Sensor Agnostic Emulator & Trainer (SAET)
Department of Defense (all) · DEPT OF DEFENSE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA852726RSAET in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 17, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the expertise and the capabilities to meet the qualification requirements to provide design, develop, and deliver a Sensor Agnostic Emulator Trainer (SAET) in support of the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS). While the broader AF DCGS enterprise collects, correlates, and collaborates on multi-source intelligence to deliver near real-time actionable data to warfighters, this specific effort focuses on training modernization. The Contractor shall develop a modular, sensor-agnostic emulation… (show all)
platform capable of simulating diverse sensor data feeds to train operators in highly realistic environments. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide software integration, sustainment, and configuration control to ensure the trainer aligns with the DCGS Open Architecture (OA) baseline and can be deployed to the National Mission Partner Network to support distributed operations and training. *ATTENTION* See attached Request for Information (RFI) for SAET requirement description and capability survey questions. If interested in this requirement, please send a request to Contracting Officer, Philip Holt at philip.hol@us.af.mil for a copy of the draft PWS.
Who won similar work
623 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), same NAICS 541330.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Corporation · $LMT | 20 | $8.3B | Oct 13, 2026 |
| AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. | 13 | $4.1B + 3 shared | Sep 1, 2026 |
| BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY | 13 | $1.7B + 3 shared | Sep 1, 2026 |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. · $GD | 12 | $99.4M | Sep 30, 2026 |
| BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC. | 11 | $3.2B | Oct 7, 2026 |
| HDR ENGINEERING INC | 11 | $917.0M + 2 shared | Sep 1, 2026 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC | 8 | $521.5M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| JACOBS GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMPANY | 6 | $795.0M + 2 shared | Jun 18, 2026 |
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 6 | $222.3M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| SUMMER CONSULTANTS, INC. | 5 | $596.7M + 1 shared | Sep 29, 2026 |
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.
- Oct 16, 2026CORE SERVICES GROUP INC$263.9MR425 - OPTEVFOR/VX-1 Technical and Analytical Support Services
- Oct 15, 2026ISPA TECHNOLOGY LLC$11.7MRequest for Proposals for Modeling, Simulation, Engineering, Analysis, and Tactics (MSEAT)
- Oct 13, 2026Lockheed Martin Corporation$9.6MFacilities engineering, and warhead planning services in support of the Nuclear-armed, Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) Program
- Oct 13, 2026KODIAK ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.$31.3MAward Notice: UESC Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) Installation � USCG Base Kodiak
- Oct 7, 2026BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$70.5M2027 FACILITIES ACQUISITION & ENGINEERING (FA&E) SUPPORT SERVICES
- Oct 6, 2026HMH, LLC$356KRunway Pavement Geotechnical Investigation & Material Failure Analyis
- Oct 5, 2026BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$99.2M2027 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION SUPPORT SERVICES
- Oct 4, 2026JM ROBERTSON INC$20.0MIndefinite Quantity Contract for Civil and Structural A-E Services for Various Facilities and Activities under the Cognizance of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Marianas
- Oct 1, 2026Stantec-TranSystems JV Denver CO 80202 USA$249.0MMulti-Discipline Architect-Engineering IDIQ
- Oct 1, 2026SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC.$37.7MTrident II Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLB) and Strategic Weapons System (SWS) Support
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.
- 5 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (106 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
- $1.2M 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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 6 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.