`dod_awards_search`

Pack: dod-contract-announcements · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dod-contract-announcements/mcp

Search US Department of War (Pentagon) contract award announcements by contractor name or by keyword in the award description — “has Lockheed Martin won a defense contract”, “defense contracts for hypersonic missiles”, “Pentagon awards mentioning drone swarms”. At least one of query or contractor is required. Optionally restrict to awards announced on or after a given date. This is the leading, weeks-ahead-of-USAspending record of an award; combine with the usaspending pack for the fully structured historical record.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free-text match (case-insensitive) against the award description paragraph, e.g. “hypersonic”, “F-35 sustainment”, “shipbuilding”.
`contractor`	string	no	Free-text match (case-insensitive) against the contractor name, e.g. “Lockheed Martin”, “Raytheon”.
`since`	string	no	Only awards announced on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`limit`	number,string	no	Max awards to return (1-100, default 25).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "contractor": "Lockheed"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dod-contract-announcements/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"dod_awards_search","arguments":{"contractor":"Lockheed"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('dod_awards_search', {
  "contractor": "Lockheed"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "hypersonic",
  "since": "2026-08-01",
  "limit": 10
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dod-contract-announcements": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dod-contract-announcements/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

dod_awards_search