Request for Information - Counter Drone Detect and Defeat System
Air Force and Space Force · FA4460 19 CONS PKA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA446026Q0042 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 4, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
SOURCES SOUGHT: THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUOTATION, BUT INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY! This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that the market research for this acquisition will result in any guarantee of award or acquisition strategy. The Request for Information (RF… (show all)
I) number is FA446026Q0042 and shall be used to reference any written responses to this source sought. Little Rock Air Force Base is conducting research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors to provide a durable device capable of being either portable or stationary that can detect and defeat Commercial Off the Shelf drones. We are seeking an estimated cost for a device that meets or exceeds the characteristics listed in the attached Salient Characteristics. Please note: All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail addresses: jeremy.olson.8@us.af.mil AND luke.kohout.2@us.af.mil. Telephone responses will not be accepted. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN: 18 August 2026 @ 12:00 PM.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 5865.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $505K to $38.5M, median $1.4M; range $179K to $147.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWT GLOBAL, LIMITED | 2 | $2.8M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Symetrics Industries, LLC · $TDG · $6.6B | 1 | $147.3M | Sep 4, 2026 |
| FLEX FORCE ENTERPRISES, LLC | 1 | $179K | Mar 31, 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.
- $TDG reported $6.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $1.4M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 29, 2026OWT GLOBAL, LIMITED$2.2MC-UAS System & PeripheralsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 4, 2026Symetrics Industries, LLC$147.3MALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System (CMDS) Hardware ProcurementMateriality: 2.2% of $TDG revenue (Medium) SEC
- Sep 29, 2025OWT GLOBAL, LIMITED$614KCRG Counter-Unmanned Aerial System � Joint Base McGuire?Dix?Lakehurst, NJNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 31, 2025FLEX FORCE ENTERPRISES, LLC$179KDronebuster Block 4 PNTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 3 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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.