Missile Defense Agency - Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects (NOBLE) Announcement
Missile Defense Agency · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation HQ0860-25-S-0001 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
8/6/2026: A link to the "NOBLE Solicitation Tracker" has been added to this announcement. The NOBLE announcement Amendment 3 has been added. 6/23/2026: Shipborne Phased Array Instrumentation Radar (SPAIR) Solicitation No. HQ0860-26-S-C007 has been added. Full details on this solicitation can be found by searching the solicitation number on SAM.gov. Please note that MDA has removed the "MDA_NOBLE_Solic_SN_Tracker" spreadsheet attachment.
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.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 2 | $1.5B | Jul 2, 2025 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 1 | $508.5M | Sep 4, 2026 |
| L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P. | 1 | $499.6M | Jul 6, 2026 |
| IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC | 1 | $475.0M | Oct 9, 2025 |
| PEOPLETEC, INC. | 1 | $48.1M | Feb 11, 2026 |
| STRATOLAUNCH, LLC | 1 | $24.7M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY Auburn AL 36849 USA | 1 | $11.4M | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Concordia Technologies, LLC | 1 | $9.4M | Jan 30, 2025 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Stony Brook NY 11794 USA | 1 | $4.7M | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Huntsman International LLC | 1 | $4.0M | Dec 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.
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $36.4M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $NOC reported $42.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 12 past awards, $36.4M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 4, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$508.5MLegacy Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile/Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Flight Test Support (LIFTS)Materiality: 1.2% of $NOC revenue (Medium) SEC
- Jul 6, 2026L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.$499.6MAirBorne Sensors (ABS) Program Contract AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 11, 2026PEOPLETEC, INC.$48.1MArchitecture Integration Modeling System-Defense (AIMS-D)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 9, 2025IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC$475.0MRadar Systems Test and Analysis Contract (RSTAC) Award AnnouncementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 2, 2025LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$53.6MLockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (LM RMS), Moorestown, New Jersey, is being awarded a sole-source, ten-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $2,968,0Materiality: 0.07% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 1, 2025LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.5BAward Notice HQ085121C0002 ExtensionMateriality: 1.9% of $LMT revenue (Medium) SEC
- Mar 3, 2025THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Stony Brook NY 11794 USA$4.7MInnovation, Science & Technology (IS&T) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 30, 2025Concordia Technologies, LLC$9.4MHypersonic Defense for Reactive Architectures (HyDRA) Part IINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 19, 2024ADVANCED SILICON CARBIDE MATERIALS LLC$3.8MInnovation, Science & Technology (IS&T) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 13, 2024Huntsman International LLC$4.0MInnovation, Science & Technology (IS&T) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)No 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 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
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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 2 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.