Tracking Layer Tranche 4 On-orbit Demonstrations and Operations Request for Information
Department of Defense (all) · DEPT OF DEFENSE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SDA-SN-27-0003 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Oct 20, 2026Special NoticeView
Next steps for this stage
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- 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 Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking information to inform future solicitations and reduce risk associated with the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) architecture acquisition and integration plans. This RFI seeks industry feedback on enhancements to its baseline Tracking Layer�s Resilient MWTD mission payloads and architecture, as well as new mission capabilities that can help the PWSA provide enhanced mission performance to detect and track more challenging targets across their full flight trajectories. Additional details, mission objectives, and architecture informat… (show all)
ion are available upon request. Responses to this RFI will specifically inform SDA�s scope and design of possible short-term on-orbit demonstration(s) and future Tracking Layer tranches. Following this RFI and feedback phase, SDA plans to announce a Tranche 4 solicitation that includes both production contracts and partnership opportunities for rapid prototyping and flight demonstration(s) of new mission payloads. This Request for Information consists of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and a classified addendum. Interested parties must contact SDA to receive the documents. Please send an email to ussf.pentagon ussf.pentagon.sda.mesg.sda-sn-27-0003-mbx@mail.mil with the subject line �TRKT4 RFI Content Request.� Please include: � Company Name: � Cage Code: � City, State of Company location � Email address: � JWICS email: (for classified documents)
Who won similar work
91 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Department of Defense (all)), same product/service code (PSC) AC13.
Single-winner award sizes (81): middle half $4.0M to $46.1M, median $9.5M; range $50K to $1.5B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 5 | $1.6B | Aug 29, 2025 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 5 | $628.4M | Sep 4, 2026 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B | 3 | $489.3M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $93.5B | 3 | $76.3M | Apr 20, 2026 |
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP · $SPCX | 3 | $10.1M + 1 shared | Mar 6, 2026 |
| MARITIME SURVEILLANCE ASSOCIATES INC | 3 | $5.4M | Feb 25, 2026 |
| ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. · $RTX · $93.5B | 2 | $53.3M | May 6, 2025 |
| SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC | 2 | $24.6M | May 11, 2026 |
| PERATON LABS INC | 2 | $9.6M | Apr 10, 2025 |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | 2 | $7.7M + 1 shared | Apr 10, 2025 |
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.
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 81 past awards, $9.5M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $NOC reported $42.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 81 past awards, $9.5M, 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 81 past awards, $9.5M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $RTX reported $93.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 81 past awards, $9.5M, 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 8, 2026GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$194.1MTechnical and Engineering Support For Fire Control EffortsMateriality: 0.36% of $GD revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 30, 2026BOWHEAD BASE OPERATIONS LLC$24.5MNotice of Award; Operations, Maintenance, and Technical Services (OMTS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2026PRIME SOLUTIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED$4.9MNGA - Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)Materiality: 0.08% of $PSN revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 16, 2026KITWARE INC$5.7MNGA - Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- 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
- Aug 18, 2026DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P Round Rock TX 78682 USA$14.9MPrototype OTA for XVIII Airborne Corps 5G Center of Gravity TestbedNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 22, 2026ADVANCED ACOUSTIC CONCEPTS, LLC$15.2MCommon Acoustic Simulation Environment Fidelity Improvement (CASE-FI) Product EnhancementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 17, 2026Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation$99.1MExperimentation of Millimeter Wave 5G Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) CapabilitesMateriality: 0.23% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 6, 2026L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.$499.6MAirBorne Sensors (ABS) Program Contract AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 30, 2026GENEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$4.3MRocket CargoNo 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.
- 4 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (94 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
- $1.8M 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.
- 5 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, 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.