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$86,166,433

Department of Defense·Department of the Air Force

to LACAMAS LABORATORIES INC

defenseactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-12-11·LATEST ACTION2026-04-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_FA86502425554_097
Award description

DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TITLE III PROGRAM, CONTINUOUS TECHNOLOGIES FOR TON-SCALE CRITICAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTION

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

Develop continuous technologies for ton-scale production of critical chemicals under the Defense Production Act Title III program.

Sub-sectors
defense-production-actchemical-productioncritical-materials
Why this matters

Secures domestic chemical production capacity for defense applications, reducing reliance on foreign suppliers for critical inputs.

Supply-chain signal

Signals DOD investment in scaling domestic chemical manufacturing to reduce supply-chain vulnerabilities and build surge capacity.

U.S.–China competition angle

Addresses U.S. vulnerability in critical chemical supply chains where China dominates production; builds domestic alternatives.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002166.

Period of performance
Start
2023-12-11
End
2028-12-14
Status
activein 941 days
Sources

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