PROTECTED TACTICAL SATCOM -GLOBAL (PTS-G) Request for Proposal (RFP)
Air Force and Space Force · FA8807 MIL COMM AND PNT SSC/CGK
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation _PC in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 28, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticeNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $4.0B
Next steps for this stage
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- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
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What the notice says
The Department of the Air Force, United States Space Force, Space Systems Command, Military Communication & Positioning, Navigation & Timing, Los Angeles AFB, El Segundo, CA has awarded to this contractor the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) effort under solicitation FA880724RB009. This contract is a firm fixed price, multiple award IDIQ. The action was a full and open competition and the ceiling on the IDIQ is $4,000,000,000.00.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 336414.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTRANIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 1 | $4.0B | Jul 28, 2025 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA | 1 | $4.0B | Jul 28, 2025 |
| INTELSAT GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC | 1 | $4.0B | Jul 28, 2025 |
| VIASAT INC · $VSAT | 1 | $4.0B | Jul 28, 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.
- Jul 28, 2025VIASAT INC$4.0BPROTECTED TACTICAL SATCOM -GLOBAL (PTS-G) Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Jul 28, 2025ASTRANIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP$4.0BPROTECTED TACTICAL SATCOM -GLOBAL (PTS-G) Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Jul 28, 2025INTELSAT GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC$4.0BPROTECTED TACTICAL SATCOM -GLOBAL (PTS-G) Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Jul 28, 2025THE BOEING COMPANY$4.0BPROTECTED TACTICAL SATCOM -GLOBAL (PTS-G) Request for Proposal (RFP)
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (14 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $364K 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 7 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.