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$84,553,680

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

to LINQUEST CORPORATION

defenseexpiring · 62d· period of performance ends in 62 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-09-14·LATEST ACTION2026-04-28·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFLA21F0221_4732_47QFLA21D0008_4732
Award description

DIGITAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR AFLCMC SBIR PHASE III TASK ORDER 002

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

Latest obligation on a 2021 Air Force digital engineering R&D contract supporting advanced technology development through the SBIR program.

Sub-sectors
air-force-r&dsbir-phase-iiidigital-engineering
Why this matters

SBIR Phase III contracts transition promising defense technologies from research to production-ready systems; this 2026 increment sustains critical Air Force modernization capabilities.

Supply-chain signal

Linquest's digital engineering work likely feeds downstream into Air Force platform development and integration; sustained funding signals continued demand for advanced simulation and modeling tools.

U.S.–China competition angle

Digital engineering and advanced R&D capabilities are central to U.S. military technological advantage; sustained SBIR investment maintains edge in autonomous systems and AI-enabled defense technologies.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-31. Cost: $0.003032.

Period of performance
Start
2021-09-14
End
2026-09-13
Status
expiring · 62din 62 days
Sources

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