Special NoticePosted May 19, 2026

NAWCAD Long Range Acquisition Forecast (LRAF) � FY26

Navy and Marine Corps · DEPT OF THE NAVY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541330
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
NAWCAD-LRAF-FY26-PAX
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R425
Place
Patuxent River, MD, USA
Contact
Alfred W Hensler (alfred.hensler@navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation NAWCAD-LRAF-FY26-PAX in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • May 19, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • May 26, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Jul 22, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 24, 2026 to Feb 24, 2027, middle of the range Dec 29, 2026.
Measured from 48 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 541330 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from May 19, 2026).

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 Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Patuxent River (Pax) announces the FY26 Long Range Acquisition Forecast (LRAF) for NAWCAD Pax requirements. Updates will be made via this notice on a quarterly basis. NAWCAD LRAD - FY26Q2 Attached. <<...>> This Special Notice is for informational purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Information provided on the LRAF is subject to change.

Who won similar work

102 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same product/service code (PSC) R425.

Single-winner award sizes (100): middle half $5.9M to $44.6M, median $21.7M; range $11K to $500.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $77.8B5$216.9MMar 27, 2026
SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC.4$648.7MOct 1, 2026
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B3$171.3MJul 30, 2026
Delphinus Engineering LLC3$23.2MSep 23, 2026
Woodward Inc. · $WWD · $2.9B3$3.3MSep 28, 2026
CORE SERVICES GROUP INC2$306.8MOct 16, 2026
BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.2$165.1MOct 7, 2026
LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING INC2$135.6MOct 1, 2026
ISPA TECHNOLOGY LLC2$91.1MOct 15, 2026
Marine Systems Corporation2$90.7MSep 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.

Investor context
  • $BA reported $77.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 100 past awards, $21.7M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 100 past awards, $21.7M, is 0.3% of that. 10-K
  • $WWD reported $2.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 100 past awards, $21.7M, is 0.7% 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.

  • 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
  • $452K 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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 1 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.