Special NoticePosted Sep 29, 2026·Responses due Oct 15, 2026

FA8629-26-S-C001(Call-001)_Air Force - Small UAS & Asymmetric Capabilities - Commercial Solutions Opening

Air Force and Space Force · FA8629 AFLCMC WISK SOF/PR

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336411
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA8629-26-S-C001(Call-001)
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
1550
Place
Not stated
Contact
Jesse Cooley (jesse.cooley.1@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA8629-26-S-C001(Call-001) in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 8, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Sep 8, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Sep 29, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
  • Sep 30, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 3, 2026 to Mar 6, 2027, middle of the range Dec 15, 2026.
Measured from 253 past early notices at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 8, 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

This notice supplements the Air Force Small UAS & Asymmetric Capabilities � Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), Notice ID: FA8629-26-S-C001, available at [https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f2adca647af04d61b6ed30dc0d131fd4/view]. Call 001 is seeking innovative commerical solutions and technologies to advance small UAS and asymmetric mission capabilites. Details are provided in the attachment.

Who won similar work

21 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 336411.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA3$1.2BDec 22, 2025
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · $LMT2$132.0MMay 5, 2026
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.2$175KSep 19, 2025
Lindys Painting, La Porte LLC2$87KJul 23, 2026
BORSIGHT, INC1$2.2BJun 16, 2025
DMAERO, LLC1$996.0MDec 18, 2025
ARISTA AVIATION SERVICES, LLC. Enterprise AL 36330 USA1$86.4MDec 26, 2024
Lockheed Martin Aero Marietta GA USA1$48.8MJul 2, 2025
TYONEK TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC1$46.0MMar 11, 2025
Able Aerospace Services, Inc.1$21.8MApr 21, 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.

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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (22 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $676K 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 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.