diff --git a/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js b/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js
index 0f889d53f..5f359b757 100644
--- a/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js
+++ b/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /** Pure proximity helpers for Global Context. No capability modeling. */
 
-import { t } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { msg, t } from '../i18n/index.js';
 import { UNNAMED_PLACE_NAMES } from './installationNames.js';
 
 const UNNAMED_NAMES = new Set(UNNAMED_PLACE_NAMES);
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ export function formatAwarenessLabel(value) {
 /**
  * Summarize sorted nearby results without promoting missing/stale feeds to a
  * negative finding. `UNKNOWN` is an input-data state, never an out-of-range
- * claim in this MVP.
+ * claim in this MVP. `reason` is English data; the awareness panel shows it
+ * in the UI language.
  */
 export function summarizeAwarenessCohort(
   items,
@@ -95,14 +96,14 @@ export function summarizeAwarenessCohort(
       relationship: AWARENESS_RELATIONSHIP.UNKNOWN,
       count: null,
       nearest: [],
-      reason: t('feed unavailable'),
+      reason: msg('feed unavailable'),
     };
   if (stale)
     return {
       relationship: AWARENESS_RELATIONSHIP.UNKNOWN,
       count: null,
       nearest: [],
-      reason: t('feed stale'),
+      reason: msg('feed stale'),
     };
   const normalized = (Array.isArray(items) ? items : [])
     .filter(
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ export function summarizeAwarenessCohort(
     count: normalized.length,
     nearest: normalized.slice(0, limit),
     reason: normalized.length
-      ? t('observed or mapped nearby context')
-      : t('no observed or mapped objects in current feeds'),
+      ? msg('observed or mapped nearby context')
+      : msg('no observed or mapped objects in current feeds'),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.test.mjs b/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.test.mjs
index 3415fd5d7..8b8771f14 100644
--- a/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.test.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { setLocale, translateKnown } from '../i18n/index.js';
 import {
   AWARENESS_RELATIONSHIP,
   findByDoublingRadius,
@@ -47,6 +48,25 @@ test('unavailable and stale feeds remain unknown', () => {
   assert.equal(summarizeAwarenessCohort([], { stale: true }).reason, 'feed stale');
 });
 
+test('cohort reasons stay English in data and translate where the panel shows them', (t) => {
+  t.after(() => setLocale('en'));
+  setLocale('ru');
+  const reasons = [
+    summarizeAwarenessCohort([], { available: false }).reason,
+    summarizeAwarenessCohort([], { stale: true }).reason,
+    summarizeAwarenessCohort([{ id: 'near', distanceM: 10 }]).reason,
+    summarizeAwarenessCohort([]).reason,
+  ];
+  assert.deepEqual(reasons, [
+    'feed unavailable',
+    'feed stale',
+    'observed or mapped nearby context',
+    'no observed or mapped objects in current feeds',
+  ]);
+  // The awareness panel shows a reason through translateKnown().
+  for (const reason of reasons) assert.notEqual(translateKnown(reason), reason);
+});
+
 test('navigation prioritizes nearby targets from the selected cohort', () => {
   const cohorts = [
     { id: 'flights', summary: { nearest: [{ icao24: 'a1', distanceM: 1000 }, { icao24: 'a2', distanceM: 2000 }] } },