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$183,603,454

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Coast Guard

to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION

defenseactive
WORK BEGAN2025-10-17·LATEST ACTION2026-03-16·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70Z02326C93100001_7008_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

PURCHASE OF TWO (2) FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT.

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

Coast Guard procurement of two fixed-wing aircraft for maritime patrol and coastal operations.

Sub-sectors
coast-guard-aircraftfixed-wing-procurement
Why this matters

Modernizes Coast Guard airborne surveillance and response capabilities for search-and-rescue, law enforcement, and homeland security missions.

Supply-chain signal

Gulfstream Aerospace (General Dynamics subsidiary) will manage aircraft manufacturing, avionics integration, and delivery; signals sustained demand for advanced maritime patrol platforms.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. maritime domain awareness in contested waters; counters Chinese naval expansion in coastal regions.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-22. Cost: $0.002774.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-17
End
2027-03-17
Status
activein 260 days
Sources

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