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$38,959,902

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

to L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

defenseexpiring · 46d· period of performance ends in 46 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-09-21·LATEST ACTION2026-04-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFLA20F0281_4732_47QFLA20D0014_4732
Award description

L3 SOLE SOURCE IDIQ TO3 USSOCOM SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

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

Modification obligating additional funds for satellite communications services to U.S. Special Operations Command under an existing contract that began in 2020.

Sub-sectors
satellite-communicationssole-source-idiqspecial-operations-support
Why this matters

USSOCOM's specialized communications needs require secure satellite platforms; this modification sustains critical infrastructure for global special operations requiring sole-source contracting.

Supply-chain signal

L3 integrates subsupply chains for satellite RF modules, antenna systems, and ground stations; reflects concentration of SATCOM capability with major defense primes.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. Special Ops SATCOM resilience is critical counter to Chinese anti-satellite capabilities and space competition; sole-source reflects strategic dependence.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-14. Cost: $0.009738.

Period of performance
Start
2020-09-21
End
2026-08-28
Status
expiring · 46din 46 days
Sources

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