Department of the Air Force's contract dollars, traced to the source.
Department of the Air Force · Department of War
The Department of the Air Force (USAF), a component of the Department of War, organizes, trains, and equips the nation's air and space forces, including the Space Force it houses. Its ~$98.41B in FY2025 contract dollars is overwhelmingly weapons-systems acquisition and sustainment: aerial-refueling tanker modernization (Boeing's KC-46), the Sentinel/Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent ICBM and legacy Minuteman III missile sustainment (Northrop Grumman), and next-generation missile-warning satellites (Lockheed Martin's Next-Gen OPIR). Large systems-engineering and technical-services contracts, such as Aerospace Corporation's engineering support, round out the top of the ledger.
Contract obligations (latest complete FY)
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Contract obligations (in progress)
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Signal tier
Live
USAspending contract feed
What this monitor reads — and what it doesn't
This is the contract-signal tier: the live USAspending award feed for the Department of the Air Force awarding sub-agency. It shows where USAF's procurement dollars go — obligations over time and the largest awards — not total budget authority, which also includes payroll, grants, and transfers. Figures reflect the contract (procurement) slice from USAspending award data, not the bureau's total budget authority. The appropriation-level view lives on the Department of War monitor.