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$389,941,324

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to ROHDE & SCHWARZ USA, INC.

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WORK BEGAN2026-03-19·LATEST ACTION2026-06-09·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA826F00088_6920_693KA826D00002_6920
Award description

DELIVERY ORDER FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (VCS'). THIS DELIVERY ORDER DEFINITIZES LETTER CONTRACT 693KA8-25-C-00010 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF IDIQ CONTRACT 693KA8-26-D-00002.

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

FAA procurement of voice communication systems supplies and services for civil aviation infrastructure via delivery order under an IDIQ contract.

Sub-sectors
aviation-infrastructurevoice-communication-systemsidiq-delivery-order
Why this matters

Voice communication systems are critical to air traffic control and aviation safety; this $267M commitment signals sustained FAA modernization of ground-based ATC infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Rohde & Schwarz USA is a key supplier of RF and communications equipment to FAA; this delivery order indicates continued reliance on this vendor for ATC system components and integration.

U.S.–China competition angle

Securing domestic supply of advanced communications systems for ATC reduces dependence on foreign suppliers for safety-critical aviation infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002958.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-19
End
2028-02-28
Status
activein 608 days
Sources

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