Collins - FCC Flight Control Computer (FCC) Software Loading
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
NAVAIR and air warfare centers is planning to buy "Collins - FCC Flight Control Computer (FCC) Software Loading". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in Windsor Locks, CT, USA. Responses are due Oct 26, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 4 companies, usually for about $7.6M per award. An award is expected between March 2027 and January 2028.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-25-RFPREQ-APM261-0788 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 26, 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.
Who won similar work
17 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NAVAIR and air warfare centers), same product/service code (PSC) 1520.
Single-winner award sizes (17): middle half $1.7M to $21.6M, median $7.6M; range $127K to $10.3B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 12 | $10.4B | Oct 20, 2026 |
| BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE Amarillo TX 79111 USA | 3 | $280.9M | Apr 10, 2026 |
| ROBERTSON FUEL SYSTEMS, L.L.C. | 1 | $44.6M | Sep 24, 2025 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 1 | $1.2M | Apr 3, 2025 |
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.
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 17 past awards, $7.6M, 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 20, 2026SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$7.6MCH-53K� ALE DevelopmentMateriality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 5, 2026SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$3.1MCH-53K� Airframe & SRM IPBsMateriality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Jun 29, 2026SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$8.7MCH-53K� Lot 7 and 8 Care and FeedingMateriality: 0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Jun 17, 2026SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$127KLot 5 and 6 Aircraft Inspection Discrepancy Reporting (AIDR)Materiality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Jun 15, 2026SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$450KUnited States Marine Corps (USMC) Heavy Lift Replacement CH-53K Cybersecurity Implementation PlanMateriality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Apr 10, 2026BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE Amarillo TX 79111 USA$157.0MCMV-22 & MV-22 Nacelle Improvements Kits and Pylon Support AssembliesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 30, 2026BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE Amarillo TX 79111 USA$122.2MV-22 Flight Test SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 13, 2026SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$4.6MCH-53K� Aircraft Lot 7/8 Tail PylonMateriality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 29, 2026SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$9.5MCH-53K Gearbox and MRH Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul ToolingMateriality: 0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Nov 24, 2025SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$10.3BCH53K MYP Lot 9-13Materiality: 13.4% of $LMT revenue (High) 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 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (18 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $318K 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.
- 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
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 1 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, 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.