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$45,499,812

Department of Defense·Department of the Air Force

to ARCONIC CORPORATION

defenseexpiring · 0d· period of performance ends in 0 days
WORK BEGAN2023-05-30·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_FA86502325506_097
Award description

DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TITLE III, HIGH PURITY ALUMINUM (HPA) PRODUCTION CAPABILITY EXPANSION

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

Expand domestic high-purity aluminum production capacity to supply U.S. military aircraft and defense systems.

Sub-sectors
dpa-title-iiicritical-materials-onshoringdefense-industrial-base
Why this matters

Reducing dependence on foreign aluminum refining strengthens U.S. defense supply chain resilience against geopolitical disruptions and strategic competitors.

Supply-chain signal

Strong signal of sustained demand from Arconic's aerospace-defense customers (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman); supports upstream ore/ingot suppliers and downstream military platform manufacturers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly counters Chinese dominance in aluminum refining; onshoring HPA production reduces U.S. vulnerability to supply cutoffs in critical defense technology competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-11. Cost: $0.010029.

Period of performance
Start
2023-05-30
End
2026-06-30
Status
expiring · 0din 0 days
Sources

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