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$74,873,222

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

aerospaceexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-01-18·LATEST ACTION2026-04-29·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA924F00033_6920_693KA918D00010_6920
Award description

SURVEILLANCE AND BROADCAST SERVICES (SBS) SUPPORT

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

Funds surveillance and broadcast services supporting FAA air traffic control and aviation safety operations.

Sub-sectors
aviation-infrastructuresurveillance-systemsfaa-operations
Why this matters

Critical infrastructure for U.S. airspace management; ensures real-time radar, communication, and tracking systems sustain safe civil aviation.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing reliance on SAIC for FAA surveillance backbone; modifications suggest system expansion or capability upgrades affecting defense contractors and telecom suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. aviation surveillance infrastructure is strategic; modernization counters foreign air-traffic monitoring capabilities and protects domestic airspace integrity.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-02. Cost: $0.002871.

Period of performance
Start
2024-01-18
End
2026-05-15
Status
expired46 days ago
Sources

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