Rankings
Top contractors of the Department of Defense: FY2023
FY2023 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-03
≈ computed · agency obligations
Lockheed Martin Corporation received more money from the Department of Defense than any other recipient in FY2023: $67.8B in obligations. Ranked by what the Department of Defense obligated to each recipient in FY2023, 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 FY2022 is each name's change in position from FY2022; a dash means the name was not in FY2022's data.
Quick findings
Computed- The top 10 account for 62% of the $250.8B combined total of all 100 recipients listed.
- Aevex Aerospace, LLC rose the most, from #279 in FY2022 to #86 in FY2023.
- Mckesson Corporation fell the most among those listed, from #15 in FY2022 to #70 in FY2023.
| Rank | Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | Change | Rank vs FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lockheed Martin Corporation0 awards | $67.8B | $45.2B | +50% | same |
| 02 | General Dynamics Corporation0 awards | $22.4B | $20.7B | +8% | ▲ 1 |
| 03 | The Boeing Company0 awards | $15.3B | $13.8B | +11% | ▲ 2 |
| 04 | RTX Corporation0 awards | $12.5B | $22.9B | −45% | ▼ 2 |
| 05 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.0 awards | $10.1B | $5.4B | +86% | ▲ 3 |
| 06 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corp0 awards | $9.8B | $11.2B | −13% | same |
| 07 | BAE Systems, Inc.0 awards | $6.9B | $4.2B | +64% | ▲ 3 |
| 08 | Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.0 awards | $4.4B | $3B | +46% | ▲ 5 |
| 09 | Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp0 awards | $4.4B | $2B | +122% | ▲ 15 |
| 10 | General Electric Company0 awards | $3.9B | $2.4B | +59% | ▲ 8 |
| 11 | Leidos, Inc.0 awards | $3.8B | $3.9B | −4% | same |
| 12 | Health Net Federal Services, LLC0 awards | $3.6B | $3.5B | +2% | same |
| 13 | V2X, Inc.0 awards | $3B | $2.1B | +40% | ▲ 8 |
| 14 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc.0 awards | $2.6B | $5.1B | −50% | ▼ 5 |
| 15 | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc0 awards | $2.5B | $2.4B | +6% | ▲ 4 |
| 16 | Okinawa Idemitsu K.k.0 awards | $2.4B | $2.4B | +2% | ▲ 4 |
| 17 | KBR, Inc.0 awards | $2.2B | $3B | −25% | ▼ 3 |
| 18 | Science Applications International Corporation0 awards | $2.2B | $2B | +6% | ▲ 5 |
| 19 | General Atomics0 awards | $2.1B | $2.1B | +3% | ▲ 3 |
| 20 | Amentum Services, Inc.0 awards | $2.1B | $1.4B | +50% | ▲ 15 |
| 21 | Science Applications International Corporation0 awards | $2.1B | $1.9B | +9% | ▲ 4 |
| 22 | V2X Systems LLC0 awards | $2B | $1.1B | +81% | ▲ 19 |
| 23 | Oshkosh Defense LLC0 awards | $2B | $1.6B | +21% | ▲ 10 |
| 24 | Pfizer Inc0 awards | $1.9B | $16.7B | −89% | ▼ 20 |
| 25 | CACI International Inc0 awards | $1.8B | $1.4B | +31% | ▲ 12 |
| 26 | Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC0 awards | $1.5B | $1.7B | −10% | ▲ 4 |
| 27 | Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin JV0 awards | $1.5B | $745.9M | +106% | ▲ 33 |
| 28 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology0 awards | $1.5B | $1.2B | +21% | ▲ 10 |
| 29 | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC0 awards | $1.5B | $1.2B | +21% | ▲ 10 |
| 30 | Dell Technologies Inc.0 awards | $1.4B | $1B | +38% | ▲ 17 |
| 31 | Valero Marketing and Supply CO0 awards | $1.2B | $1.4B | −13% | ▲ 5 |
| 32 | The Mitre Corporation0 awards | $1.2B | $1.1B | +13% | ▲ 10 |
| 33 | Sierra Nevada Company, LLC0 awards | $1.2B | $905.2M | +29% | ▲ 19 |
| 34 | BP Products North America Inc.0 awards | $1.2B | $1.6B | −25% | same |
| 35 | The Aerospace Corporation0 awards | $1.1B | $1B | +7% | ▲ 10 |
| 36 | Weston Solutions Inc0 awards | $1.1B | — | — | — |
| 37 | FedEx Corporation0 awards | $1.1B | — | — | — |
| 38 | Peraton Corp.0 awards | $1.1B | $713.3M | +49% | ▲ 26 |
| 39 | Am General LLC0 awards | $1B | $463.1M | +125% | ▲ 52 |
| 40 | United Launch Services, LLC0 awards | $1B | $1.1B | −4% | ▲ 4 |
| 41 | Patriot Team0 awards | $1B | $854.9M | +17% | ▲ 12 |
| 42 | Noble Supply & Logistics, LLC0 awards | $1B | $723.4M | +39% | ▲ 21 |
| 43 | Bell Textron Inc0 awards | $985.2M | $300.8M | +228% | ▲ 91 |
| 44 | Leonardo DRS, Inc.0 awards | $980M | $494.6M | +98% | ▲ 43 |
| 45 | V2X Aerospace LLC0 awards | $976.7M | $1B | −3% | ▲ 3 |
| 46 | Rolls-Royce Corporation0 awards | $968.2M | $963.2M | +1% | ▲ 5 |
| 47 | Global Military Products Inc0 awards | $964M | $323.5M | +198% | ▲ 78 |
| 48 | W S Darley & CO0 awards | $953M | $605.6M | +57% | ▲ 24 |
| 49 | Bell Boeing Joint Project Office0 awards | $942.8M | $1.9B | −50% | ▼ 23 |
| 50 | Amentum Technology, Inc.0 awards | $929.6M | $1B | −9% | ▼ 4 |
| 51 | Deloitte LLP0 awards | $919.3M | $744.3M | +24% | ▲ 10 |
| 52 | Canadian Commercial Corporation0 awards | $910.1M | $635.4M | +43% | ▲ 17 |
| 53 | Ministry of Defense0 awards | $905.9M | $994.1M | −9% | ▼ 3 |
| 54 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0 awards | $856.2M | $759.3M | +13% | ▲ 5 |
| 55 | M1 Support Services, L.p.0 awards | $849.1M | $821.2M | +3% | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Parsons Corporation0 awards | $764.7M | — | — | — |
| 57 | Honeywell International Inc.0 awards | $740.9M | $535.9M | +38% | ▲ 24 |
| 58 | National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Inc0 awards | $704.2M | $297M | +137% | ▲ 79 |
| 59 | Walsh Federal LLC0 awards | $695.1M | $261.9M | +165% | ▲ 93 |
| 60 | American Ordnance LLC0 awards | $694.9M | — | — | — |
| 61 | Serco Inc0 awards | $682.4M | $505.6M | +35% | ▲ 22 |
| 62 | Ram-System Gmbh0 awards | $679.8M | — | — | — |
| 63 | Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp0 awards | $676.2M | $654.1M | +3% | ▲ 2 |
| 64 | Express Scripts Inc0 awards | $673.2M | $737.7M | −9% | ▼ 2 |
| 65 | DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC0 awards | $667.8M | $333.7M | +100% | ▲ 56 |
| 66 | Torch Technologies Inc0 awards | $667.5M | $580.3M | +15% | ▲ 9 |
| 67 | Vitol Aviation CO0 awards | $623.8M | $550.6M | +13% | ▲ 11 |
| 68 | Marinette Marine Corporation0 awards | $613.2M | $637.1M | −4% | same |
| 69 | DDB Chicago Inc.0 awards | $596.3M | $362.6M | +64% | ▲ 45 |
| 70 | Mckesson Corporation0 awards | $593.2M | $2.9B | −80% | ▼ 55 |
| 71 | Petromax Refining Company LLC0 awards | $585.2M | $536.1M | +9% | ▲ 9 |
| 72 | S-Oil Corporation0 awards | $554.9M | $413.9M | +34% | ▲ 25 |
| 73 | Bundesamt Für Bauwesen Und Raumordnung0 awards | $550.5M | $199.3M | +176% | ▲ 122 |
| 74 | Parsons Government Services Inc.0 awards | $547.4M | $493.7M | +11% | ▲ 14 |
| 75 | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.0 awards | $539.2M | $364.5M | +48% | ▲ 38 |
| 76 | Accenture Federal Services LLC0 awards | $534.7M | $496.4M | +8% | ▲ 10 |
| 77 | Great Lakes Dredge & Dock CO, LLC0 awards | $527.9M | $288.7M | +83% | ▲ 63 |
| 78 | Supplycore LLC0 awards | $509.1M | $342.1M | +49% | ▲ 41 |
| 79 | Olin Winchester LLC0 awards | $508.5M | $383.8M | +32% | ▲ 28 |
| 80 | Cae USA Inc.0 awards | $498.1M | $388.6M | +28% | ▲ 25 |
| 81 | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.0 awards | $487.8M | $381.4M | +28% | ▲ 28 |
| 82 | Hensel Phelps Construction Co.0 awards | $481M | $1.2B | −59% | ▼ 42 |
| 83 | Phillips 66 Company0 awards | $479.3M | $433.6M | +11% | ▲ 11 |
| 84 | The Johns Hopkins Medical Services Corporation0 awards | $473.7M | $455.7M | +4% | ▲ 8 |
| 85 | Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV0 awards | $463.6M | — | — | — |
| 86 | Aevex Aerospace, LLC0 awards | $457.8M | $132.8M | +245% | ▲ 193 |
| 87 | Defense Systems and Solutions0 awards | $455.8M | $268.5M | +70% | ▲ 59 |
| 88 | RQ Construction, LLC0 awards | $454.8M | $381.1M | +19% | ▲ 22 |
| 89 | CFM International Inc0 awards | $447.5M | $336.1M | +33% | ▲ 31 |
| 90 | 381 Constructors0 awards | $444.7M | $417.6M | +6% | ▲ 5 |
| 91 | National Aerospace Solutions, LLC0 awards | $442.5M | $299.5M | +48% | ▲ 45 |
| 92 | Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, a Joint Venture0 awards | $430M | $384.9M | +12% | ▲ 14 |
| 93 | AECOM Technical Services, Inc.0 awards | $429.8M | $408.7M | +5% | ▲ 8 |
| 94 | Austal USA, LLC0 awards | $428.3M | $820.5M | −48% | ▼ 37 |
| 95 | Parker-Hannifin Corporation0 awards | $424.5M | $253.1M | +68% | ▲ 60 |
| 96 | Viasat Inc0 awards | $421M | $501.4M | −16% | ▼ 11 |
| 97 | Martins Point Health Care Inc0 awards | $416.1M | $409.1M | +2% | ▲ 1 |
| 98 | Microsoft Corporation0 awards | $413.9M | $404.4M | +2% | ▲ 4 |
| 99 | Bechtel Corporation0 awards | $408.3M | — | — | — |
| 100 | Imt Defense Corp0 awards | $399.2M | — | — | — |
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 FY2023?
- Lockheed Martin Corporation, with $67.8B obligated in FY2023. Second is General Dynamics Corporation at $22.4B.
- 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 FY2023. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
- How many recipients are shown?
- The top 100 for FY2023. 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 FY2023, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.
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