Pre-solicitationPosted Feb 2, 2026·Responses due Feb 17, 2026

MQ-9A Unmanned Air System (UAS) Engineering Logistics Support (ELS) Optix Sustainment

NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
488190
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N00019-26-RFPREQ-WPM266-0121
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
J015
Place
Poway, CA, USA
Contact
Sharina Miller (sharina.n.miller.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-26-RFPREQ-WPM266-0121 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Feb 2, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Jul 27, 2026
    Award Notice
    GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. · $3.0M
    Open

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What the notice says

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD, intends to negotiate and award a modification to Order N0001925F0024 under existing Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N0001922G0006 to General Atomics � Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), Poway, CA, for the procurement of Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) Optix software sustainment. CIP is integrated into the Electronic Warfare (EW) Pod of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) MQ-9A Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). CIP Sustainment includes, but is not limited to, maintaining a quarterly CIP software release schedule, CIP software defect… (show all)

tracking and reporting; CIP software maintenance activities to include reviewing, revising and publishing updates; four (4) CIP software releases annually with operational patches addressed through interim releases as needed; onsite engineering support for integration, testing, and deployment of updates, and CIP software reachback. Award of this action is expected by 3rd Quarter Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. The Period of Performance is estimated to be a three (3)-month base Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) and a 12-month option CLIN. For this proposed contract action, the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements." GA-ASI is the designer, developer, manufacturer, and integrator of the MQ-9A UAS and the related EW Pod, and therefore is the only contractor with the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical data that can meet the Government�s requirements on a timely basis and in a cost effective manner. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. Interested parties, however, may identify their interest and capability by responding to the requirement. The Government will consider all information received prior to the closing date of this synopsis. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract modification based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No phone inquiries will be entertained. Responses shall be made in writing by e-mail to the attention of Sharina Miller using the contact information provided in this synopsis. Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact GA-ASI directly at GA-ASISmall-Business@ga-asi.com.

Who won similar work

23 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND), same product/service code (PSC) J015 and NAICS 488190.

Single-winner award sizes (23): middle half $329K to $41.6M, median $3.7M; range $10K to $717.1M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. · $AIR · $3.5B11$957.0MApr 24, 2026
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.8$736.8MJul 2, 2025
PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.2$91.7MJun 4, 2026
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATES, INC.1$236.0MJun 11, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B1$75.9MNov 13, 2025

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Investor context
  • $AIR reported $3.5B revenue (12 months to Aug 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 23 past awards, $3.7M, is 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 23 past awards, $3.7M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing

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Latest awards

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Competitive landscape

For the 5 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (14 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $425K 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

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  • 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

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  • 2 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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