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$105,725,845

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Coast Guard

to BIRDON AMERICA INC

defenseactive
ACTION DATE2026-02-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70Z02324F93270004_7008_70Z02323D93270001_7008
Award description

PURCHASE OF LLTM FOR WLR AND WLIC #1

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium
In plain English

Purchase of Long-Line Trawl Monitoring equipment for Coast Guard vessel operations and logistics.

Sub-sectors
coast-guard-operationsmaritime-equipmentvessel-procurement
Why this matters

Supports U.S. Coast Guard maritime domain awareness and fisheries enforcement capabilities in domestic waters.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates sustained demand for specialized maritime monitoring and surveillance equipment from defense contractors serving Coast Guard fleet modernization.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. maritime enforcement and domain awareness in competition for control of fishing resources and coastal security.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002092.

Period of performance
Start
2024-05-30
End
2034-09-30
Status
activein 3058 days
Sources

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