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$52,273,502

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Customs and Border Protection

to DAVENPORT AVIATION INC

defenseactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-09-30·LATEST ACTION2026-04-28·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B02C23F00000959_7014_GS07F139DA_4732
Award description

LIGHT ENFORCEMENT PLATFORM (LEP) HELICOPTERS

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

Procurement of Light Enforcement Platform helicopters for U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations.

Sub-sectors
military-aircraftborder-enforcementdhs-operations
Why this matters

Modernizes CBP's aerial surveillance and enforcement capabilities for border security and law enforcement missions.

Supply-chain signal

Signals sustained demand for rotorcraft manufacturing and integration; supports helicopter OEMs and avionics suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. border security infrastructure independent of foreign aerospace suppliers; part of broader DHS modernization.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002102.

Period of performance
Start
2023-09-30
End
2027-05-28
Status
activein 374 days
Sources

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