UAS Purchase
Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) · W6QM MICC-FT STEWART
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 27_08 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 3, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY. This is NOT a solicitation. This is part of market research for a potential upcoming requirement. Endurance: Minimum of 40 minutes of flight time per battery. � Sensors: Integrated high-resolution Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared (IR) sensors, including a telephoto camera (minimum 48MP with 16x zoom), a wide-angle camera (minimum 50MP), and a radiometric thermal sensor (minimum 640x512 resolution). � Navigation & Range: Built-in 360-degree vision-based obstacle avoidance, GPS-denied navigation capabilities, autonomous subject tracking, and a wireless operational… (show all)
range of up to 12 km. � Security: Must be fully compliant with Section 848 of the FY20 NDAA and the American Security Drone Act of 2023 (must be on the DoD Blue UAS Cleared List). See Salient Characteristic attachement for full description of salient characteristcs.
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC)), same product/service code (PSC) 1550.
Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $79K to $99K, median $92K; range $19K to $225K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBOLINK, INC. | 3 | $398K | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Neros, Inc. | 1 | $97K | Jul 21, 2025 |
| BARFIELD INC | 1 | $92K | Jul 7, 2025 |
| W S DARLEY & CO Itasca IL 60143 USA | 1 | $87K | Jul 21, 2025 |
| R526 Solutions, LLC | 1 | $19K | Jun 25, 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.
- Jun 25, 2026R526 Solutions, LLC$19K2ABCT Drones
- Sep 9, 2025ROBOLINK, INC.$72KField Elements and ADC Registrations
- Sep 9, 2025ROBOLINK, INC.$102KDrones
- Sep 9, 2025ROBOLINK, INC.$225KDrones
- Jul 21, 2025W S DARLEY & CO Itasca IL 60143 USA$87KUAV Drone
- Jul 21, 2025Neros, Inc.$97KFPV Drone
- Jul 7, 2025BARFIELD INC$92KUAV Drone
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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 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
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.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.