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$317,012,199

Department of Defense·Department of the Air Force

to FLEXTECH ALLIANCE, INC.

semiconductorsactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-06-09·LATEST ACTION2026-06-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_FA86502025506_097
Award description

NEXTFLEX PARTNERSHIP

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

Air Force obligation under the NEXTFLEX flexible-electronics manufacturing partnership, ongoing since 2020.

Sub-sectors
flexible-electronics-manufacturingadvanced-packagingdod-industrial-base
Why this matters

Flexible electronics are critical for next-generation military sensors, wearables, and avionics; this sustains domestic manufacturing capability against foreign competition.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens U.S. flexible-substrate and advanced-packaging suppliers by anchoring long-term DoD demand through 2028.

U.S.–China competition angle

Flexible electronics are a strategic gap in U.S. semiconductor supply chains; this partnership builds domestic alternatives to Chinese manufacturing dominance in flexible displays and sensors.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002999.

Period of performance
Start
2020-06-09
End
2028-09-08
Status
activein 801 days
Sources

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