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$46,062,805

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to RAYTHEON COMPANY

aerospaceexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-08-26·LATEST ACTION2026-04-22·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA721F00013_6920_693KA721D00001_6920
Award description

OTHER FUNCTIONS STARS - DELIVERY ORDER 0004 (EXTERNAL PROGRAMS)

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

Final obligation on FAA's ongoing STARS systems engineering contract with Raytheon, supporting civil aviation technical programs.

Sub-sectors
faa-systems-engineeringcivil-aviationtechnical-assistance
Why this matters

Multi-year FAA technical contract nearing completion; Raytheon provides systems engineering support critical to National Airspace System modernization.

Supply-chain signal

FAA contracting with Raytheon drives demand for avionics, communications, and radar component suppliers supporting the National Airspace System.

U.S.–China competition angle

FAA modernization investments maintain U.S. aviation infrastructure competitiveness as global commercial aviation demand grows.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-11. Cost: $0.008864.

Period of performance
Start
2021-08-26
End
2026-05-31
Status
expired30 days ago
Sources

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