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$957,006,922

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Coast Guard

to DAVIE DEFENSE INC.

defenseactive
WORK BEGAN2026-02-10·LATEST ACTION2026-05-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70Z02326C93210003_7008_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS LETTER CONTRACT IS FOR THE DELIVERY OF FIVE (5) EACH MULTI-PURPOSE POLAR SHIP (MPPS-100) VESSELS HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS ARCTIC SECURITY CUTTERS (ASCS).

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

Coast Guard contract to build five multi-purpose polar icebreaker vessels for Arctic operations through 2035.

Sub-sectors
coast-guard-vesselsarctic-operationspolar-capability
Why this matters

Expands U.S. Arctic presence and icebreaking capacity amid increasing polar geopolitical competition and climate-driven shipping changes.

Supply-chain signal

Large shipbuilding contract will drive demand for specialized marine engineering, heavy steel fabrication, and Arctic-rated propulsion systems from domestic and allied suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly counters China's expanding polar fleet and Arctic territorial claims; strengthens U.S. sovereignty in strategically critical polar waters.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002890.

Period of performance
Start
2026-02-10
End
2035-02-10
Status
activein 3147 days
Sources

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