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$652,892,385

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to HARRIS CORPORATION

aerospaceexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2008 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2008-07-25·LATEST ACTION2026-04-29·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_DTFA0102D03006CALL0002_6920_DTFA0102D03006_6920
Award description

DAFIS UDO RECONSTRUCT W/O ADVANCE

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Ongoing reconstruction and modernization of the FAA's Distributed Automatic Flight Information Service (DAFIS) system, a critical air traffic management infrastructure component.

Sub-sectors
aviation-infrastructurefaa-modernizationm&o-contract
Why this matters

DAFIS is foundational to U.S. civil aviation safety and efficiency; this 17-year modernization effort ensures aging systems remain operational as air traffic grows.

Supply-chain signal

Harris Corporation's role as prime contractor on this long-running FAA infrastructure program signals continued reliance on established defense-aerospace contractors for critical aviation systems.

U.S.–China competition angle

Modernizing domestic air traffic control infrastructure reduces dependency on foreign systems and maintains U.S. technological leadership in aviation safety.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003000.

Period of performance
Start
2008-07-25
End
2025-09-30
Status
expired273 days ago
Sources

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