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$42,864,433

Department of Transportation·Federal Aviation Administration

to UAVIONIX CORP

aerospaceexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-04-02·LATEST ACTION2026-05-12·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_693KA724C00006_6920_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THIS CONTRACT REPRESENTS AN ORDER AGAINST THE BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FAA AND UAVIONIX, EXECUTED ON MARCH 29, 2024 IN SUPPORT OF THE SURFACE AWARENESS INITIATIVE (SAI) PROGRAM. THIS ORDER IS FOR A THE DEPLOYMENT OF A SITE AT AUSTIN.

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

Deploy surface awareness technology infrastructure at Austin airport to support FAA's Surface Awareness Initiative program.

Sub-sectors
civil-aviation-infrastructurefaa-programsurface-awareness-technology
Why this matters

Enhances airport safety and operational efficiency through advanced surface detection and monitoring capabilities at a major U.S. aviation hub.

Supply-chain signal

Signals continued FAA investment in airport modernization and avionics technology deployment across U.S. facilities.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reflects U.S. commitment to advanced aviation safety infrastructure independent of foreign technology dependencies.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002164.

Period of performance
Start
2024-04-02
End
2025-12-31
Status
expired139 days ago
Sources

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