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$744,577,030

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to THE MITRE CORPORATION

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-10-20·LATEST ACTION2026-06-15·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA822C00001_6920_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

CAASD MUST PROVIDE ESSENTIAL ENGINEERING, RESEARCH, AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT THE FAA IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS MISSION THROUGH A SYSTEMS APPROACH THAT ADDRESSES ALL DIMENSIONS (E.G. POLITICAL, OPERATIONAL, ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL) REQUIRED TO

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In plain English

The latest obligation on MITRE's ongoing FAA contract to provide engineering, research, and analysis supporting civil aviation systems and operations.

Sub-sectors
faa-civil-aviation-rdsystems-engineeringair-traffic-management
Why this matters

MITRE's CAASD center is the FAA's primary federally funded research arm for next-generation air traffic control and aviation infrastructure modernization.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains MITRE's role as integrator for FAA modernization programs; downstream impacts on avionics, communications, and surveillance system vendors.

U.S.–China competition angle

FAA modernization directly competes with international aviation standards; U.S. leadership in air traffic systems and autonomous flight depends on sustained R&D investment.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003062.

Period of performance
Start
2021-10-20
End
2030-03-31
Status
activein 1370 days
Sources

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