`dod_awards_search`

Pack: dod-contract-announcements · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/dod_awards_search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

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 — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the dod-contract-announcements pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

dod_awards_search