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$226,664,301

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to RAYTHEON COMPANY

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-19·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_DTFAWA12C00061_6920_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

GEO 5/6 SERVICE LEASES IGF::OT::IGF

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium
In plain English

FAA service leases for GEO 5/6 satellite ground infrastructure and operations support.

Sub-sectors
civil-aviationfaa-infrastructureservice-lease
Why this matters

Sustains critical FAA satellite-based navigation and communications systems essential for U.S. civil aviation safety and efficiency.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates ongoing reliance on Raytheon for satellite ground station operations and maintenance; signals demand for continued satellite service infrastructure.

U.S.–China competition angle

Protects U.S. aviation infrastructure independence by maintaining domestic control of satellite-based navigation systems critical to civil aviation.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002149.

Period of performance
Start
2012-09-24
End
2029-07-14
Status
activein 1155 days
Sources

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