REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR GROUP 1 AND GROUP 2 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) TRAINING, MISSION PLANNING, MISSION REHEARSAL, SIMULATION, AND QUALIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
NAVAIR and air warfare centers is planning to buy "REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR GROUP 1 AND GROUP 2 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) TRAINING, MISSION PLANNING, MISSION REHEARSAL, SIMULATION, AND QUALIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in 0, MD, USA. Responses are due Dec 22, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 4 companies, usually for about $36.1M per award. An award is expected between December 2026 and May 2027.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-26-DRPM-RAS-AIRPMO-0294 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 23, 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.
Who won similar work
12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NAVAIR and air warfare centers), same product/service code (PSC) 1550.
Single-winner award sizes (6): middle half $4.0M to $74.3M, median $36.1M; range $2.3M to $611.5M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 9 | $77.8M | Oct 9, 2026 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B | 1 | $611.5M | Oct 13, 2026 |
| GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC | 1 | $77.0M | Aug 14, 2025 |
| INSITU, INC. · $BA · $94.0B | 1 | – | Jul 31, 2026 |
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 (6 here). 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.
- $NOC reported $42.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $36.1M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $36.1M, 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 13, 2026THE BOEING COMPANY$611.5MMQ-25 Stingray LRIP Lot 1 & Lot 2 AACMateriality: 0.65% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 9, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$66.0MMulti-ECP Incorporation SynopsisMateriality: 0.15% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 29, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$6.1MNotice of Award for Last Time Buy (LTB) 7 Procurement 1 for End-of-Life PartsMateriality: 0.01% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 31, 2026INSITU, INC.$590.2M (modification)AIR PMO Common Hardware and Sustainment ServicesContract modification, not a new award (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 8, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.5M (modification)NGC LRIP 6/7 Mass Sim - Modification to Contract #N0001919C0008Contract modification, not a new award (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2025NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$5.7M (modification)LRIP 5, 6, & 7 ECP Production Cut-InsContract modification, not a new award (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 14, 2025GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC$77.0MMQ-9A Unmanned Air System (UAS) Engineering Logistics Support (ELS) Follow-on ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 16, 2025NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$108.0M (modification)MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) B5 & B11 IFC4.0 Retrofit InstallationContract modification, not a new award (Materiality N/A)
- May 14, 2025NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2.3MNotice of Award for LTB 6 Procurement 10 for End-of-Life PartsMateriality: <0.01% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- May 9, 2025NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$3.4MMQ-4C Triton DMS LTB ProcurementMateriality: <0.01% of $NOC revenue (Low) 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 (32 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $799K 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.
- 2 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.