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp0 awards | $580.9M | $591.1M | −2% | ▲ 2 |
| 59 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0 awards | $563.8M | $287.1M | +96% | ▲ 68 |
| 60 | Marinette Marine Corporation0 awards | $562.4M | $802.2M | −30% | ▼ 13 |
| 61 | Carahsoft Technology Corp0 awards | $551M | $563.7M | −2% | ▲ 1 |
| 62 | Cardinal Health 200, LLC0 awards | $530.6M | $520.7M | +2% | ▲ 6 |
| 63 | Valero Marketing and Supply CO0 awards | $513.3M | $353.7M | +45% | ▲ 43 |
| 64 | BP Products North America Inc.0 awards | $510M | $410.3M | +24% | ▲ 30 |
| 65 | Great Lakes Dredge & Dock CO, LLC0 awards | $505M | $490.5M | +3% | ▲ 7 |
| 66 | Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP0 awards | $502.1M | $30M | — | ▲ 301 |
| 67 | Hensel Phelps Construction Co.0 awards | $500.2M | $487.3M | +3% | ▲ 6 |
| 68 | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.0 awards | $470.4M | $437.9M | +7% | ▲ 17 |
| 69 | Torch Technologies Inc0 awards | $466.5M | $523.4M | −11% | ▼ 2 |
| 70 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, the0 awards | $464.5M | $473.5M | −2% | ▲ 6 |
| 71 | The Johns Hopkins Medical Services Corporation0 awards | $448M | $453.3M | −1% | ▲ 10 |
| 72 | Metro Machine Corp.0 awards | $439.9M | — | — | — |
| 73 | United Concordia Companies, Inc.0 awards | $436.5M | $429.1M | +2% | ▲ 15 |
| 74 | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.0 awards | $436.4M | $462.7M | −6% | ▲ 4 |
| 75 | Honeywell International Inc.0 awards | $435.7M | $534.4M | −18% | ▼ 10 |
| 76 | W S Darley & CO0 awards | $428.3M | $610M | −30% | ▼ 18 |
| 77 | World Wide Technology LLC0 awards | $425.1M | $387.2M | +10% | ▲ 19 |
| 78 | Petromax Refining Company LLC0 awards | $425M | $210.1M | +102% | ▲ 93 |
| 79 | Serco Inc0 awards | $423.7M | $407.9M | +4% | ▲ 16 |
| 80 | Viasat Inc0 awards | $404.9M | $562.7M | −28% | ▼ 17 |
| 81 | Orbital Sciences LLC0 awards | $397.7M | $416.7M | −5% | ▲ 11 |
| 82 | Crowley Government Services, Inc.0 awards | $395.2M | $277.6M | +42% | ▲ 51 |
| 83 | Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC0 awards | $393.9M | $250.2M | +57% | ▲ 62 |
| 84 | Martins Point Health Care Inc0 awards | $392.3M | $375.1M | +5% | ▲ 16 |
| 85 | Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, a Joint Venture0 awards | $373.2M | $262.1M | +42% | ▲ 53 |
| 86 | Alberici-Mortenson a Joint Venture0 awards | $369.9M | $194.8M | +90% | ▲ 107 |
| 87 | Foreign Awardees (Undisclosed)0 awards | $361M | $432.1M | −16% | same |
| 88 | RQ Construction, LLC0 awards | $356.7M | $320.4M | +11% | ▲ 25 |
| 89 | Archer Western Federal JV0 awards | $348.8M | $415.5M | −16% | ▲ 4 |
| 90 | DDB Chicago Inc.0 awards | $348.1M | $349.4M | 0% | ▲ 17 |
| 91 | Tcom, L.p.0 awards | $348.1M | $176.2M | +98% | ▲ 121 |
| 92 | Federal Resources Supply Company, LLC0 awards | $344.9M | $1.4B | −76% | ▼ 66 |
| 93 | S-Oil Corporation0 awards | $340.3M | $300.1M | +13% | ▲ 29 |
| 94 | Microsoft Corporation0 awards | $339.5M | $420.9M | −19% | ▼ 4 |
| 95 | Am General LLC0 awards | $336.8M | $436.1M | −23% | ▼ 9 |
| 96 | Olin Winchester LLC0 awards | $333.1M | $237.1M | +40% | ▲ 56 |
| 97 | BL Harbert International LLC0 awards | $331.5M | $91.8M | +261% | ▲ 193 |
| 98 | Phillips 66 Company0 awards | $329.3M | $457.9M | −28% | ▼ 18 |
| 99 | Bell Textron Inc0 awards | $328.7M | $540M | −39% | ▼ 35 |
| 100 | Okinawa Idemitsu K.k.0 awards | $327.4M | — | — | — |
Obligations are the dollars the agency committed, which is not the same as dollars paid out. A recipient can appear on several agencies' lists; each ranks only its own money.
Questions
- Who is the Department of Defense's biggest contractor in FY2021?
- Lockheed Martin Corporation, with $39.1B obligated in FY2021. Second is The Boeing Company at $21.2B.
- Where does this ranking come from?
- It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total the Department of Defense obligated to that recipient in FY2021. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2021. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
- Does a high position mean anything is wrong?
- No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2021, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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