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$957,006,922

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Coast Guard

to DAVIE DEFENSE INC.

defenseactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70Z02326C93210003_7008_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS LETTER CONTRACT IS FOR THE DELIVERY OF FIVE (5) EACH MULTI-PURPOSE POLAR SHIP (MPPS-100) VESSELS HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS ARCTIC SECURITY CUTTERS (ASCS).

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Procurement of five multi-purpose polar security cutter vessels for Arctic operations and coastal defense.

Sub-sectors
naval-vesselsarctic-operationscoast-guard
Why this matters

Enhances U.S. Arctic presence and sovereignty capabilities in strategically critical polar regions amid increasing geopolitical competition.

Supply-chain signal

Signals sustained demand for specialized shipbuilding, advanced marine engineering, and cold-weather vessel systems from domestic defense contractors.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly addresses U.S. Arctic security posture as China expands polar presence and claims; critical for maintaining regional dominance.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-13. Cost: $0.001371.

Period of performance
Start
2026-02-10
End
2035-02-10
Status
activein 3194 days
Sources

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