GQM-163A Aerial Target Operation
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N6893625R0005 in this department, oldest first.
- Jun 1, 2026Award NoticeNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $100.0MOpen
- Jun 8, 2026Justification (Sole Source)Open
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
THIS REQUIREMENT IS ADVERTISED AS SOLE SOURCE. THIS IS PUBLISHED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD), Point Mugu, CA, intends to award a sole source contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation located at 1575 S. Price Road, Chandler, Arizona. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1, the proposed contractor was determined as the sole source uniquely qualified to provide the required operation and maintenance services. The anticipated contract is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract, non-performa… (show all)
nce-based, with an ordering period of five years, and with Cost plus Fixed Fee and Cost type contract line items. The estimated award date for this requirement is June 2026. The procurement supports Operations & Maintenance activities for Ground Lunch Drone Missile (GQM-163A) aerial target system for both the Department of Defense and Foreign Military Sales. The sources sought synospsis for this requirement was posted on 24 October 2024 and a revision was posted 22 Apr 2025 under the solicitation #N6893625R0005. Interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://sam.gov/ to start doing business with the federal government. Contractors must be certified through Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS) in order to access Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or Export Controlled Information. Access to CUI is limited, to a single point of contact (POC) per CAGE code, who is listed as the Data Custodian on the DD 2345 and approved by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The DD 2345 must be approved prior to requesting access to CUI in SAM.gov. Contractors are responsible for coordinating with their CAGE code�s Data Custodian POC to request access to CUI. For additional information, visit the DLA website for the Joint Certification Program: https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Services/JCP/.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER), same NAICS 541330.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $16.0M to $99.6M, median $90.5M; range $9.5M to $159.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $68.9B | 2 | $169.4M | Apr 22, 2025 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $67.6B | 1 | $99.6M | Mar 4, 2025 |
| ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLC | 1 | $90.5M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B | 1 | $16.0M | Jul 7, 2025 |
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.
- $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $90.5M, is 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $90.5M, is 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $90.5M, is 1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Jun 29, 2026ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLC$90.5MAdvanced Technology Insertion and Integration for Weapon Systems
- Jul 7, 2025SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$16.0MPMA 272 Canadian FMS Maintenance
- Apr 22, 2025RAYTHEON COMPANY$159.9MSensor System Software and Hardware
- Mar 4, 2025LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$99.6MLM Follow ON
- Dec 16, 2024RAYTHEON COMPANY$9.5MRMS IV Follow-on: Ceiling Increase
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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (9 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $798K 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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 5 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.