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$463,638,746

Department of Homeland Security·Office of Procurement Operations

to DAEDALUS AVIATION CORPORATION

justiceexpiring · 71d· period of performance ends in 71 days
WORK BEGAN2025-11-21·LATEST ACTION2026-05-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70QS0326C00005002_7001_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPLY COMMERCIAL AVIATION IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS (ICE ERO) TO SUPPORT ONGOING REMOVAL OPERATIONS.

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

Commercial aviation services to support ICE removal operations and enforcement activities.

Sub-sectors
ice-enforcementimmigration-removal-operationscommercial-aviation-support
Why this matters

A $464M contract funding deportation and enforcement logistics; signals sustained federal capacity for immigration enforcement operations.

Supply-chain signal

Sustained demand for commercial aviation providers willing to support government removal operations; potential reputational risk for carriers.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-20. Cost: $0.002623.

Period of performance
Start
2025-11-21
End
2026-07-31
Status
expiring · 71din 71 days
Sources

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