Sources SoughtPosted Jul 30, 2026·Responses due Jul 26, 2026

**PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE** Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR): Increment 1

Air Force and Space Force · FA2548 SPC RPD CPBLTS OFFC SPC RCO

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
Satellite_Communication_Augmentation_Resource_(SCAR)_Increment_1
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
5985
Place
Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
Contact
Lee Mutschler (lee.mutschler@spaceforce.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation Satellite_Communication_Augmentation_Resource_(SCAR)_Increment_1 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Mar 23, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Mar 31, 2026
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    Open
  • Jun 4, 2026
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    Open
  • Jun 4, 2026
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    Open
  • Jun 4, 2026
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    Open
  • Jun 4, 2026
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    Open
  • Jun 4, 2026
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    Open
  • Jun 11, 2026
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    Open
  • Jun 11, 2026
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    Open
  • Jun 17, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jul 30, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Aug 23, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: May 18, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, middle of the range Jun 29, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Mar 23, 2026).
Responses are due Jul 26, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

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  • 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

***PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE*** Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) multiple Calls anticipated. For planning purposes, the first Call is intended under Solicitation number HQ0860-26-S-C008. The SCAR Program Management Office (PMO) will solicit this procurement utilizing the existing Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects (NOBLE) Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA). The PMO will utilize 10 U.S.C. �3458 � Authority to acquire innovative commercial products and commercial services using general solicitation compet… (show all)

itive procedures / DFARS 212.70 � Defense Commercial Solutions Opening. The PMO may make multiple awards under a single Call or multiple Calls may be utilized. If multiple Calls are utilized, each call will have a distinct solicitation number. The PMO anticipates posting the first solicitation on or about 45 days from the date of this notice through the MDA Opportunity Marketplace NOBLE MAA page at https://www.mda.mil/business/noble.html which will include further detail, instructions for accessing supplemental documents, and identify a submission due date/time and process. NOBLE consolidates several solicitation authorities under a single overarching announcement (identified in the NOBLE Announcement?HQ0860-25-S-0001 in Section IV Authorities). The PMO intends to utilize Topic Area 4. Disruptive Technologies to solicit novel concepts in the areas of satellite ground Telemetry, Tracking and Commanding (TT&C) capabilities. The PMO will maximize the use of commercially available technologies under Fixed-price (FP) arrangement using Other Transactions Authority (OTA) Agreements wherever practicable with FAR Part 12 Procurement Contracts when determined in the best interest of the Government. Cost Reimbursable Agreements or Procurement Contracts will not be used. The contemplated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541715 and Product Service Code (PSC) is 5985?Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment. OFFERORS MUST BE REGISTERED with System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government Contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: https://sam.gov/content/home. The PMO will utilize the DoD SAFE website https://safe.apps.mil/ for the submission of offers. The solicitation?will include Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), necessitating a bidder's library, and will not be posted publicly.?The Request for Proposal (RFP) will include specific instruction for obtaining documents from the Bidder�s Library. **NOTE** Please send any inquiries regarding SCAR PMO postings to both POCs listed below: PCO: Lee Mutschler, CORE, SIC Unclassified e-mail: lee.mutschler@spaceforce.mil Unclassified Phone: 505-853-0769 CS: Erica Talley, CORE Unclassified e-mail: erica.talley.2.ctr@spaceforce.mil Unclassified Phone: 505-853-0625 Offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, canceled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Who won similar work

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 5985.

Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $27K to $582K, median $51K; range $11K to $14.8M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX · $19.4B2$126KOct 10, 2025
KEYSTONE MISSION SOLUTIONS CORP1$14.8MSep 17, 2025
PLANAR MONOLITHICS INDUSTRIES INC1$1.3MOct 1, 2025
AIRBUS DS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC1$1.1MOct 1, 2026
MASTODON DESIGN LLC1$67KOct 10, 2025
Sharpline Defense Solutions, Inc.1$51KSep 16, 2025
Sabre Systems, LLC1$34KMay 14, 2025
ESATCOM INC.1$33KSep 29, 2026
The Will-Burt Company1$22KJun 30, 2025
SPACE MACHINE AND ENGINEERING Saint Petersburg FL 33713 USA1$15KJul 21, 2025

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
  • $LHX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $51K, 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

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.

  • 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
  • $234K 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.

  • 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.

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