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$183,603,454

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Coast Guard

to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION

defenseactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-16·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70Z02326C93100001_7008_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

PURCHASE OF TWO (2) FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT.

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

Purchase of two fixed-wing aircraft for U.S. Coast Guard operations and maritime patrol missions.

Sub-sectors
military-aircraft-procurementcoast-guard-operationsfixed-wing-aircraft
Why this matters

Modernizes Coast Guard aerial capabilities for search-and-rescue, law enforcement, and coastal security operations.

Supply-chain signal

Signals sustained demand for Gulfstream's military-variant aircraft and supporting defense supply chain integration.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. maritime domain awareness and coastal defense capabilities in competition with Chinese naval expansion.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002112.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-17
End
2027-03-17
Status
activein 305 days
Sources

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