Commodities Aircraft Technical Services 3 (CATS 3)
Air Force and Space Force · FA8109 AFSC PZAAC
Materiality: 1.2% of $NOC revenue (Medium) SEC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA8910925DB002 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 29, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticeNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $495.0M
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
- Follow the agency to see the next notice for this work.
What the notice says
This contract was awaded as a Subsumable Contract under SPE4AX-18-D-9443.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) L016.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $15.6M to $30.0M, median $24.2M; range $4.6M to $32.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 1 | $32.6M | Aug 26, 2026 |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY · $GE · $50.6B | 1 | $29.1M | Mar 2, 2026 |
| RTX CORPORATION · $RTX · $93.5B | 1 | $19.3M | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · $NOC · $42.9B | 1 | $4.6M | Oct 5, 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. 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 4 past awards, $24.2M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $GE reported $50.6B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $24.2M, 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 4 past awards, $24.2M, 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 4 past awards, $24.2M, 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 5, 2026Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation$4.6MFIFTH GENERATION DATALINKS SUPPORTMateriality: 0.01% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 18, 2026RTX CORPORATION$19.3MContractor Engineering and Technical Services (CETS) F100Materiality: 0.02% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Aug 26, 2026LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$32.6MContractor Engineering and Technical Services (CETS)Materiality: 0.04% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Mar 2, 2026GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$29.1MContractor Engineering and Technical Services (CETS)Materiality: 0.06% of $GE 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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (25 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $1.3M 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.
- 4 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 9 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.