Pre-solicitationPosted Jul 30, 2025·Responses due Aug 14, 2025

MQ-4C Triton Sustainment LTB Procurement

NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336411
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N00019-25-RFPREQ-WPM262-0290
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
1550
Place
Palmdale, CA, USA
Contact
Suresh Jafar (Suresh.Jafar.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-25-RFPREQ-WPM262-0290 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 30, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Sep 29, 2026
    Award Notice
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $6.1M
    Open

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

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD, intends to negotiate and award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract on a sole source basis under Basic Ordering Agreement N0001925G0003 with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), San Diego, CA, for the procurement of hardware with known Last Time Buy (LTB) dates to address Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) within MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This contract is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204 (a)(l) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpa… (show all)

rt 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements." NGSC is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer, integrator, and producer of the MQ-4C Triton air vehicles and ground stations. Unless otherwise stated herein, no formal request for proposal or additional written information is currently available. A determination by the Government not to compete is solely within the discretion of the Government. IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR INTERESTED PARTIES: This synopsis is published for information purposes only. (THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS). All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which will be considered by the agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Subcontracting opportunities should be sought directly from NGSC. There are no commitments by the Government to issue any solicitations, make an award, or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties before award of a contract for the efforts mentioned above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract. No phone inquiries will be entertained. Reponses shall be made in writing by email to the attention of Suresh Jafar, suresh.jafar.civ@us.navy.mil.

Who won similar work

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND), same product/service code (PSC) 1550 and NAICS 336411.

Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $4.6M to $217.8M, median $66.0M; range $1.5M to $611.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC8$524.1MOct 9, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA1$611.5MOct 13, 2026
INSITU, INC. · $BA1$590.2MJul 31, 2026
GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC1$77.0MAug 14, 2025

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Latest awards

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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (30 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $799K 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
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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
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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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 1 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.