Low-Cost/Affordable Fire Control Radar Request for Information (RFI)
Air Force and Space Force · FA8612 AFLCMC C3BM C3
Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.
Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA8612_RFI_C3BM_2026_0001 in this department, oldest first.
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
[* UPDATE - July 20, 2026 ]* AMENDMENT 0001: The purpose of this update is to publish the Government's formal responses to vendor questions received to date. Please refer to the attached document, "260720_Atch1_FCR_Vendor QA.pdf", for the complete matrix. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), C3BM Directorate, Wright Patterson Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio is conducting market research seeking vendor interest for a Fire Control Radar (FCR). This is a Request For Information (RFI) only. This RFI is issued solely for market research purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Propos… (show all)
al (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Air Force (AF) is not seeking proposals, nor will it accept unsolicited proposals at this time. Please see the attached document for additional details.
Who won similar work
216 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same industry group (NAICS 3345).
Single-winner award sizes (216): middle half $61K to $615K, median $161K; range $6K to $1.8B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TESTFORCE USA, INC. | 5 | $598K | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · $NOC · $39.3B | 4 | $2.0B | Oct 5, 2026 |
| NEWCO INC | 4 | $996K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| ABB INC · $ABBNY | 3 | $8.7M | Jun 22, 2026 |
| UNITED WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | 3 | $6.1M | Sep 14, 2026 |
| CORELIS, INC. | 3 | $5.6M | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Illinois Tool Works, INC · $ITW · $16.1B | 3 | $784K | Mar 26, 2026 |
| SAFEWARE INC | 3 | $319K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| FSR CONSULTING LLC | 3 | $114K | Oct 1, 2026 |
| KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 2 | $12.8M | Mar 26, 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.
- $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 216 past awards, $161K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $ITW reported $16.1B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 216 past awards, $161K, 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.
- Oct 19, 2026THALES USA, INC.$4.4MFMS Albania Case, Kucova Air Base NAVAIDS Program
- Oct 7, 2026INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION CORPORATION$46KFluke Testers
- Oct 5, 2026Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation$4.6MFIFTH GENERATION DATALINKS SUPPORT
- Oct 5, 2026Aantilia LLC$101KF-35 CCPS ITA Connectors PRI 32665 (Mating Connectors for Power Supply)
- Oct 1, 2026THERMAL BRO'S INC.$72KThermal Imaging Binoculars
- Oct 1, 2026FSR CONSULTING LLC$62KHandheld Explosive Trace Detectors
- Sep 29, 2026TRIMBLE INC$4.1MLand Survey Equipment - Trimble
- Sep 29, 2026SAFEWARE INC$72K6 SWS/S5, Cape Cod, FIDO X4 ETDs
- Sep 29, 2026OWT GLOBAL, LIMITED$2.2MC-UAS System & Peripherals
- Sep 29, 2026VERMONT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP$5.2MDual Axis Digital Autocollimator
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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (14 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $441K 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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 1 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.