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$80,021,730

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to RAYTHEON COMPANY

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ACTION DATE2026-03-16·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA721F00006_6920_693KA721D00001_6920
Award description

STARS - DELIVERY ORDER 0002 (STARS DOD EFFORT)

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

Delivery order for STARS program supporting FAA air traffic control modernization and operations.

Sub-sectors
faa-civil-aviationair-traffic-controlmodernization-program
Why this matters

STARS is critical FAA infrastructure modernization ensuring safe, efficient national airspace management and NextGen implementation.

Supply-chain signal

Raytheon as prime contractor indicates reliance on major defense-aerospace integrators for FAA modernization; signals demand for avionics and ATC systems suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

FAA modernization strengthens U.S. aviation infrastructure resilience; counters reliance on foreign ATC technology and maintains aerospace sector competitiveness.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002222.

Period of performance
Start
2021-06-25
End
2025-12-31
Status
expired137 days ago
Sources

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