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$890,859,512

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to LEIDOS, INC.

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-06-15·LATEST ACTION2026-06-24·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA721C00014_6920_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ENHANCE AND MAINTAIN THE EN ROUTE AUTOMATION AND MODERNIZATION (ERAM), INCLUDING THE EN ROUTE INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM (ERIDS), AND TO PRODUCE, IMPLEMENT, AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF ERAM/ERIDS SYS

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

Maintain and enhance the FAA's En Route Automation and Modernization system that manages U.S. airspace and flight operations.

Sub-sectors
air-traffic-controlfaa-modernizationm&o-contract
Why this matters

ERAM is critical infrastructure for safe, efficient national airspace management; this 2021–2041 contract ensures continuity of a system handling millions of daily flights.

Supply-chain signal

Leidos is the prime integrator for FAA's core automation backbone; this multi-billion obligation signals sustained demand for avionics software, systems engineering, and air-traffic-control modernization subcontractors.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. air-traffic-control modernization is a strategic asset; maintaining domestic capability in automation and airspace management reduces reliance on foreign technology in critical infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003162.

Period of performance
Start
2021-06-15
End
2041-05-24
Status
activein 5442 days
Sources

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