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$95,408,666

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to JAG ALASKA INC.

weather-climateactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-06-05·LATEST ACTION2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1305M225C0004_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

1305M225C0004 - OSCAR DYSON FSV MIDLIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM

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

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In plain English

Midlife extension and modernization of the NOAA research vessel Oscar Dyson to support fisheries and oceanographic research in Alaska waters.

Sub-sectors
noaa-fleet-operationsfisheries-research-vesselmidlife-extension
Why this matters

The Oscar Dyson is critical NOAA infrastructure for monitoring fish stocks and marine ecosystems; extending its service life preserves U.S. capacity for Pacific fisheries management and climate-ocean research.

Supply-chain signal

This modification sustains demand for marine engineering, vessel systems integration, and specialized shipyard services supporting federal research fleet maintenance.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintaining U.S. oceanographic research capacity in the Pacific is strategically important as China expands its own marine research presence in the region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-29. Cost: $0.003041.

Period of performance
Start
2025-06-05
End
2027-12-05
Status
activein 523 days
Sources

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