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Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to PANTEXAS DETERRENCE, LLC

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-06-13·LATEST ACTION2026-06-11·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_89233224CNA000004_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

CONTRACT 89233224CNA000004 FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE PANTEX PLANT

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Latest obligation increment on the 2024 Pantex Plant management and operations contract, funding nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship through 2029.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-weapons-stockpilem&o-contractpantex-plant
Why this matters

Pantex is the sole U.S. facility for assembling and disassembling nuclear warheads; this multi-billion-dollar M&O contract ensures continuous deterrent maintenance and modernization.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for specialized nuclear manufacturing, precision engineering, and security infrastructure suppliers supporting the weapons complex.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintains U.S. nuclear deterrent credibility against peer competitors; reflects strategic commitment to weapons stockpile reliability without testing.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003014.

Period of performance
Start
2024-06-13
End
2029-11-14
Status
activein 1233 days
Sources

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