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$386,459,874

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2012 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2012-05-02·LATEST ACTION2026-06-01·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_DTFAWA12C00040_6920_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

NEXCOM SEGMENT II, UHF/VHF RADIOS TAS::69 8107::TAS

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

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the NEXCOM Segment II UHF/VHF radio modernization contract that began in 2012, supporting FAA air traffic control communications infrastructure.

Sub-sectors
faa-civil-aviationradio-communicationsnextgen-air-traffic
Why this matters

NEXCOM is critical to NextGen air traffic management; this 14-year program ensures reliable ground-to-air radio systems for national airspace safety and efficiency.

Supply-chain signal

General Dynamics' continued role as prime integrator for FAA radio systems locks in domestic supply chain for aviation communications hardware and software.

U.S.–China competition angle

Secure, U.S.-controlled air traffic control communications are strategic infrastructure; this contract ensures FAA independence from foreign radio technology suppliers.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-18. Cost: $0.003036.

Period of performance
Start
2012-05-02
End
2027-02-27
Status
activein 242 days
Sources

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