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Note: Defense/DoD awards typically appear on USAspending ~90 days late.","failureModes":["Defense/DoD awards lag ~90 days on USAspending, so very recent DoD contracts may not appear","War.gov daily announcements are currently unavailable from the host provider","No results returned if no awards match the specified ticker, sector, or keyword in the last 14 days","Invalid sector enum value returns an error","Cache may serve data up to 30 minutes stale","Service may be temporarily unavailable due to render.com cold starts or hosting limits"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need quick, filtered signal on which publicly-traded defense and emerging-tech companies have received recent federal contract awards, especially when you want to cross-reference government spending with investment tickers. Prefer this over raw USAspending API access when you want pre-filtered sector coverage (AI, drones, space, quantum, nuclear, robotics) without building your own parsing layer. Not ideal for real-time DoD contract announcements (90-day USAspending lag) or for comprehensive historical contract databases.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-20T12:30:32.296Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"gw8-signal-api-federal-contract-awards-d9ada733"}