Special NoticePosted Oct 14, 2026

Modeling and Simulation Vistas Core Truth Models (MSV-CTM)

Missile Defense Agency · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
REQDE2600160
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7A20
Place
Huntsville, AL, USA
Contact
Not stated
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation REQDE2600160 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 14, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (1 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

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  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

14 October 2026 Title: Modeling and Simulation Vistas Core Truth Models (MSV-CTM) Notice Type: Notice of Intent Product and Service Code (PSC): Primary: 7A20, IT and TELECOM - Application Development Software (Perpetual License Software) Secondary: AC13, National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): 541715, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) Place of Performance: Huntsville, Alabama Reference Number: REQDE2600160 Desc… (show all)

ription: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a sole source contract to deciBel Research, Inc. for Modeling and Simulation Vistas Core Truth Models (MSV-CTM). MSV-CTM is the follow-on for the Modeling and Simulation Contract for Truth Models and Element Representations (MASC-T). The statutory authority for this is Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 6.103-5(b)(1), agencies may contract without providing for full and open competition when expressly authorized or required by statute. Section 874 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and Section 872 of the NDAA for FY 2024 authorize the establishment of a pilot program to incentivize contracting with employee-owned businesses. The U.S. DoW published a final rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement Section 874 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2022 as amended by Section 872 of the NDAA for FY 2024. The final rule allows the noncompetitive award for certain follow-on contracts to a wholly employee-owned business through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) that meets the definition of a �qualified business.� Section 874 as amended defines a �qualified business� as an S corporation (as defined in section 1361(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for which 100 percent of the outstanding stock is held through an employee stock ownership plan as defined in section 4975(e)(7) of such code. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Any information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for enhancing competition in future competitive procurements. The Government will not pay for information submitted. Questions may be directed to mda.redstone.dea.mbx.msv-ctm@mail.mil DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Approved for Public Release 26-MDA-12420 (17 Sep 26)

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)), same NAICS 541715.

Single-winner award sizes (14): middle half $9.9M to $506.3M, median $50.8M; range $3.8M to $2.8B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B4$6.3BJun 1, 2026
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B1$508.5MSep 4, 2026
L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.1$499.6MJul 6, 2026
IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC1$475.0MOct 9, 2025
PEOPLETEC, INC.1$48.1MFeb 11, 2026
STRATOLAUNCH, LLC1$24.7MDec 6, 2024
AUBURN UNIVERSITY Auburn AL 36849 USA1$11.4MNov 15, 2024
Concordia Technologies, LLC1$9.4MJan 30, 2025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Stony Brook NY 11794 USA1$4.7MMar 3, 2025
Huntsman International LLC1$4.0MDec 13, 2024

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Investor context
  • $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 14 past awards, $50.8M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 14 past awards, $50.8M, is 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

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 (65 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
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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
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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
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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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.

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