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$117,756,227

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

to BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC

defenseexpiring · 60d· period of performance ends in 60 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-09-12·LATEST ACTION2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFCA25F0033_4732_47QTCK18D0004_4732
Award description

AFRL SHADOW RAPTOR

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

Latest obligation on the AFRL SHADOW RAPTOR advanced aircraft development contract that began in September 2025.

Sub-sectors
air-force-rdadvanced-aircraft-developmentraptor-program
Why this matters

RAPTOR represents Air Force Research Laboratory investment in next-generation aerial platform technology; this May 2026 obligation sustains ongoing development.

Supply-chain signal

Booz Allen Hamilton's role as prime suggests subcontractor network across aerospace suppliers, avionics, and advanced materials vendors.

U.S.–China competition angle

Advanced aircraft R&D directly counters Chinese military modernization in air superiority and next-gen fighter capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-26. Cost: $0.002888.

Period of performance
Start
2025-09-12
End
2026-09-11
Status
expiring · 60din 60 days
Sources

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