Missile Defense Agency - Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects (NOBLE) Announcement
Missile Defense Agency · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HQ0860-25-S-0001 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
6/23/2026: Shipborne Phased Array Instrumentation Radar (SPAIR) Solicitation No. HQ0860-26-S-C007 has been added. Full details on this solicitation can be found by searching the solicitation number on SAM.gov. Please note that MDA is discontinuing the "MDA_NOBLE_Solic_SN_Tracker" spreadsheet attachment; all active opportunities will now be managed directly via SAM.gov. 3/2/2026: NOBLE tracker updated to add "MDA Launchers" Solicitation No. HQ0860-26-S-C005. Full details on this soliciation can be found by searching the solicitation number on SAM.gov. 9/19/2025: NOBLE tracker updated to add "Lo… (show all)
w-Cost Interceptor" Solicitation No. HQ0860-25-S-C003 and "High Altitude Infrared Search and Track" Solicitation No. HQ0860-25-S-C004. Full details on these solicitations can be found by searching the solicitation number on SAM.gov. 8/21/2025: Amendment 2 published; the name of this announement is changed from "Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA)" to "Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects (NOBLE)" Announcement 7/31/2025: Solicitation tracker udpated to add HQ0860-25-S-C002. 5/9/2025: Solicitation tracker udpated to add HQ0860-25-S-C001. 4/4/2025: Amendent 1 published; update to the organization email address and update to title of Attachment 1. 3/27/2025: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is excited to announcement the establishment of its first Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA). The MAA is a versatile vehicle that allows MDA and Department of Defense (DoD) entities to quickly pursue different types of non-traditional acquisitions under one single announcement, including Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), Procurement for Experimental Purpose (PEP), and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). This is a competitive approach targeted towards disruptive technologies and rapid capability development from non-traditional sources. Interested parties can follow the MAA on SAM.gov (Solicitation No. HQ0860-25-S-0001) to receive notification when a solicitation is released. Inquiries about the announcement can be sent to MDA-MAA@mail.mil. Please see the attachments for full details.
Who won similar work
12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)), same product/service code (PSC) AC13 and NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (12): middle half $8.2M to $481.1M, median $36.4M; range $3.8M to $1.5B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 2 | $1.5B | Jul 2, 2025 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 1 | $508.5M | Sep 4, 2026 |
| L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P. | 1 | $499.6M | Jul 6, 2026 |
| IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC | 1 | $475.0M | Oct 9, 2025 |
| PEOPLETEC, INC. | 1 | $48.1M | Feb 11, 2026 |
| STRATOLAUNCH, LLC | 1 | $24.7M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY Auburn AL 36849 USA | 1 | $11.4M | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Concordia Technologies, LLC | 1 | $9.4M | Jan 30, 2025 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Stony Brook NY 11794 USA | 1 | $4.7M | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Huntsman International LLC | 1 | $4.0M | Dec 13, 2024 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $36.4M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $NOC reported $42.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $36.4M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 4, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$508.5MLegacy Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile/Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Flight Test Support (LIFTS)Materiality: 1.2% of $NOC revenue (Medium) SEC
- Jul 6, 2026L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.$499.6MAirBorne Sensors (ABS) Program Contract AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 11, 2026PEOPLETEC, INC.$48.1MArchitecture Integration Modeling System-Defense (AIMS-D)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 9, 2025IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC$475.0MRadar Systems Test and Analysis Contract (RSTAC) Award AnnouncementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 2, 2025LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$53.6MLockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (LM RMS), Moorestown, New Jersey, is being awarded a sole-source, ten-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $2,968,0Materiality: 0.07% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 1, 2025LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.5BAward Notice HQ085121C0002 ExtensionMateriality: 1.9% of $LMT revenue (Medium) SEC
- Mar 3, 2025THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Stony Brook NY 11794 USA$4.7MInnovation, Science & Technology (IS&T) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 30, 2025Concordia Technologies, LLC$9.4MHypersonic Defense for Reactive Architectures (HyDRA) Part IINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 19, 2024ADVANCED SILICON CARBIDE MATERIALS LLC$3.8MInnovation, Science & Technology (IS&T) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 13, 2024Huntsman International LLC$4.0MInnovation, Science & Technology (IS&T) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 4 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (66 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
- $759K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 8 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 2 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.