Sources SoughtPosted Oct 23, 2026·Responses due Nov 9, 2026

Timed Emitters Transmitting Highly Energized Radiation (TETHER)

Navy and Marine Corps · NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

In plain words

Navy and Marine Corps is planning to buy "Timed Emitters Transmitting Highly Energized Radiation (TETHER)". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in Washington, DC, USA. Responses are due Nov 9, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $7.3M per award. An award is expected between January 2027 and August 2027.

Put together from the facts on this page; the details and sources are below.

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N00173-27-RFI-EN01
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
AR13
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
Not stated
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N00173-27-RFI-EN01 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 23, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jan 22, 2027 to Aug 29, 2027, middle of the range May 9, 2027.
Measured from 13 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 541715 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 23, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

Who won similar work

101 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same NAICS 541715.

Single-winner award sizes (92): middle half $1.3M to $32.3M, median $7.3M; range $50K to $466.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ANALEX CORPORATION4–Oct 21, 2026
SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. · $PSN · $6.3B3$462.5MJun 29, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $93.5B3$70.7MApr 20, 2026
ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP2$298.6MJun 18, 2026
LEIDOS, INC. · $LDOS · $17.6B2$162.2MAug 8, 2025
Applied Research Associates, Inc.2$123.0MMay 8, 2026
ENVISIONEERING INC2$100.4MJan 30, 2025
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B2$98.9MDec 15, 2025
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.2$87.7MMay 12, 2026
SEACORP, LLC2$61.5MMay 8, 2026

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 (5 here). 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.

Investor context
  • $PSN reported $6.3B revenue (12 months to Mar 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 92 past awards, $7.3M, is 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $RTX reported $93.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 92 past awards, $7.3M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $LDOS reported $17.6B revenue (12 months to Jul 3, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 92 past awards, $7.3M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 92 past awards, $7.3M, 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.

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (9 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $1.2M 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
  • 1 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.

  • 4 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 5 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, 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.