DHS awards ~$200M Gulfstream G700 deal for USCG executive transport despite $50M request

The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a roughly $200 million contract to Gulfstream for two G700 business jets to serve as executive transport for the U.S. Coast Guard, a sum far exceeding the roughly $50 million the service requested earlier this year for a replacement jet.

Discovered 2025-10-18T13:38:39.543393-07:00 | 2025-10-18T13:38:39.543393-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The award size—about $200M for two G700s versus a $50M earlier request—represents a major delta in planned procurement funding and has direct implications for the Coast Guard’s broader $3B aviation modernisation effort (see the service’s recent aviation modernisation contract activity: https://hype.aero/?story=95074cdf-87b7-4085-b1d8-69983f485ab8).
  • Buying two ultra-long-range Gulfstream G700s will affect Gulfstream production and delivery schedules and follows recent OEM activity and deliveries in the G700/G800 family, which bear on supply-chain and fleet availability for both civil and government customers (context on recent G700 deliveries and Gulfstream program activity: https://hype.aero/?story=9d9e1b42-468e-4bbc-a80a-e34a08db1ccb and https://hype.aero/?story=8bbd683d-7fe2-4b28-bf81-a04244c00c2a).

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First Seen
2025-10-18T13:38:39.543393-07:00
Latest Update
2025-10-21T13:07:39.654372-07:00
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