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$117,756,227

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

to BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC

defenseactive
ACTION DATE2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFCA25F0033_4732_47QTCK18D0004_4732
Award description

AFRL SHADOW RAPTOR

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Booz Allen Hamilton contract supporting AFRL Shadow Raptor advanced military research and development program.

Sub-sectors
military-rd-contractair-force-researchadvanced-systems
Why this matters

AFRL Shadow Raptor represents cutting-edge Air Force Research Laboratory capabilities; $117.8M indicates significant strategic technology development.

Supply-chain signal

Large prime contractor award suggests downstream subcontracting to specialized defense technology suppliers and engineering firms.

U.S.–China competition angle

AFRL advanced systems development directly supports U.S. military technological superiority against peer competitors including China.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002121.

Period of performance
Start
2025-09-12
End
2026-09-11
Status
activein 117 days
Sources

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