Special NoticePosted Sep 11, 2026·Responses due May 8, 2030

Missile Defense Agency - Advanced Capability Concepts

Missile Defense Agency · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
HQ0860-25-S-C001
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
AC13
Place
USA
Contact
MDA Advanced Capability Concepts (MDA.ACC-WP@mail.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation HQ0860-25-S-C001 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 11, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Oct 5, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Oct 5, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (1 found; 10 needed).

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

9/11/2026: Amendments made to ACC Solicitation, Attachment 1 and Attachment 3. See updated attachments. 8/7/2025: Amendment made to Attachment 3, White Paper Requirements. See updated attachments. 5/9/2025: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Advanced Capability Concepts solicitation provides industry an ongoing opportunity to present the Government with new, unique and innovative ideas. This solicitation seeks innovative concepts, technological innovations, prototype demonstrations, and scientific breakthroughs that will significantly enhance the robustness and effectiveness of all Missile Defen… (show all)

se System elements. White papers will be accepted any time during the five (5) year period of the solicitation. See attachments for full details. [Note: This soliciation is issued under the MDA Multiple Authority Announcement, HQ0860-25-S-0001]

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)), same product/service code (PSC) AC13 and NAICS 541715.

Single-winner award sizes (12): middle half $8.2M to $481.1M, median $36.4M; range $3.8M to $1.5B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B2$1.5BJul 2, 2025
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B1$508.5MSep 4, 2026
L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.1$499.6MJul 6, 2026
IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC1$475.0MOct 9, 2025
PEOPLETEC, INC.1$48.1MFeb 11, 2026
STRATOLAUNCH, LLC1$24.7MDec 6, 2024
AUBURN UNIVERSITY Auburn AL 36849 USA1$11.4MNov 15, 2024
Concordia Technologies, LLC1$9.4MJan 30, 2025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Stony Brook NY 11794 USA1$4.7MMar 3, 2025
Huntsman International LLC1$4.0MDec 13, 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.

Investor context
  • $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $36.4M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $36.4M, 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.

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.

  • 4 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (65 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
  • $759K 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
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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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 2 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.