F/A-18 E/F Advanced Electronic Warfare (ADVEW) Initial Production P-Kits
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-25-RFPREQ-TPM265-0246 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 8, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
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What the notice says
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract on a sole-source basis to the Raytheon Company (CAGE code: 06129) for the initial production capability of the F/A-18 E/F Advanced Electronic Warfare (ADVEW) program. This procurement provides for the production of an anticipated quantity of 72 ADVEW P-Kits. Each P-Kit consists of approximately each of the following components: Enhanced Low-Band Antenna (ELBA), left-hand and right-hand Leading-Edge Extension � Transmit (LEX-TX), left-hand and right-hand Enhanced Leading-Edge Flap (E-LEF), Bay 4L rail, Bay… (show all)
4L rack, Bay 4L Electronic Support Measures/Electronic Attack (ESM/EA), Bay 4L Mid-Band/High-Power Amplifier (MBHPA), Enhanced Antenna Detector Plus (EAD+), and x2 High Power Splitters. In addition to the physical P-Kits, NAVAIR anticipates acquiring the following associated supplies and services: Design, development, manufacture, assembly, modification, testing, prototyping, calibration, and production efforts associated with the retrofit kits. Program management, operations security, cybersecurity compliance, non-recurring engineering, and systems engineering. Integrated logistics and product support, training, logistics forecasting, life-cycle support, shutdown, and demilitarization efforts. Development, validation, verification, and/or revision of technical publications, manuals, engineering drawings, and technical directives. Production, modification, calibration, and depot-level repair of retrofit safety and test equipment, life-of-type/spare/repair parts, special tooling, subsystems, and training devices. Training services, repair/modifications of government-furnished property, and related software and technical data (via Special Negotiated License providing Government Purpose Rights). Statutory Authority: This follow-on production contract is exempt from the competition requirements outlined in FAR Part 6 and DFARS Part 206. It is being awarded pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4022(f) and DFARS 206.001-70, which permits the award of a follow-on production contract to the successful participant of a competitively awarded Other Transaction Authority (OTA) prototype project. The Raytheon Company is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and sole designer/developer possessing the proprietary Technical Data Package (TDP). Delivery Schedule: The anticipated contract type is a base with two (2) options. The initial contract award is anticipated in July 2027, with deliveries occurring through June 2030 (based on a 24-month lead time). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. ll inquiries and concerns must be addressed to the Contract Specialist, Laurelle Brown-Hill at?laurelle.r.brown-hill.civ@us.navy.mil.? Responses to this notice must be?submitted?by?23 July 2026.??Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact?Raytheon Company directly?at?christopher.short@rtx.com.
Who won similar work
6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND), same product/service code (PSC) 5865.
Single-winner award sizes (6): middle half $4.6M to $27.8M, median $15.6M; range $598K to $233.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 1 | $233.0M | Jan 13, 2026 |
| MEGGITT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC. · $PH · $21.5B | 1 | $30.2M | Jul 14, 2026 |
| CAES SYSTEMS LLC · $HON · $38.1B | 1 | $20.7M | Mar 30, 2026 |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX | 1 | $10.4M | Mar 13, 2025 |
| DRS SYSTEMS, INC · $DRS · $3.8B | 1 | $2.7M | Jun 4, 2025 |
| DCMA NORTHROP GRUMMAN ROLLNG MEADOW Rolling Meadows IL 60008 USA | 1 | $598K | Feb 27, 2025 |
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. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. 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 6 past awards, $15.6M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $PH reported $21.5B revenue (fiscal year ending Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $15.6M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $HON reported $38.1B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $15.6M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $DRS reported $3.8B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $15.6M, is 0.4% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Jul 14, 2026MEGGITT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC.$30.2MF-18 IRST ECU FRP 1-3Materiality: 0.14% of $PH revenue (Low) SEC
- Mar 30, 2026CAES SYSTEMS LLC$20.7MALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS) Low-Band Consolidation (LBC) Production Follow-On AwardMateriality: 0.05% of $HON revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 13, 2026LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$233.0MInfrared Search and Track (IRST) Full Rate Production 1 (FRP 1) � Infrared Receiver (IRR), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), and Processor Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs)Materiality: 0.30% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Jun 4, 2025DRS SYSTEMS, INC$2.7MDistributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasure (DAIRCM) PoR/EMD PCA/FCAMateriality: 0.07% of $DRS revenue (Low) SEC
- Mar 13, 2025L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$10.4MN00019-23-RFPREQ-TPM272-0109 Award$LHX: no recent revenue figure in SEC filings (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 27, 2025DCMA NORTHROP GRUMMAN ROLLNG MEADOW Rolling Meadows IL 60008 USA$598KAssault AAQ-24/DoN LAIRCM CH-53K SW Velocity Defect (NED)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 6 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (20 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $991K 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.
- 5 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 6 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.
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