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Air Force and Space Force · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Air Force and Space Force is planning to buy "Intent to Sole Source Self-Aligning Focus Schlieren System". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA. Responses are due Nov 2, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $187K per award. An award is expected between December 2026 and April 2027.
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Every notice posted under solicitation FA860127Q0017 in this department, oldest first.
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19 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 6650.
Single-winner award sizes (19): middle half $94K to $438K, median $187K; range $50K to $7.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC INC · $AME · $7.9B | 1 | $7.4M | Mar 3, 2025 |
| VERMONT PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 1 |
| $5.2M |
| Sep 29, 2026 |
| GASTOPS INC | 1 | $2.9M | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC | 1 | $1.6M | Jun 18, 2026 |
| NEWCO INC | 1 | $608K | Jun 13, 2025 |
| ADAM N EVE SAFETY LLC | 1 | $269K | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Quality Vision International Inc. | 1 | $222K | Apr 23, 2025 |
| KEYENCE CORPORATION | 1 | $217K | Jul 8, 2026 |
| GOOCH & HOUSEGO (KEENE) LLC | 1 | $193K | Jun 12, 2025 |
| AIT PRODUCTS LLC | 1 | $187K | Jun 10, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
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.
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.
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.
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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.