Rifle and handgun makers are left out; the largest, Knight’s Armament of Titusville, drew $48.2M in fiscal 2025. Drone makers whose products can also serve in war are marked “Dual use.” Each entry names its evidence.
U.S.
Lockheed Martin
Orlando, Ocala, Pinellas Park, Titusville, West Palm Beach, Eglin
Missiles and fire control in Orlando and Ocala, including long-range anti-ship and Hellfire missiles; targeting pods; F-35 training.
$9.7B in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Complete guided missile systems; Guided missile components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $7.2B, from 2024: Long range anti-ship missile/joint air-to-surface standoff missile large lot procurement
- $6.3B, from 2018: Hellfire buy 17 production.
Israel: Pentagon change order of $33.4 million in July 2025 on F-35 upgrades, $7.7 million of it for Israel's program. Federal records also list a $8.5 million order for Israel's LANTIRN targeting pods, performed in Orlando (2018).
Other countries: Florida contract records name Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Egypt, South Korea and others.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Lockheed Martin, Florida locations; Defence Industry Europe, July 29, 2025. USAspending.
U.S.
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems
St. Petersburg; St. Marks Powder, Crawfordville
Tank and artillery ammunition contracts run from St. Petersburg, including 120mm M829A4 rounds. Ball propellant at St. Marks Powder.
$937.4M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Ammunition, 75mm through 125mm; Ammunition, over 125mm.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $464.4M, from 2022: FMS car
- $343.1M, from 2025: Delivery order 1, PY6 for the M829A4 cartridge, 120mm, armor piercing, fin stabilized, discarding sabot with…
Israel: Named principal contractor (Garland, Texas) on the proposed $2.04 billion bomb and warhead sale to Israel, February 2025, and on a $61.1 million mortar round sale (a Quebec unit), August 2024. Neither names a Florida site, and Repkon USA later bought the Garland plant.
Other countries: Federal records name Ukraine on a $439.5 million Florida contract (2023).
Evidence: Federal contract records. Wikipedia, St. Marks Powder; DSCA, Feb. 28, 2025; ASD News, Aug. 13, 2024. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
Repkon USA (now Paligen Technologies)
Tampa
Turkey: U.S. unit of REPKON; ownership after the March 2026 name change not stated. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Metal forming and explosives plants. Its largest federal award, about $808 million from 2024, builds a TNT capability in Graham, Kentucky; records place the work in Tampa.
$652.5M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Bulk explosives.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $808.3M, from 2024: Establishment within the continental United states of a capability to produce trinitrotoluene (TNT).
Israel: A federal notice names Repkon USA of Garland, Texas, as principal contractor on 12,000 BLU-110 bomb bodies for Israel, $151.8 million estimated, March 2026. REPKON says it made no direct sale and has no part in the decision.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Federal Register, April 14, 2026; Turkish Minute, March 11, 2026; Ynet; Cumhuriyet, March 9, 2026; SavunmaTR, Nov. 13, 2024. USAspending.
U.S.
Longbow LLC
Orlando
Fire control radars for Apache helicopters, built in Orlando.
$496.6M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Repair: aircraft components and accessories; Management support: logistics support.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $397.0M, from 2024: Fire control radar (FCR) production
- $337.0M, from 2020: REU production lots 7-11 op 5 USA/FMS
Israel: A $42,796 rate-sensor order labeled for Israel (2009).
Other countries: Florida contract records name South Korea, Qatar, the U.K., the Netherlands and others.
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Global Military Products (Global Ordnance)
Tampa
Federal records list Global Ordnance LLC as parent.
Sells ammunition and weapons, including Soviet-type stocks, to the Army and Special Operations Command. Founded in 2013.
$475.0M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous weapons; Ammunition, over 30mm up to 75mm.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $638.3M, from 2025: Special ammunition and weapons systems FMS requirement
- $613.7M, from 2023: Purchase of ammunition
Other countries: Defense One reported a $522 million Army contract, shared with Northrop Grumman, for 155mm shells for Ukraine; the shells appeared to come from Bulgaria. Its largest federal award is labeled a foreign military sale ($638.3 million, 2025).
Evidence: Federal contract records. Defense One, July 2023. USAspending.
U.S.
L3Harris Technologies
Melbourne (headquarters), Palm Bay, St. Petersburg area, Orlando (Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman)
Radios, surveillance systems, electronic warfare and missile propulsion; calls itself Florida's largest aerospace and defense company. Harris, of Melbourne, made the StingRay, KingFish and Crossbow cell-site simulators used by police and ICE; it reportedly stopped selling them to local police in 2020.
$438.9M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Guided missile and space vehicle explosive propulsion units, solid fuel; and components; Fire control transmitting and receiving equipment, except airborne.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $524.2M, from 2020: MET sustainment support UCA
- $221.1M, from 2020: SDA tracking layer tranche 0, wide field of view (WFOV) program
Israel: AFSC lists Israeli contracts for Merkava tank engines (2011) and an L3 unit's part in a $647 million JDAM fuse sale to Israel (2012). A memorandum with Israel Aerospace Industries to pursue Israel's light-attack aircraft program followed in October 2025.
Evidence: Federal contract records. iConnect007, Dec. 9, 2024; GovCon Executive, Oct. 20, 2025; AFSC Investigate, L3Harris; Miami New Times. USAspending.
U.S.
Raytheon (RTX)
Largo
Cooperative Engagement Capability work and guided-missile repair at Largo. Partner on Nammo’s Perry rocket motor lines.
$395.6M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Repair: guided missiles; Fire control transmitting and receiving equipment, except airborne.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $413.8M, from 2019: Cooperative engagement capability design agent and engineering services
- $379.9M, from 2013: Cooperative engagement capability (CEC)
Israel: R2S, a joint venture of Raytheon and Israel's Rafael, won a $1.25 billion contract to supply Israel with Tamir missiles for Iron Dome, November 2025. The plant is in East Camden, Arkansas, not Florida.
Evidence: Federal contract records. RTX, Nov. 21, 2025. USAspending.
U.S.
High Noon Unlimited
Holiday
TNT flake for the Army: its largest award is $77.4 million.
$19.4M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Bulk explosives; Individual equipment.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $77.4M, from 2023: Trinitrotoluene flake
- $67.0M, from 2024: Purchase of trinitrotoluene flake (TNT)
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
UDC USA
Tampa
Pyrotechnics, demolition materials and ammunition.
$16.5M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Pyrotechnics; Demolition materials.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $9.0M, from 2024: DO 1 to award minimum quantity
- $7.2M, from 2025: DO 2 for BES id/iq contract (W15QKN-25-D-0005)
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
Nammo Perry
10625 Puckett Road, Perry
Norway and Finland: Norway's government 50%, Patria 50%.
40mm ammunition, demolition charges, hand grenade fuzes and pyrotechnics. New rocket motor factory under construction, with Raytheon as partner.
$10.2M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Demolition materials; Ammunition, over 30mm up to 75mm.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $549.4M, from 2024: Ukraine: this delivery order is for purchase of 253,914 units of M119A2 propelling bag charges.
- $292.1M, from 2023: Ukraine. delivery order 001 for 155mm M119A2 propellant bag charges
Israel: A 2009 report said Israel's military bought 28,000 M72 weapons from a different Nammo unit, Nammo Talley in Arizona. No current deal found.
Other countries: Federal records name Ukraine on its two largest Florida contracts in this search: $549.4 million (2024) and $292.1 million (2023).
Evidence: Federal contract records. Nammo, Perry; Wikipedia, Nammo; GovConWire, Sept. 2026. USAspending.
U.S.
Weapons and Tactics Alliance Group
Largo
Electronic countermeasures and spectrum monitoring gear.
$4.2M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Electronic countermeasures, counter-countermeasures and quick reaction capability equipment; Electrical and electronic properties measuring and testing instruments.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $2.4M, from 2025: P/n: P1AA-K
- $855K, from 2025: Spectrum guard elite (SGE)
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Northrop Grumman
Melbourne (109-acre campus)
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft at Melbourne.
$1.3B in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Defense R&D: experimental development; Aircraft, fixed wing.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $8.5B, from 2018: E-2D advanced hawkeye aircraft (FRP-7)
- $5.4B, from 2013: E-2D advanced hawkeye aircraft (FRP-2)
Israel: AFSC lists Apache helicopter upgrades and a 2018 Pentagon contract for Coyote target vehicles for Israel, among other items.
Other countries: Florida contract records name Japan and Egypt.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Built In; AFSC Investigate. USAspending.
U.S.
Boeing
Cecil Airport, Jacksonville; Fort Walton Beach; Orlando
Maintenance and overhaul for Navy and Air Force aircraft at Cecil; special operations aircraft support at Fort Walton Beach.
$260.2M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Training aids; Guided missiles.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $189.4M, from 2022: P-8A south Korea training systems phase 1 hardware
- $128.9M, from 2023: Disruptive futures modular missile
Israel: $8.6 billion Pentagon contract for 25 F-15IA jets for Israel, option for 25 more, December 2025. The source names no work site. Federal records list a $1.5 million Israeli Air Force data conversion performed in Fort Walton Beach (2013).
Other countries: Florida contract records name Germany ($251.1 million, 2026) and South Korea.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Boeing, Oct. 28, 2021; Times of Israel, Dec. 30, 2025. USAspending.
U.S.
Moog Military Aircraft
Orlando
Missile control systems and gun software, including Vulcan cannon software.
$30.7M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Guided missile remote control systems; Miscellaneous ammunition.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $21.0M, from 2025: Delivery order SPRRA225F0206 for moog final Vulcan software delivery, final v sw delivery travel, h spares…
- $16.4M, from 2024: Missile procurement
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Honeycomb Company of America
Sarasota
Airframe structural parts for military aircraft.
$17.6M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Airframe structural components; Hardware, commercial.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $827K, from 2025: To provide requirements for producing fifty-two (52) kits for wing station (ws) 120 hump panel modification…
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
Safran Landing Systems Wheel & Brake Services
Medley
France (Safran); federal records flag it foreign-owned. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Military aircraft wheel and brake work.
$12.5M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Aircraft wheel and brake systems; Switches.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $5.2M, from 2025: Disk assembly,multi
- $1.0M, from 2025: Wheel half assembly
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Pratt & Whitney (RTX)
17900 Beeline Highway, West Palm Beach
Assembly and testing of F135 engines for the F-35, and military auxiliary power units (reports from 2014 and 2018).
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: A 15-year contract with Israel's defense ministry, from Jan. 1, 2016, to sustain F100 engines on F-15I and F-16I jets. Value not disclosed; the source does not name a work site.
Evidence: News report. American Machinist, May 23, 2018; Hartford Business Journal.
U.S.
Sikorsky (Lockheed Martin)
Palm Beach County
Black Hawk helicopter work, per local reporting; listed by the county's development board.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Israel agreed to buy 12 CH-53K helicopters, about $2 billion, Dec. 30, 2021. The source does not name a Florida site.
Evidence: News report. Business Development Board of Palm Beach County; USNI News, Jan. 5, 2022.
Foreign-owned
Embraer
Melbourne
Brazil.
Assembles Phenom 100 and 300 business jets at Melbourne, its first U.S. plant. Embraer has named land beside it as a possible site for a U.S. line of its C-390 military transport, not yet chosen.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Other countries: Portugal's KC-390 aircraft carry Elbit electronic warfare equipment, a $50 million Elbit contract (2019).
Evidence: News report. Air Data News, Oct. 2, 2026; EDR Magazine, Oct. 31, 2019.
Foreign-owned
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense
Melbourne
Europe (Airbus).
Listed on a defense jobs map.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: Directory listing. Space Coast Defense Jobs.
U.S.
Crowley
Jacksonville
Military shipping and logistics contracts.
$457.2M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Transportation: other; Transportation: marine charter.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $902.6M, from 2015: Award of bobo class/stockham contract
- $630.7M, from 2014: Operation&maintenance of t-agos/t-agm vessels, firm period contract award
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
BAE Systems
Jacksonville and Mayport ship repair; Okaloosa County
U.K. parent. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Navy ship repair and modernization, including guided missile destroyers. Technology services near Eglin.
$289.0M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Radar equipment, except airborne; Non-nuclear ship repair (east).
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $137.8M, from 2020: LCS post shakedown availability
- $127.0M, from 2022: USS lassen (DDG 82) depot modernization period (DMP)
Evidence: Federal contract records. CareerSource Northeast Florida; FloridaMakes, May 11, 2022. USAspending.
U.S.
TOTE Services
Jacksonville
Operates the Sea-Based X-Band radar vessel and other ships for the Pentagon.
$111.5M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Transportation: marine charter; Transportation: vessel freight.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $235.0M, from 2018: Contract award SBX-1 / N103D valenzuela
- $98.4M, from 2024: N105C / PM2 e. williams & c. jakobowski operation & maintenance of SBX-1 / bridge contract award
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier
Ponte Vedra Beach
Federal records list Wallenius Lines Holding as parent. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Military cargo shipping contracts.
$86.4M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Transportation: vessel freight; Transportation: marine charter.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $29.0M, from 2025: Consolidated transportation shipments made by decentralized ordering officers.
- $18.3M, from 2025: Consolidated transportation shipments made by decentralized ordering officers.
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
Laurel Technologies Partnership
Largo
Italy: federal records list Leonardo S.p.A. as parent. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
AN/SPQ-9B ship radar systems and other naval electronics.
$72.5M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Radar equipment, except airborne; Miscellaneous electrical and electronic components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $181.0M, from 2018: FY18 AN/SPQ-9B radar system
- $123.3M, from 2023: Australia shipset 2 pps
Other countries: Florida contract records name Australia: a $123.3 million award for an Australian ship set (2023).
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
Fincantieri Marine Repair
Jacksonville
Italy (Fincantieri); federal records flag it foreign-owned. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Navy destroyer repair at Jacksonville.
$19.9M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Non-nuclear ship repair (east); Engine cooling system components, nonaircraft.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $6.1M, from 2024: USS mason (DDG 87) ssp SERM-509-25 ISRA
- $5.3M, from 2025: USS jason dunham (DDG 109) SERM-503-26 ISRA award
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
St. Johns Ship Building
Palatka
Military small craft, barges and dive boats.
$4.8M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Small craft; Barges and lighters, special purpose.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $5.2M, from 2024: Two 2-STACK stop log barges
- $4.8M, from 2025: 60 ft. dive support boat
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Maritime Tactical Systems (Martac)
Melbourne
Uncrewed attack and patrol boats and their autonomy software; about three dozen boats a year.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Other countries: The Philippine navy acquired seven boats. A deal with Taiwan interests covers sea drone technology.
Evidence: News report. Florida Trend, July 27, 2026.
U.S.
Blue Ops (Red Cat Holdings)
1468 Skees Road, West Palm Beach; FAU Harbor Branch test site
Uncrewed surface vessels: headquarters and showroom in Palm Beach County, testing at Harbor Branch. The boats are built in Valdosta, Georgia. Parent Red Cat makes the Black Widow military drone.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Other countries: A NATO ally ordered Black Widow drones through NATO's procurement agency, April 2026; the ally is not named.
Evidence: Company or filing. Business Development Board, Feb. 19, 2026; Red Cat, April 2, 2026.
U.S.
Tideman Marine
Ocala
Built the hull and engine for the VENOM uncrewed vessel. Owned by United Plastic Fabricating of Massachusetts.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: News report. Florida Trend, July 27, 2026.
U.S.
Accelint
Panama City Beach
Uncrewed surface vessel development and construction site. Headquartered in Arizona.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $2.7M, from 2023: Technical data not separately price
Evidence: Federal contract records. Florida Trend, July 23, 2026. USAspending.
U.S.
Kratos Defense
Tyndall area (Bay County); Orlando; Jupiter (Florida Turbine Technologies); Fort Walton Beach
BQM-167A aerial target drones, training systems and small turbine engines.
$112.9M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Unmanned aircraft; Defense R&D: applied research.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $57.5M, from 2025: Purchase of lot 21 AFSAT BQM-167A targets and associated lot 21 data. *note: pop for CLIN 4001, 4002 extended…
- $24.0M, from 2025: Logistics, instructional, and technical refresh support
Other countries: $20 million drone contract with an unnamed international customer, 2022.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Kratos, Feb. 9, 2022; Monster job listings. USAspending.
U.S.
Anduril Industries
Tampa (MacDill area); a Melbourne office, per a jobs site
Autonomous weapons and the Lattice software. Federal records show a $19.2 million “maritime defeat” order performed at Tampa’s MacDill area in 2025. Holds Special Operations Command’s counter-drone contract, worth nearly $1 billion at its 2022 award.
$22.9M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Professional support: engineering/technical; Repair: alarm, signal, and security detection systems.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $19.2M, from 2025: Maritime defeat
- $3.3M, from 2025: SIP to 117 - integration sprints
Israel: Globes reported in June 2026 that it wants a former Israeli Air Force chief to run Israel operations and a plant there. No contract or land purchase was reported.
Other countries: Facilities in Australia, including a Sydney undersea drone factory.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Globes, June 22, 2026; FedScoop, 2022; Space Coast Defense Jobs; Value the Markets. USAspending.
U.S.
Micro Systems (Honeywell)
Fort Walton Beach
Control and scoring systems for aerial targets. Federal records list Honeywell as parent.
$22.0M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Professional support: engineering/technical; Guided missile components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $6.5M, from 2023: Scoring system suite first article units and modified test units
- $6.1M, from 2025: Aerial targets target control system datalink modernization to resolve system obsolesence issues impacting…
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Overhead Intelligence
Lake Wales
Drone swarming and counter-drone research awards. Developed the Longbow VTOL drone with Vector, which sells strike drones.
$3.3M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Defense R&D: experimental development.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $1.8M, from 2024: SBIR P2 commercial-based framework for zero-trust autonomous drone swarming
- $1.5M, from 2025: FY24 SBIR/STTR topic#: OSD234-P002 adaptive weapons-to-targets optimization for counter UAS applications
Evidence: Federal contract records. Flight Brief, Oct. 17, 2026. USAspending.
U.S.
AeroVironment (Tomahawk Robotics, BlueHalo)
Melbourne
Robotics control systems and BlueHalo research work on the Space Coast. The parent makes Switchblade attack drones.
$997K in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Unmanned aircraft.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $997K, from 2025: Acquisition of hurricane advanced training system and kits for familiarization and instructor training.
Israel: Israel asked for 200 Switchblade 600 drones in 2023. The request was under review; no completed sale found.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Space Coast Defense Jobs; DefenseScoop, Nov. 7, 2023. USAspending.
U.S.Dual use
Harris Aerial
Casselberry
Drone maker. One small federal payload order in fiscal 2025.
$129K in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $129K, from 2025: Integrate phaseone payload into the unmanned aerial vehicle system
Evidence: Federal contract records. US Drone Review. USAspending.
U.S.Dual use
Lumenier
Sarasota
Drone maker. One small federal order in fiscal 2025.
$31K in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous materials handling equipment.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $31K, from 2025: Lumenier equipment bundle
Evidence: Federal contract records. US Drone Review. USAspending.
Israeli or Israeli-founded
XTEND
5247 Crossroads Park Dr., Tampa
Israel: founded in Tel Aviv; since Sept. 2026 XTEND AI Robotics, NYSE: XTND.
Small attack and reconnaissance drones, built in Tampa. Eric Trump and Unusual Machines are among the merger's backers.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Its CEO told the Wall Street Journal in 2023 that Israel's military uses its drones in Gaza. Partnership with Israel's defense ministry.
Evidence: Company or filing. SignalData, The Florida–Israel Defense-Tech File; Manufacturing Dive, Feb. 2026.
Israeli or Israeli-founded
Duke Robotics
An unnamed Florida location, per its filings; an earlier parent listed Palm Beach
Israel: principal office in Mevo Carmel; U.S. shell parent.
Stabilized weapons mounts for drones, sold through Elbit as Birds of Prey.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Founded by Israeli military veterans. AFSC says Israel's military ordered its TIKAD drone in 2017. Elbit partnership since 2021.
Other countries: Greek subsidiary, 2025.
Evidence: Company or filing. SignalData, The Florida–Israel Defense-Tech File; AFSC Investigate.
Israeli or Israeli-founded
AIR
SunTrax campus, Auburndale; flight tests near West Palm Beach
Israel.
Electric air taxi and uncrewed cargo aircraft, with a U.S. headquarters and planned production hub at FDOT's SunTrax. Terms are not public.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Israeli-founded.
Evidence: Company or filing. SignalData, The Florida–Israel Defense-Tech File.
Has an Israeli unit
Ondas (American Robotics, Airobotics)
West Palm Beach
U.S. company with an Israeli head office for its drone unit.
Autonomous Optimus drones, counter-drone systems and wireless radios.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Owns Israeli firms including Airobotics, Iron Drone, RoboTeam and Sentrycs. Its Israeli unit 4M Defense won a $10 million first order in Israel's defense ministry's $50 million eastern-border demining program, April 2026, and a separate demining tender of more than $30 million on the Israel-Syria border, February 2026.
Evidence: Company or filing. U.S. News, 2026; Globes; Ondas, Feb. 9, 2026; Lokmat Times (ANI), April 21, 2026.
U.S.
Powerus
West Palm Beach
Drone maker going public by merger. The Trump brothers hold an indirect stake in its merger partner; spokespeople call them passive investors.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Other countries: A limited order from Pakistan's defense ministry, September 2026. Joint development with Ukrainians. A $22.3 million Middle East commercial deal, customer undisclosed.
Evidence: Directory listing. The Standard, Oct. 1, 2026; US Drone Review.
U.S.
Unusual Machines
Orlando
Drone motors, Fat Shark goggles and other first-person-view parts. Donald Trump Jr. is a stakeholder and adviser.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: A backer of the XTEND merger. No sale to Israel found.
Other countries: $5 million investment in Canada's Draganfly, September 2026.
Evidence: News report. Dronehub; Manufacturing Dive, Feb. 2026; Reuters via BNN Bloomberg, Sept. 28, 2026.
Foreign-owned
Draganfly
Tampa (U.S. headquarters)
Canada (Saskatoon).
Drones, payloads and robotic systems, including first-person-view drones.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Other countries: Drones supplied to Ukraine for mapping and humanitarian missions.
Evidence: News report. The Drone Girl, 2026; Reuters via BNN Bloomberg, Sept. 28, 2026.
U.S.
Altavian (Teledyne FLIR)
Gainesville
Reconnaissance and mapping drones for military and government buyers. Started at the University of Florida.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Other countries: Parent Teledyne FLIR sold Norway's defense ministry Black Hornet drones for Ukraine, 2023. Those drones are built in Norway.
Evidence: News report. The Drone Girl, 2026; University of Florida, Dec. 3, 2020; Teledyne FLIR, July 17, 2023.
U.S.
HALO Aeronautics
Port Orange (manufacturing)
Drone joint venture of Hush Aerospace and defense contractor By Light, which is also Orqa US's partner in Port Orange.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: News report. Flight Brief, Oct. 17, 2026.
Foreign-owned
Orqa
Port Orange (180,000-sq-ft production site of Orqa US)
Croatia.
First-person-view military drones. Its spinout Orqa US, launched May 2026 with defense contractor By Light, plans to build up to 8,000 drones for the Pentagon's Drone Dominance program in Port Orange.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Other countries: Croatia's military. A production deal with Qatar's Barzan (January 2026).
Evidence: News report. Tectonic, May 5, 2026; The Defense Post, Jan. 21, 2026.
U.S.
Redwire (Edge Autonomy)
Jacksonville (headquarters)
Bought drone maker Edge Autonomy in 2025. Its listed drone sites are in California and Latvia, not Florida.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Other countries: Ukraine's armed forces bought Penguin drones directly, September 2025.
Evidence: News report. Flight Brief, Oct. 17, 2026; Redwire, Sept. 23, 2025.
Foreign-owned
EU Motors
A Florida plant; the source names no city
Europe; country not named in the source.
Drone motors for defense, commercial and industrial buyers. First U.S. production site.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: News report. James Moore & Co., March 18, 2026.
Dual use
Censys Technologies
Daytona Beach
Long-range drone maker.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: Directory listing. US Drone Review.
Dual use
Hoverfly Technologies
Sanford
Tethered drone maker.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: Directory listing. US Drone Review.
Dual use
Fowado Unmanned Systems
Tampa
Drone maker.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: Directory listing. US Drone Review.
Dual use
Apellix
Jacksonville
Industrial drones that work on structures.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: Directory listing. US Drone Review.
Dual use
Hextronics
Miami
Drone battery-swap docks.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: Directory listing. Dronehub.
Has an Israeli unit
Leonardo DRS
Melbourne; Fort Walton Beach; Orlando
Italy: Leonardo S.p.A. holds about 71% of the voting power; Italy’s government holds about 30% of Leonardo.
Sights, night vision and other weapons equipment, and training systems. Its Melbourne unit is one of Florida’s largest Pentagon contractors.
$1.1B in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous weapons; Optical sighting and ranging equipment.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $398.1M, from 2025: Delivery order for 2.8 kits and cables for drs.
Israel: Merged with Israel's RADA of Netanya in a deal announced June 2022; RADA became its Israeli subsidiary.
Other countries: Florida contract records name Romania and Ukraine.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Leonardo DRS, FY2025 10-K; Policy Risk; Times of Israel, June 21, 2022. USAspending.
U.S.
Honeywell
Clearwater
GPS and inertial navigation systems, and gyroscope repair for Minuteman III missiles.
$226.2M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Navigational instruments; Radar equipment, airborne.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $93.8M, from 2020: Embedded global positioning system/inertial navigation system (EGI) - modernized (EGI-M) engineering…
- $76.4M, from 2022: Repair of pendulous integrated gyroscopic accelerometer for Minuteman III missile LGM-30
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Israeli or Israeli-founded
Twenty-Six Defense (Elbit Systems of America): Sparton, Real-Time Laboratories
5612 Johnson Lake Rd, DeLeon Springs; Boca Raton
Israel: Elbit Systems, Haifa. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Navy AN/SSQ-125 sonobuoys in DeLeon Springs; Army Abrams tank parts in Boca Raton, where federal data also flags the unit as foreign-owned.
$206.9M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Underwater sound equipment; Defense R&D: experimental development.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $107.9M, from 2024: AN/SSQ-125(MHDC) (FY25)
- $106.4M, from 2024: AN/SSQ-125(MHDC) (FY24)
Israel: U.S. arm of one of Israel's largest defense companies.
Other countries: Elbit won about $50 million from Portugal, 2019.
Evidence: Federal contract records. SignalData, The Florida–Israel Defense-Tech File; EDR Magazine, Oct. 31, 2019. USAspending.
U.S.
Symetrics Industries
Melbourne
Federal records list TransDigm Group as parent.
Airborne radar and display electronics.
$27.6M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Radar equipment, airborne; Repair: aircraft components and accessories.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $29.9M, from 2019: Production contract award for dmc/dvmc lot 19
- $13.0M, from 2025: To place AN order off of base contract W15P7T24D0003
Israel: A $301,000 Army order for AVS-9 night vision goggles for Israel, November 2025, sold through Foreign Military Sales.
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Pixels on Target
Sunrise
MAS-N night aiming systems for soldiers' weapons.
$16.0M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation; Defense R&D: experimental development.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $7.8M, from 2025: DO to purchase miniature aiming systems-night (mas-n) squad short clip-onoptics in support of the marine…
- $4.6M, from 2025: Mas-n kits
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Mercury Mission Systems
Santa Rosa County
Aircraft electronics.
$8.6M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Communications security equipment and components; IT and telecom: storage products (hardware and perpetual license software).
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $8.7M, from 2021: This procurement is for 86 cockpit management units (CMU),3 prototype cmus, avionics software support and…
- $8.2M, from 2019: F-15 cockpit pressure monitor warning system (CPMWS) production
Other countries: Florida contract records name the United Arab Emirates.
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Mnemonics
Melbourne
Aircraft and communications electronics.
$8.0M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components; IT and telecom: network: analog voice products (hardware and perpetual license software).
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $18.0M, from 2018: USN - e/f/g aircraft
- $10.1M, from 2018: Delivery order 0001 MK152
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Crane Aerospace & Electronics
Fort Walton Beach
Repairs ALQ-131 electronic warfare pods, per federal records; high-power products for defense, per its job listings.
$586K in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Repair: ships, small craft, pontoons, and floating docks; Modification: electrical and electronic equipment components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $1.2M, from 2023: Repair of ALQ-131 electronic countermeasure pods.
- $955K, from 2022: Repair of power supplies for the ALQ-131 electronic counter measure pods.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Monster job listings. USAspending.
U.S.
Collins Aerospace (RTX)
Largo; Melbourne; Fort Walton Beach
$26.5 million Largo expansion for radars and security products for defense buyers.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: News report. iConnect007, May 14, 2026; Built In.
U.S.
Hughes Network Systems (EchoStar)
Melbourne (Anderson Connectivity, bought October 2025)
Aviation, space and defense design and manufacturing. Communications equipment, not weapons.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: Company or filing. EchoStar, Oct. 22, 2025.
Orion Edge
Tampa (headquarters)
Tactical electronic warfare devices that defeat drones and communications. Moved from Denver in November 2025.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: News report. Capital Analytics, July 2026; Fox 13.
U.S.
Palantir Technologies
19505 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura (headquarters since Feb. 2026); Orlando
Data and AI software for defense and government. A $26.7 million Army simulation software order performed in Orlando, 2025.
$7.0M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Training aids.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $26.7M, from 2025: This software is for the next generation constructive program.
Israel: A strategic partnership with Israel's defense ministry, January 2024, to support the war effort. Terms and value are not published.
Other countries: U.K. health service and defense ministry contracts.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Fox Business, Feb. 2026; CTech, Jan. 13, 2024; Komo. USAspending.
U.S.
Motorola Solutions
Plantation (research center)
Police radios: a research and customer center for radios in Plantation, opened April 2026. Its Vigilant unit sells license-plate readers.
$84K in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous alarm, signal, and security detection systems; Repair: electrical and electronic equipment components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $106K, from 2023: Eglin E911 system service and maintenance
- $58K, from 2025: Device -installation
Evidence: Federal contract records. Motorola Solutions; TechCrunch, Jan. 7, 2019. USAspending.
Has an Israeli unit
AE Industrial Partners (Paragon, REDLattice)
Florida-based, per The Record; EFF says Miami. Paragon and REDLattice are not shown operating in Florida
U.S. private equity owner of Israeli-founded Paragon.
Owns Paragon, maker of Graphite phone spyware, merged into REDLattice, which is going public.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Paragon was founded by a former Unit 8200 commander, with Ehud Barak listed as a co-founder. Citizen Lab lists Israel among suspected deployments.
Other countries: Italy, ended 2025. Citizen Lab's suspected deployments: Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark and Singapore.
Evidence: News report. The Record; EFF; Wikipedia, Paragon Solutions; NPR via WGCU, May 22, 2026.
Israeli or Israeli-founded
Cellebrite
Delray Beach office; Miami-Dade police contracts
Israel: Petah Tikva; Japan's Sun Corporation about 44%.
Phone data extraction tools for police.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Founded and headquartered in Israel.
Other countries: U.K. agencies and Latvia bought it. Reported use in Saudi Arabia, Russia, Myanmar, Jordan, Serbia and others; Cellebrite says it stopped some sales.
Evidence: Company or filing. SignalData, The Florida–Israel Defense-Tech File; Wikipedia, Cellebrite.
U.S.
Flock Safety
A Tampa team in 2021; headquartered in Atlanta
License-plate readers, video and gunfire locators. See the county-by-county plate-reader map.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Evidence: News report. Axios, July 16, 2021; SignalData, Florida plate readers.
Israeli or Israeli-foundedSells here, no Florida site found
Carbyne
No Florida site found; headquartered in New York
Israeli-founded; owned by Axon since Feb. 2026.
911 video software. Contracts with Miami-Dade police, the Florida Highway Patrol, the state wildlife agency and North Miami Beach police.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Development center in Israel with about 80 of 230 staff. Ehud Barak was chairman until 2020; Haaretz reported that Jeffrey Epstein funded much of Barak's stake, which Barak acknowledged.
Other countries: Operations in Mexico.
Evidence: News report. CB Insights; Globes, Nov. 5, 2025; Wikipedia, Carbyne.
Has an Israeli unitSells here, no Florida site found
Axon
No Florida site found; headquartered in Arizona
U.S. owner of Carbyne.
Tasers and body cameras. Bought Carbyne for about $625 million.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Owns Carbyne and its Israeli development center.
Evidence: News report. Globes, Nov. 5, 2025; Wikipedia, Carbyne.
Israeli or Israeli-foundedSells here, no Florida site found
Cognyte
No Florida site found
Israel: spun out of Verint's surveillance division in 2021.
Cell-site simulators and other surveillance tools. Florida state purchase orders went to it in 2023 and 2024.
No fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contract in Florida.
Israel: Israeli company. Florida bought its FalcoNet cell-site simulator, including an airborne kit, for Operation Vigilant Sentry: purchase orders of $355,000 (August 2023) and $793,000 (December 2023, through the governor's office), and $2.13 million from FDLE (October 2024), as reported by Jack Poulson from state records.
Evidence: News report. All-Source Intelligence (Jack Poulson), Oct. 21, 2024.
U.S.
JPATS Logistics Services
Brevard County
Runs base supply for the military’s trainer aircraft.
$422.7M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Repair: aircraft components and accessories.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $303.7M, from 2024: Contractor operated and maintained base supply (COMBS III)
- $154.9M, from 2025: Contractor operated and maintained base supply (COMBS III)
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
KBR
Tampa; Jacksonville
Engineering and logistics contract records.
$257.1M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Medical- other; Management support: logistics support.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $58.8M, from 2024: POTFF hp 2410
- $56.6M, from 2025: POTFF hp 2510
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
CAE USA
Tampa
Canada (CAE). Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Flight simulators and aircrew training.
$163.1M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Operation of other educational buildings; Repair: training aids and devices.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $541.5M, from 2010: Other aircraft part and auxiliary equipment manufacturing
- $400.9M, from 2016: Scat III - kdam atars
Israel: Federal records show yearly C-130 aircrew simulator orders for Israel's air force, performed in Tampa, 2017 through 2026.
Other countries: Florida contract records name Australia and India.
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Reliance Test & Technology
Crestview
Runs Eglin’s weapons test and range operations under a $1.3 billion lifetime contract.
$147.7M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Testing: weapons.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $1.3B, from 2016: Eglin - operation&maintenance services (E-OMS)
Evidence: Federal contract records. Fort Walton Beach Chamber. USAspending.
U.S.
General Dynamics (other units)
Orlando; Bay County; Tallahassee
Mission systems, information technology and land systems contract records.
$131.4M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Ammunition, 75mm through 125mm; Professional support: engineering/technical.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $160.8M, from 2018: Ce cs cybersecurity initiative
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Cole Engineering Services
Orlando
Federal records list By Light as parent.
Military simulation, mission rehearsal and computing contracts.
$122.9M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: IT and telecom: business application/application development support services (labor); IT and telecom: compute: servers (hardware and perpetual license software).
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $105.5M, from 2022: The contractor shall provide content development, mission rehearsal and technical operations services for the…
- $70.3M, from 2024: Order to build new enterprise compute and storage systems and upgrade of regional compute and storage systems…
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Oasis Systems
Okaloosa County
Engineering services near Eglin.
$117.5M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Professional support: engineering/technical.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $417.0M, from 2022: Technical management & advisory services (TMAS 2) 96TH CTG
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
Global Enterprise Solutions
Tampa area
Italy: federal records list Leonardo S.p.A. as parent. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Satellite communications and IT services, including for special operations commands at MacDill.
$113.7M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: IT and telecom: service delivery support services: itsm, operations center, project/pm (labor); IT and telecom: iT management support services (labor).
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $244.1M, from 2024: SATCOM 2024-018 J6 main
- $17.7M, from 2024: 2024-022 AFSOC AISR option year 1
Other countries: Florida contract records name India: a $232.2 million award (2013).
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Leidos
Key West and other Florida sites
Communications security equipment, unmanned aircraft and counterdrug systems for the Key West task force.
$113.4M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Communications security equipment and components; Unmanned aircraft.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $31.5M, from 2025: Common hardware systems 6TH generation contract provides procurement of commercial information technology…
- $27.6M, from 2020: Joint interagency task force - south counterdrug support/systems and software engineering
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Torch Technologies
Okaloosa County
Engineering and weapons research near Eglin.
$109.5M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Professional support: engineering/technical; R&D: defense other: services (engineering development).
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $361.4M, from 2022: Technical and management advisory services (TMAS) 2 tenants
- $36.2M, from 2016: Gulf range drone conctrol system (GRDCS) support
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Amentum
Bay and Duval counties; Cape Canaveral
Aircraft maintenance and base support contract records.
$59.9M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Maintenance of other non-building facilities; Repair: aircraft and airframe structural components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $979.2M, from 2017: Enterprise core services (enduring)
- $166.4M, from 2020: Backshop aircraft maintenance contract
Evidence: Federal contract records. Space Coast Defense Jobs. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
NexTech Solutions
Tampa
Federal records flag it foreign-owned; no parent named. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Electronics and IT services.
$46.1M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous electrical and electronic components; IT and telecom: application development software (perpetual license software).
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $17.2M, from 2022: Platform as a service
- $15.3M, from 2025: I-25-3-10 jazerant
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
On-Point Defense Technologies
Fort Walton Beach
Missile launcher and spare parts contracts, and Bradley vehicle power units.
$44.1M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Launchers, guided missile; Miscellaneous electric power and distribution equipment.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $40.8M, from 2024: OTB for the ECU supporting Bradley fighting vehicle A4E1
- $29.5M, from 2023: Missile spares procurement
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
TRU Simulation + Training
Pasco County
Flight simulator and training contract records.
$42.0M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Operation training devices.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $96.8M, from 2024: OFT-1 & bds
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Point Blank Enterprises
Pompano Beach, Miami Lakes
Body armor, including the Army’s Modular Scalable Vest.
$30.0M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Armor, personal; Airframe structural components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $31.9M, from 2021: Advanced helicopter seating system ph 2
- $26.8M, from 2025: Modular scalable vest
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Florida Ordnance Corporation
Fort Lauderdale
Despite the name, federal records show diesel engine parts for the Army.
$20.2M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Diesel engines and components.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $20.2M, from 2025: Delivery order to add 2,602 ea nsn: 2815-00-150-7405
- $10.7M, from 2024: SPRDL1-24-F-0140 to add 1369 units - 2815-00-150-7405
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Paradigm Parachute and Defense
Pensacola
Parachutes and airdrop equipment.
$16.8M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Parachutes; aerial pick up, delivery, recovery systems; and cargo tie down equipment; Repair: fire fighting/rescue/safety equip; environ protect equip/matls.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $7.3M, from 2025: G-15 parachutes and supplies.
- $6.9M, from 2025: Parachutes
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Jacobs
Okaloosa, Duval and Palm Beach counties
Engineering services contract records.
$16.1M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Architect and engineering- general: landscaping, interior layout, and designing; Architect and engineering- construction: maintenance buildings.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $17.7M, from 2019: Project 2 site development&utilities zone 4
- $10.6M, from 2010: Combat environment simulation
Evidence: Federal contract records. 850 Business Magazine. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
Adacel Systems
Orlando
Australia: federal records list Adacel Technologies Limited as parent. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Control-tower simulation and training systems.
$7.5M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Professional support: simulation; IT and telecom: application development software (perpetual license software).
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $15.5M, from 2024: Tower simulation system (TSS) sustainment
- $1.2M, from 2021: FMS case iq-d-qbe, simulators for Iraq
Other countries: Florida contract records name Iraq: simulators sold through Foreign Military Sales.
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
Foreign-owned
Serco
Florida work
U.K.: federal records list Serco Group plc as parent. Federal records flag it foreign-owned.
Engineering and support services.
$6.2M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Management support: other; Professional support: other.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $11.6M, from 2023: AFCAP/LSS
- $4.7M, from 2020: USS lassen (DDG-82) FY20 avail with CANES
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
InDyne
Fort Walton Beach
Military and range operations services.
$4.3M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous alarm, signal, and security detection systems.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $20.1M, from 2021: Electronic systems security management and remote monitoring enclave transition in Saudi arabia
Evidence: Federal contract records. Fort Walton Beach Chamber. USAspending.
U.S.
Pan Am Flight Academy
Miami
Aircrew simulator training.
$10K in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Training: other.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $10K, from 2025: KCZRAP00-VC25B sim training
Israel: Federal records show yearly Israeli B-707 aircrew training orders, performed in Miami, 2013 through 2020.
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.
U.S.
Astrion
Cape Canaveral
Listed on a defense jobs map.
$1K in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Mostly bought: Miscellaneous ammunition.
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $1K, from 2025: Fourth on-ramp for enterprise-wide agile acquisition contract (ewaac) vehicle.
Evidence: Federal contract records. Space Coast Defense Jobs. USAspending.
U.S.
Sierra Nevada Company
Shalimar
Aircraft modification. Largest Florida awards bought A-29 attack planes for Nigeria and Lebanon.
−$3.7M in fiscal 2025 Pentagon prime contracts performed in Florida
Largest Florida awards on record (lifetime amount):
- $334.5M, from 2018: Purchase of 12 A-29 aircraft for Nigeria
- $173.7M, from 2015: Lebanon 6 aircraft procurement
Other countries: Federal records name Nigeria ($334.5 million, 2018) and Lebanon ($173.7 million, 2015).
Evidence: Federal contract records. USAspending.