Pyrophoric Device Demonstration
NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers · NSWC CRANE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00164269W051 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 17, 2026Special NoticeOpen
- Sep 17, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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
The Department of War (DoW) Joint Services (US Navy, US Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)) require an expendable pyrophoric countermeasure to use independently or in conjunction with both onboard and offboard countermeasures. The DoW has a need to develop a new source for this crucial countermeasure capability. One of the primary missions of the Platform Protection & Countermeasures Technologies Division (WXR) is to develop countermeasures to protect U.S. aircraft from threat missile systems. Expendable Countermea… (show all)
sures have been utilized to protect U.S. aircraft against surface-to-air and air-to-air threats since as early as the 1960s. Once the presence of a missile is indicated, a pilot releases an expendable countermeasure in an attempt to decoy the missile. The countermeasure and countermeasure techniques are designed to confuse the missile seeker and its counter-countermeasure logic, ultimately causing it to decoy away from aircraft. Expendable countermeasures are part of a multi-layer approach to protect aircraft from enemy threat missiles. In their simplest form, the concept of expendable countermeasures is to provide a decoy that is �more attractive� than the aircraft being protected, thereby pulling the threat missile�s targeting system away from the aircraft and towards the decoy. In total, any mechanism by which the expendable interferes with the missile�s targeting system sufficiently to make it miss the aircraft is a success. This effort is in response to finding a new supplier of pyrophoric countermeasures. Pyrophoric countermeasures (M211, MJU-49/B, MJU-64/B, MJU-66/B, XM219, MJU-50A/B, MJU-51A/B, & MJU-52A/B) remain an active part of IR threat protection systems offering the best solution for the Joint Services to counter legacy and advanced IR missile threats.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers), same product/service code (PSC) AC13.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $12.2M to $37.5M, median $24.9M; range $72K to $49.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| METRON INCORPORATED | 1 | $49.4M | Sep 9, 2025 |
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B | 1 | $33.5M | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Serco, Inc. | 1 | $16.3M | Sep 29, 2025 |
| DRS NAVAL POWER SYSTEMS INC · $DRS · $2.8B | 1 | $72K | Jul 14, 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.
- $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $24.9M, is 0.3% of that. 10-K
- $DRS reported $2.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $24.9M, is 0.9% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 29, 2025Serco, Inc.$16.3MUndersea Warfare (USW) and Surface Warfare (SUW) Systems DevelopmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 9, 2025METRON INCORPORATED$49.4MAnti-Submarine Warfare Development for Undersea SystemsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 14, 2025DRS NAVAL POWER SYSTEMS INC$72KUSS Jimmy Carter Cyber SecurityMateriality: <0.01% of $DRS revenue (Low) SEC
- Apr 25, 2025SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$33.5MEngineering support for AN-SLQ-25E systemsMateriality: 0.45% of $SAIC 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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $188K 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.
- 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 3 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.