Special NoticePosted Sep 3, 2026·Responses due Sep 3, 2027

Air Force - Small UAS & Asymmetric Capabilities - Commercial Solutions Opening

Air Force and Space Force · FA8629 AFLCMC WISK SOF/PR

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA8629-26-S-C001
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Not stated
Contact
sUAS Inbox (USAFOffensiveSmallUAS@groups.af.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA8629-26-S-C001 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 3, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Sep 3, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 29, 2026 to Mar 1, 2027, middle of the range Dec 10, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 3, 2026).
Responses are due Sep 3, 2027, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Special Operations and ISR Directorate Commercial Solutions Opening Related Notice ID: FA8629-25-C-S001 The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Special Operations and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Directorate (WI), including the Special Operations and Personnel Recovery Division (WIS) and the Capabilities Development Office (CDO), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will use this Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) to solicit solutions for specific future requirements. Specific requirements will be announced … (show all)

through individual Problem Statement Calls, each of which will include detailed submission instructions and response requirements. This CSO may result in awards under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 or through Other Transaction authority. This CSO does not obligate the Government to award a contract or other agreement for any supply or service. The Government is not requesting proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. No funding is currently available under this CSO. See the attached documents for CSO guidance and instructions. This AFLCMC WIS and CDO CSO is open for a 12-month period ending 3 September 2027. The Government will review the CSO annually to determine whether to renew it.

Who won similar work

1918 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (1890): middle half $81K to $1.9M, median $328K; range $566 to $20.7B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B17$2.5BOct 6, 2026
WAREHOUSE ONE, INC11$9.0MSep 23, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $68.9B9$22.7BSep 29, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $77.8B9$3.5BOct 2, 2026
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B9$281.4MAug 26, 2026
ARHAB LLC8$1.0MAug 10, 2026
HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.7$249.1MOct 19, 2026
THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED7$57.9MMay 29, 2026
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.7$22.1MSep 25, 2026
Aantilia LLC7$3.4MOct 5, 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.

Investor context
  • $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $BA reported $77.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 1890 past awards, $328K, 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.

  • 3 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (36 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $1.5M 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.

  • 4 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 6 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.