Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Modeling & Simulation Support
Missile Defense Agency · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
Missile Defense Agency is planning to buy "Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Modeling & Simulation Support". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in Redstone Arsenal, AL, USA. Responses are due Nov 15, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work (matched on the agency only, a loose match) went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $487.3M per award.
Put together from the facts on this page; the details and sources are below.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation THAADMS-26-0001 in this department, oldest first.
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.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
30 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Missile Defense Agency), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (26): middle half $47.2M to $1.6B, median $487.3M; range $3.8M to $11.7B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $93.5B | 5 | $18.4B | Oct 21, 2026 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 5 | $7.8B | Jun 1, 2026 |
| AEROJET ROCKETDYNE COLEMAN AEROSPACE INC | 4 | $2.9B | Jan 7, 2026 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 2 | $508.5M | Sep 4, 2026 |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | 1 | $3.0B | Dec 26, 2024 |
| L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P. | 1 | $499.6M | Jul 6, 2026 |
| IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC | 1 | $475.0M | Oct 9, 2025 |
| ASSERTIVE PROFESSIONALS LLC | 1 | $127.3M | Nov 18, 2024 |
| VICTORY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1 | $75.2M | Oct 25, 2024 |
| PEOPLETEC, INC. | 1 | $48.1M | Feb 11, 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 (4 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.
- $RTX reported $93.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 26 past awards, $487.3M, is 0.5% of that. SEC filing
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 26 past awards, $487.3M, is 0.6% of that. SEC filing
- $NOC reported $42.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 26 past awards, $487.3M, is 1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 21, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$3.0BContractor Logistics Support FY27-FY28 ExtensionMateriality: 3.2% of $RTX revenue (Medium) SEC
- Sep 4, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$508.5MLegacy Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile/Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Flight Test Support (LIFTS)Materiality: 1.2% of $NOC revenue (Medium) SEC
- Jul 6, 2026L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.$499.6MAirBorne Sensors (ABS) Program Contract AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 1, 2026LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.9BContinued Implementation of Early Operational Capability into the Aegis BMD Weapon Systems design for Aegis Guam SystemMateriality: 2.5% of $LMT revenue (Medium) SEC
- May 29, 2026ITC DEFENSE CORP$47.5MTHAAD Product Support Contract-Small Business (TPSC-SB)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 27, 2026Raytheon Company$2.2BRadar Development Contract (RDC) Ordering Period Extension AwardMateriality: 2.4% of $RTX revenue (Medium) SEC
- Mar 18, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$11.7BSM-3 Sustaining Engineering and Product Support IDIQ Ceiling IncreaseMateriality: 12.6% of $RTX revenue (High) SEC
- Mar 12, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$1.4BFY24/25 SM-3 Block IB AURsMateriality: 1.5% of $RTX revenue (Medium) SEC
- Feb 11, 2026PEOPLETEC, INC.$48.1MArchitecture Integration Modeling System-Defense (AIMS-D)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 7, 2026AEROJET ROCKETDYNE COLEMAN AEROSPACE INC$1.3BMRBM T1/T2 CY26 Program Management Option AwardNo 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 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 Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (57 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
- $1.1M 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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 4 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.