North Warning System (NWS) Heavy Fixed Wing (HFW) Airlift Transportation Services
Air Force and Space Force · FA4890 HQ ACC AMIC
No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA489026C0011 in this department, oldest first.
- Jun 15, 2026 · this noticeAward NoticeLYNDEN AIR CARGO, LLC · $8.6M
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What the notice says
The United States Air Force (USAF), Headquarters (HQ), Air Combat Command (ACC), Acquisition Management & Integration Center (AMIC) has awarded the above contract for the North Warning System (NWS) Heavy Fixed Wing (HFW) Airlift Transportation Services. Award was made to Lynden Air Cargo, LLC, 6520 Kulis Dr., Anchorage, AK, 99502, on 15 Jun 2026 in the amount of $8,586,723.96. The contract was awarded as a Non-Commercial, Firm Fixed Price contract. Lynden Air Cargo, LLC has been awarded a $8,586,723.96 Firm-Fixed-Price single-award contract for the NWS HFW Airlift Transportation Services. This… (show all)
contract provides Airlift Services of the NWS HFW air transportation service to the NWS sites (Appendix 1) in support of the North Warning System Office (NWSO) and in coordination with the North Warning System Operations and Maintenance (NWS O and M) contractor in Canada. NWS consists of radar sites located in the Canadian Arctic, via contractor-furnished air transportation services for delivery of bulk Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL), over-sized cargo, and supplies. This contract will support ACC and Canada in meeting their NORAD radar maintenance requirements. The NWS is directed by the international agreement between the U.S. and Canada, the parameters of this agreement require the Canadian Government to contract for operations and maintenance of the NWS, the U.S. is required to supply airlift support to the Canadian Government. All personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and all other items and services that are required to perform NWS HFW Airlift Transportation Services shall be furnished by the awardee. This contract award was awarded using 100% full and open competition procedures. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this contract is 481212 - Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation. The Period of Performance is as follows: Base Period � 1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 Option Year 1 � 1 Aug 2027 - 31 Jul 2028 Option Year 2 � 1 Aug 2028 - 31 Jul 2029 Option Year 3 � 1 Aug 2029 - 31 Jul 2030 Option Year 4 � 1 Aug 2030 - 31 Jul 2031 Contracting Office Address: Department of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, Acquisition Management & Integration Center (ACC/AMIC) 300 Exploration Way Hampton VA 23666 Primary Point of Contact (POC): Contracting Officer Ryan Tagatac ryan_mark.tagatac.3@us.af.mil Secondary Point of Contact: Contract Manager Nathaniel Goodale nathaniel.goodale.1@us.af.mil If you have any questions, please contact the primary POCs above.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 481212.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $3.9B to $5.6B, median $5.4B; range $2.4B to $5.9B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · $SPCX | 1 | $5.9B | Apr 4, 2025 |
| UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $5.4B | Apr 4, 2025 |
| Blue Origin, LLC | 1 | $2.4B | Apr 4, 2025 |
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.
- Apr 4, 2025SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$5.9BNational Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)$SPCX: no recent revenue figure in SEC filings (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 4, 2025UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC$5.4BNational Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 4, 2025Blue Origin, LLC$2.4BNational Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.