BA-X B-52 Low Profile Parachutes
Air Force and Space Force · FA8606 AFLCMC ROUK HS AFLCMC/ROUK
No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA860625CB004 in this department, oldest first.
- Feb 19, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticeBUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC · $6.5M
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What the notice says
This posting is to provide notice of contract award for the BA-X Program Contract. This contract action was not awarded competitively IAW FAR 6.302-1 � 10 USC 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Butler Parachute Systems is the only company that can satisfy the USAF Form 1067 and the BA-X Program Specification Requirements. The Butler Parachute Systems BA-30 is the only back-automatic, low-profile parachute capable of meeting all the Government's requirements, to include passing safe-to-fly testing, within USAF program obje… (show all)
ctives. Award to any other source would result in an unacceptable delay of delivery and cost the government exponentially more to test and determine safe-to-fly any other possible solution on the market. The following information is provided IAW FAR 5.201 and FAR 5.3: 1. Action Code: Contract Award 2. Date: February 19, 2025 3. Year: 2025 4. Contracting Office Zip Code: 45433 5. Product or Service Code: 1670 6. Contracting Office Address: 1981 Monohan Way WPAFB OH 45433-7222 7. Subject: BA-X Program Award - Notice of Contract Award 8. Proposed Solicitation Number: FA8606-24-R-B002 9. Closing Response Date: December 16, 2024 10. Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Joseph Derevage 11. Contract Award Number: FA8606-25-C-B004 12. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $ 6.5M 13. Line Item Number: 0001 � BA-30 Low Profile Parachute 0002 � LPP SERE Ground Unit 0003 � LPP Hanging Harness 0004 � LPP Parasym Harness 0005 � Rigging Kit 0006 � CYPRESS Rigging Kit 0007 � Loft Kits 0008 � Training Events 0009 � Manual Updates 0010 � Kickoff Meeting 0011 � Data and Data Reporting Activities 14. Contract Award Date: February 18, 2025 15. Contractor: Butler Parachute Systems 16. Description: The BA-X will replace current emergency back style parachutes which cause muscular and skeletal issues in both seated and standing aircrew because of excessive bulk and weight. The BA-X will be worn by aircrew during walk around applications on the B-52. The BA-X shall be a complete emergency bailout parachute system to include the features and accessories identified in Performance Specification document. The BA-X will be utilized in bailout, constant wear, and static line parachute applications for B-52 aircrew during flight in war and peace time. When not in storage, the BA-X will remain inside the aircraft until due for inspection. 17. Place of Contract Performance: Roanoke, VA 18. Set-aside Status: N/A
Who won similar work
8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 1670.
Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $42K to $35.1M, median $180K; range $10K to $159.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC | 3 | $313K | Aug 26, 2026 |
| AAR MANUFACTURING, INC. · $AIR · $3.5B | 1 | $159.8M | Mar 9, 2026 |
| TAC INDUSTRIES INC | 1 | $138.9M | Mar 11, 2026 |
| ONYX INDUSTRIES, LLC | 1 | $536K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| SSK MILITARY INDUSTRIES INC | 1 | $128K | Aug 25, 2026 |
| VIGIL AMERICA INC | 1 | $10K | Jul 30, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $AIR reported $3.5B revenue (12 months to Aug 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 8 past awards, $180K, 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.
- Sep 15, 2026ONYX INDUSTRIES, LLC$536KAward Notice - Onyx RAM-T 40 and KitsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 26, 2026BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC$42KAward Notice: Butler Parachute HarnessesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 25, 2026SSK MILITARY INDUSTRIES INC$128K336 TRS Cypres Automatic Activation DevicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 30, 2026VIGIL AMERICA INC$10KNTRAPS Automatic Activation DevicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 11, 2026TAC INDUSTRIES INC$138.9MCargo Nets (Production)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 9, 2026AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.$159.8M463L Legacy Cargo Pallet Repair Follow-OnMateriality: 4.6% of $AIR revenue (Medium) SEC
- Sep 29, 2025BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC$232KPost-Award Synopsis - Norway Reusable Tethered Tandem BarrelsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 1, 2025BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC$39KButler Parachute HarnessesNo 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 6 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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $67K 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.