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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$187,519,588

Department of Defense·Washington Headquarters Services

to NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES INC

defenseactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-10-17·LATEST ACTION2026-04-29·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_HQ00342420001_097
Award description

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AWARD TO CONTINUE HQ00342020007. THE RECIPIENT SHALL LEVERAGE AND ADVANCE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF U.S. INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC.

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

Continuation of a cooperative agreement to advance maintenance and sustainment technology for U.S. military and industrial benefit.

Sub-sectors
m&o-contractmanufacturing-sustainmentcommercial-technology-leverage
Why this matters

Leveraging commercial manufacturing innovations reduces military sustainment costs and strengthens domestic industrial competitiveness in critical maintenance technologies.

Supply-chain signal

This agreement incentivizes commercial suppliers to develop and scale maintenance solutions that DoD can adopt, creating downstream demand for advanced sustainment products and processes.

U.S.–China competition angle

Advancing U.S. commercial manufacturing capabilities in maintenance and sustainment reduces reliance on foreign sources and strengthens domestic industrial resilience against supply-chain disruption.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-22. Cost: $0.002985.

Period of performance
Start
2023-10-17
End
2029-04-27
Status
activein 1032 days
Sources

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