Airlift Tickets & Wind Tunnel Services
Air Force and Space Force · FA4809 4TH CONS SQ CC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA480925P0058 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 9, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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.
What the notice says
THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. SOURCES SOUGHT: This is NOT a Request for Quote. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. The 4th Contracting Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, NC is conducting market research. We aim to identify potential small business vendors willing and capable of providing Airlift Tickets & W… (show all)
ind Tunnel services at Pope Army Airfield. Please refer to the attached Statement of Work for further details on this requirement. Vendor and wind tunnel must be located within 95 miles of Pope AFB. This notice is for information and planning purposes only. It is not a solicitation for proposals, and it does not commit the U.S. Government to award a contract now or in the future. Interested parties are requested to contact the primary and secondary points of contact listed in this posting via email to express their interest and capabilities. For any questions or concerns, please email 2d Lt Flowers McDowell (flowers.mcdowell.1@us.af.mil) and Mr. Jason Horlacher (jason.horlacher.2@us.af.mil).
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 industry group (NAICS 4812).
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $1.8B to $5.5B, median $3.9B; range $8.6M to $5.9B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · $SPCX | 1 | $5.9B | Apr 4, 2025 |
| UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $5.4B | Apr 4, 2025 |
| Blue Origin, LLC | 1 | $2.4B | Apr 4, 2025 |
| LYNDEN AIR CARGO, LLC | 1 | $8.6M | Jun 15, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Jun 15, 2026LYNDEN AIR CARGO, LLC$8.6MNorth Warning System (NWS) Heavy Fixed Wing (HFW) Airlift Transportation ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 4, 2025SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$5.9BNational Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)$SPCX: revenue not loaded yet (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 4, 2025UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC$5.4BNational Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 4, 2025Blue Origin, LLC$2.4BNational Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 Request for Proposal (RFP)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.