Notice of Intent to Sole Source � 414 CTS CYPRES AADS
Air Force and Space Force · FA4861 99 CONS LGC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation F3G5BA6191AG01 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 13, 2026Special NoticeOpen
- Aug 18, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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.
What the notice says
Notice of Intent to Sole Source � F3G5BA6191AG01 - 414 CTS CYPRES AADS The 99th Contracting Squadron intends to award a sole source purchase order under the authority of RFO 6.103-1(b), due to only one source being capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. The requirement is for the purchase of Military CYPRES (Cybernetic Parachute Release System) Automatic Activation Devices (AADs) to safely conduct Military Free Fall operations. [Qty. 10] Military EC Cypress-2 1-Pin Changeable- w/… (show all)
LTM. [Qty. 1] Military EC Cypress Data Collector [Qty. 1] Military EC Cypress IR Remote This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for the requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes technical data and cost information, sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to meet the requirement. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source procurement. Capability statements are due no later than 26 August 2026 by 10:00 AM Pacific Time. To ensure your response along with any and all attachments are received, attachment(s) must be less than 10 MB [in total]. It is the responsibility of the offeror to contact the government to confirm receipt prior to the offer due date and time. Capability statements shall be submitted by email ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address: christian.jacobson@us.af.mil
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 1670.
Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $42K to $6.5M, median $232K; range $10K to $159.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC | 4 | $6.8M | Aug 26, 2026 |
| AAR MANUFACTURING, INC. · $AIR · $2.3B | 1 | $159.8M | Mar 9, 2026 |
| TAC INDUSTRIES INC | 1 | $138.9M | Mar 11, 2026 |
| ONYX INDUSTRIES, LLC | 1 | $536K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| SSK MILITARY INDUSTRIES INC | 1 | $128K | Aug 25, 2026 |
| VIGIL AMERICA INC | 1 | $10K | Jul 30, 2026 |
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.
- $AIR reported $2.3B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 9 past awards, $232K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 15, 2026ONYX INDUSTRIES, LLC$536KAward Notice - Onyx RAM-T 40 and KitsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 26, 2026BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC$42KAward Notice: Butler Parachute HarnessesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 25, 2026SSK MILITARY INDUSTRIES INC$128K336 TRS Cypres Automatic Activation DevicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 30, 2026VIGIL AMERICA INC$10KNTRAPS Automatic Activation DevicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 11, 2026TAC INDUSTRIES INC$138.9MCargo Nets (Production)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 9, 2026AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.$159.8M463L Legacy Cargo Pallet Repair Follow-OnMateriality: 6.9% of $AIR revenue (High) SEC
- Sep 29, 2025BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC$232KPost-Award Synopsis - Norway Reusable Tethered Tandem BarrelsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 1, 2025BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC$39KButler Parachute HarnessesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 19, 2025BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC$6.5MBA-X B-52 Low Profile ParachutesNo 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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $67K 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.
- 0 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.