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$1,263,355,000

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Coast Guard

to BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C.

defenseactive
WORK BEGAN2025-12-26·LATEST ACTION2026-06-18·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70Z02326C93210002_7008_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

LETTER CONTRACT AWARD OF ARCTIC SECURITY CUTTERS

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

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In plain English

Funds construction of advanced Arctic Security Cutters for Coast Guard maritime security and operations in the Arctic region.

Sub-sectors
coast-guard-shipbuildingmilitary-vesselsarctic-operations
Why this matters

Strengthens U.S. Arctic maritime presence amid Russian and Chinese expansion, enabling sovereignty enforcement and shipping access in warming polar waters.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains U.S. naval shipbuilding expertise and suppliers of specialized marine systems, avionics, and Arctic-rated engineering for icebreaker technology.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly counters expanded Chinese Arctic activity by ensuring robust U.S. maritime presence and operational capability in strategically contested polar regions.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-20. Cost: $0.009748.

Period of performance
Start
2025-12-26
End
2030-12-25
Status
activein 1649 days
Sources

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