Pre-solicitationPosted Jun 3, 2026·Responses due Jun 18, 2026

Intelligence Exploitation and Targeting Systems

NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N6893626R5010
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
AC13
Place
Not stated
Contact
Aretha Jones (aretha.y.jones.civ@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N6893626R5010 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jun 3, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Jun 3, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
  • Jun 3, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 5, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
  • Sep 1, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 10, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Sep 29, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 2, 2026 to Apr 9, 2027, middle of the range Dec 18, 2026.
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 Jun 3, 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.

What the notice says

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, CA intends to procure on full and open competitive basis: this effort is to provide research, development, testing and evaluation (RDTE), for the development and fielding of Development and Fielding of Intelligence Exploitation and Targeting Systems (IETS) systems/prototypes related to future systems or the sustainment of deployed systems. This requirement will focus on the continued delivery and fielding of IETS that are based upon or derived from the Common Geo-Positioning (CGS) package of software and related hardware components d… (show all)

eployed in the Distributed Common Ground System Navy (DCGS) family of Programs by the Army, the Air Force, DCGS-N and the Marines Corps as well as in intelligence training centers operated by each of the Services and operational installations worldwide. IETS requirements are also applicable to similar systems deployed by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Program Manager for Acquisition (PMA) organizations (i.e., Precision Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-201), Program Manager Air (PMA-265), Strike Planning and Execution Systems (PMA-281) and Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft program office (PMA-290)) and NGA systems deployed in Combatant Command operations centers and Joint Intelligence or Analysis Centers. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and responses are not requested. This posting serves as notice that the anticipated solicitation will be posted on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation tool and on SAM website at https://sam.gov/ on or about 18 June 2026. Interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) data base at https://sam.gov/ and PIEE at https://piee.eb.mil/ to start doing business with the federal government. SOURCES SOUGHT WAS POSTED UNDER SOLICITATION N6893625R0030. ALL PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PIEE SOLICITATION MODULE IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN AWARD. A DD Form 254 Contract Security Classification Specification shall apply to this requirement, and the prime contractor shall have or demonstrate ability to obtain a "Secret" Facility Clearance. Requires the ability to obtain a SCIF �Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility� clearance. Contractors must be certified through Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS) in order to access Controlled Unclassified Information within SAM. See the DLIS website for registration details: https://www.dla.mil/logistics-operations/services/joint-certification-program/ Going forward, all new entities registering in GSA's System for Award Management (SAM), as well as existing registrations being updated or renewed, will require the submission of an original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated. It is recommended that all interested parties be aware that processing this additional information may take several days and are proactive in maintaining the SAM registrations in an "Active" status as the government cannot award to an entity without an "Active" SAM registration. More information can be found at https://www.gsa.gov/about-gsa/

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER), same product/service code (PSC) AC13 and NAICS 541715.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC. · $AMTM · $7.9B1$98.3MSep 3, 2025
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH · $10.7B1– + 1 sharedNov 15, 2024
EPSILON C5I INC1– + 1 sharedNov 15, 2024
KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC · $KBR · $7.0B1– + 1 sharedNov 15, 2024
TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION1– + 1 sharedNov 15, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 5 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $189K 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.

  • 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
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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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 1 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.