Engineering & Flight Support Services for FLARES ScanEagle UAS
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-26-RFPREQ-WPM263-0283 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 16, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
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
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to award a sole-source modification to Task Order N0001925F0933, under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N0001921G0007, to Insitu, Inc., located in Bingen, Washington. This action is for highly specialized engineering and flight support services for the Flying Launch and Recovery System (FLARES) ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The services include: Track Quality (TQ) flight testing support Environmental Shock qualification testing support The effort will be performed over a twelve (12) month period. This action is pursued under the authorit… (show all)
y of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.� Insitu, Inc. is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the FLARES ScanEagle UAS and retains proprietary data rights to the technical data packages, flight control software, and integration schematics required to support this testing. No other source possesses the specialized technical data or capability required to perform these environmental and flight testing services without causing unacceptable delays in fleet operational readiness. This synopsis is published for informational purposes only. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. There are no commitments by the Government to issue any solicitations, make an award or awards, or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties before award of a contract for the effort.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND), same product/service code (PSC) L015.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $20.0M to $42.0M, median $33.7M; range $2.8M to $43.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION | 3 | $87.5M | Oct 15, 2026 |
| INSITU, INC. · $BA · $94.0B | 1 | $25.7M | Feb 24, 2025 |
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.
- $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $33.7M, 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.
- Oct 15, 2026TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2.8MAerosonde UAS Operational Support, Transition, & MCM Sensor Integration (Modifications under BOA N0001921G0008)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 3, 2026Textron Systems Corporation$43.0MISR Maritime B-Kit Task Order N0001926F1157 under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N0001926G1007No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 3, 2026Textron Systems Corporation$41.7MISR Maritime B-Kit Task Order N0001926F1170 under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N0001926G1007No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 24, 2025INSITU, INC.$25.7MISR Services OIR Lot 1 Site 1 RecompeteMateriality: 0.03% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
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 2 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $358K 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.
- 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.
- 1 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.