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$241,790,386

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to RAYTHEON COMPANY

aerospaceexpiring · 17d· period of performance ends in 17 days
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA721F00005_6920_693KA721D00001_6920
Award description

STARS - DELIVERY ORDER 0001 (OPS SUSTAINMENT)

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

Funds operational sustainment and delivery of STARS air traffic control systems for the FAA.

Sub-sectors
air-traffic-controldefense-systemsoperations-sustainment
Why this matters

STARS is critical national infrastructure for safe, efficient U.S. airspace management and aviation operations.

Supply-chain signal

Large sustainment contract indicates ongoing demand for Raytheon's air traffic control technology maintenance and support services.

U.S.–China competition angle

Protects U.S. air traffic control independence from foreign technology dependence in strategic aviation infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-13. Cost: $0.001274.

Period of performance
Start
2021-05-26
End
2026-05-31
Status
expiring · 17din 17 days
Sources

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