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Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to ARINC INCORPORATED

ACTION DATE2026-03-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA723C00005_6920_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

PROVIDE MANDATORY OCEANIC HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) VOICE COMMUNICATION TO FLIGHT OPERATIONS IN FAA OCEANIC AIRSPACE.

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

Provide mandatory oceanic high frequency voice communication services to FAA flight operations in oceanic airspace.

Sub-sectors
aviation-infrastructureoceanic-communicationsfaa-operations
Why this matters

Critical infrastructure for transatlantic and transpacific aviation safety and operational continuity; essential for real-time pilot-controller communications over oceans.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for specialized HF communication systems and maintenance; supports ARINC's role as primary FAA communications contractor.

U.S.–China competition angle

Protects U.S. aviation infrastructure independence; HF systems are strategic assets not dependent on foreign supply chains for oceanic operations.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002212.

Period of performance
Start
2023-08-14
End
2029-08-14
Status
activein 1187 days
Sources

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