# AwardTape
> AwardTape tracks US drone and counter-drone (C-UAS) defense contracts from public federal records: open bids from SAM.gov and DIU, and contract vehicle ceilings, obligations and orders from USAspending. Published by Datil Technologies Inc. Data refreshes every weekday; DoD contract actions publish about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6). Data as of Oct 16, 2026.

Key figures (Oct 16, 2026): 41 vehicles and awards, 71 awards to 38 companies, 389 order rows; counter-drone: $2.1B obligated on 25 tracked C-UAS vehicles and awards; 13 open bids.

## Open bids
- [Open drone and counter-drone bids](https://awardtape.com/bids/): every open solicitation with deadline and who can bid
- [Tracker](https://awardtape.com/tracker/): sortable table; JSON at https://awardtape.com/data/tracker.json

## Contract vehicles, companies, agencies
- [Counter-drone hub](https://awardtape.com/counter-drone/): C-UAS obligations, vehicles, companies, agencies, open bids
- [Vehicles](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/): ceiling, obligated, fill and end date per vehicle
- [Companies](https://awardtape.com/companies/): awards and obligations per company
- [Agencies](https://awardtape.com/agencies/): vehicles and obligations per awarding agency
- [Pentagon budget lines and reprogramming](https://awardtape.com/budget/): FY2025 to FY2027 P-1 procurement and R-1 RDT&E line items by service (/budget/fy2027/army/), line pages at /budget/line/<slug>/, and DoD reprogramming actions at /budget/reprogramming/
- [DoD and DHS contract awards database](https://awardtape.com/defense/): every DoD and DHS prime contract, order and IDV with an action since Oct 1, 2023, by category (/categories/), company and agency; search at /defense/search/; record pages at /awards/<piid>/
- [DoD contract announcements](https://awardtape.com/contracts/): every Department of War daily contract release split into single awards, screened for drones, counter-drone and autonomy; one page per release day at /contracts/YYYY-MM-DD/. Each release page adds AwardTape analysis to the official announcement text (labelled separately and linked to the source on war.gov): day summary with totals by branch and category against the trailing 30-day average; per award, the company's DoD and DHS obligations since FY2024, award count, top agencies and latest other awards; earlier and later announcements on the same contract number with cumulative announced value; the USAspending record (type, pricing, competition, obligated to date, ceiling, end date, orders under the vehicle); and plain lines from the text on contract type, funding at award, place of performance, competition and completion. Announced values can cover options, future orders and several years. Full award search, company profiles and the daily list are available to AI agents and developers at awardtape.com/agents/ ($0.02 per call). People: Full Tape $49/mo email, Terminal $199/mo.
- [CBP Autonomous Surveillance Towers](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/cbp-ast/): $929.9M obligated of $2.0B
- [Army LASSO loitering munition](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-lasso/): $762.5M obligated of $990.0M
- [CDAO Maven Smart System task order](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/cdao-maven/): $637.6M obligated
- [Army LIDS engineering and fixed-site IDIQ (SRC)](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-lids-src/): $615.1M obligated of $425.9M
- [Army Mobile LIDS (IF/RCO)](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-mlids/): $526.9M obligated of $1.4B
- [USMC installation counter-sUAS](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/usmc-installation-csuas/): $177.3M obligated of $2.7B
- [Anduril Enterprise IDIQ](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/anduril-enterprise/): $173.4M obligated of $20B
- [Army drone dominance BOAs](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-drone-dominance-boa/): $168.3M obligated
- [USMC Organic Precision Fires-Light](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/usmc-opf-l/): $136.1M obligated of $249.0M
- [SOCOM MEUAS IV ISR services](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/socom-meuas-iv/): $131.3M obligated of $975.0M
- [DMEA SPDRACR counter-UAS radar order](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/dmea-spdracr/): $117.1M obligated
- [Air Force C-sUAS engineering and integration order](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/af-csuas-ei/): $85.9M obligated
- [Army force protection / base defense systems](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/army-av-base-defense/): $80.6M obligated of $500.0M
- [Air Force sUAS for hurricane response](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/af-suas-hurricane/): $75.7M obligated of $960.0M
- [USCG maritime UAS for cutters](https://awardtape.com/vehicles/uscg-mruas/): $61.4M obligated of $229.3M

## Method
- [Methodology](https://awardtape.com/methodology/): sources, signed dates, the DoD 90-day delay, definitions, corrections
- [About](https://awardtape.com/about/): publisher and contact (hello@awardtape.com)
- [Plans](https://awardtape.com/pro/): Full Tape $49/mo, Terminal $199/mo, Team $599/mo

## Optional
- [The Tape](https://awardtape.com/tape/): dated analysis drops

## Agent data feed (JSON): Free sample, Pay as you go, or a Terminal or Team API key
How to buy: https://awardtape.com/agents/
OpenAPI with x-payment-info: https://awardtape.com/openapi.json
Machine-readable listing: https://awardtape.com/.well-known/agent-feed.json
MCP server manifest: https://awardtape.com/.well-known/mcp/server.json (Official MCP Registry: com.awardtape/mcp) and https://awardtape.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
Full text: https://awardtape.com/llms-full.txt
Unpaid requests get HTTP 402 with an MPP payment challenge (USDC on Tempo), settled through Stripe. Example: tempo request "https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/awards?q=anduril"
- [Free sample](https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/sample): 5 latest awards and 1 company, same JSON shapes as the paid endpoints
- GET https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/awards?q=&agency=&category=&psc=&min=&from=&to=&page= : award search, up to 100 rows, $0.02 per call
- GET https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/companies/{id} : company profile and top 25 awards, $0.02 per call (id from matching_companies, e.g. anduril-industries)
- GET https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/daily : latest 200 awards by action date, $0.05 per call
- POST https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/credits : card (MPP Shared Payment Token) or stablecoin (Tempo USDC) credit bundle, $5.00 for 1,000 calls; returns a bearer key (Authorization: Bearer atk_...)
- POST https://awardtape.com/api/agent/v1/checkout?plan=bundle|terminal|team|full_tape : free; Stripe Checkout link (pay_url) for your owner to pay by card, plus claim_url. Poll GET claim_url until status is "paid"; the key (atk_ or atp_) is returned once. 3 open checkouts per IP, links expire in 24 hours.
- POST https://awardtape.com/api/agent/mcp : MCP JSON-RPC with tools sample, search_awards, get_company, latest_awards, request_owner_payment, check_owner_payment
Per-call prices are stablecoin (USDC). Cards have a $0.50 minimum, so card payments buy the bundle.

## Plans (same names and prices on https://awardtape.com/pro/)
- Free: $0. Website and the free agent sample (/api/agent/v1/sample). No account.
- Pay as you go: $0.02 per call (awards, company), $0.05 per daily call, or $49.00 for 1,000 calls. Agent data feed paid per call over HTTP 402. No account.
- Full Tape: $49/mo or $490/yr. Full Tape email for 1 reader, fill alerts, weekly brief, tracker CSV.
- Terminal: $199/mo or $1,990/yr, 7 days free. Terminal for 1 seat, Full Tape email, personal API key with 10,000 calls/month; pay as you go after that.
- Team: $599/mo or $5,990/yr, 7 days free. 5 seats, Full Tape email for each seat, team API allowance of 50,000 calls/month; pay as you go after that.
Terminal and Team API keys: Authorization: Bearer atp_... on /api/agent/v1/* and /api/agent/mcp. Past the monthly allowance, calls return 402 with pay-as-you-go prices.


## Defense Categories, Company Scores & International Data
- Defense Categories (AI, Counter-Drone, Autonomous Vehicles, U.S. Southern Command & Border, Space, Missiles): https://awardtape.com/lenses/ (API: `/api/agent/v1/lenses` or `/api/agent/v1/lenses?slug=ai-c2-isr-fusion&format=csv`)
- U.S. Southern Command & Shield of the Americas ($6.13B tracked ceiling, 103 contracts): https://awardtape.com/operations/shield-of-the-americas/ (API: `/api/agent/v1/allied?jurisdiction=USSOUTHCOM`)
- Top 100 Defense Companies & Scores (0-100): https://awardtape.com/companies/ (API: `/api/agent/v1/awards?q=top-suppliers&format=csv`)
- International & Subcontracts (UK MoD, Europe TED, U.S. Subcontracts): https://awardtape.com/allied/ (API: `/api/agent/v1/allied?format=csv`)


## Commercial Capture Endpoints & MCP Tools (4 Pillars)
- GET /api/agent/v1/opportunities ($0.05/call): Sell Now ($15M+ prime subcontract windows, open SAM.gov/DIU bids, IDIQ vehicle headroom) + Sell Next (300 expiring DoD/DHS incumbent recompetes with vulnerability & FOIA SOW URLs). Supports ?pillar=sell_now|sell_next|all&q=...&format=csv.
- GET /api/agent/v1/demand ($0.05/call): Demand for XYZ velocity API (?q=radar|counter-uas|fuel|4470|MIL-STD-810H) returning 7d/30d spend velocity, velocity multiple, top buying commands, market concentration, and entry strategy.
- MCP Tools on POST /api/agent/mcp: check_demand_for_xyz (free), find_sell_now_opportunities ($0.05), find_expiring_recompetes ($0.05), search_awards ($0.02), get_company ($0.02), latest_awards ($0.05), search_contract_documents, request_contract_sow.
- CRM CSV Exports (Terminal): /api/terminal/export/sell-now.csv, /api/terminal/export/recompetes.csv, /api/terminal/export/demand.csv, /api/terminal/export/triggers.csv.