2027 US AND UK WEAPON CONTROL SYSTEM SPARES AND SPECIAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
Navy and Marine Corps · PAE STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS
Navy and Marine Corps is planning to buy "2027 US AND UK WEAPON CONTROL SYSTEM SPARES AND SPECIAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in Pittsfield, MA, USA. Responses are due Nov 6, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to one company, usually for about $1.7M per award. An award is expected between February 2027 and July 2027.
Put together from the facts on this page; the details and sources are below.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation P278 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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 Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) and negotiate an Order under existing BOA N0003025G1038, issued on a sole source basis to General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS), Pittsfield, MA. Work shall include procuring, inspecting and testing U.S. and UK Weapon Control System Spares and Special Support equipment spare parts listed as deliverables for the Fire Control System (FCS) Auxiliary System (AS) including the Strategic Weapons System Maintenance Information Network (SWSMIN), Electronic Work Log (EQL) and associated Fire Control Support Equipment. W… (show all)
eapon Control System Spares and Special Support Equipment spare parts shall be procured and delivered in accordance with the applicable Ordnance Directives (ODs), Technical Program Management processes, and Statement of Work (SOW). Award will be made using other than full and open competition to General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS), Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the only known source with the requisite design background, system knowledge and operational experience relative to the TRIDENT II Fire Control Subsystem capable of providing the required efforts within existing technical, cost and fleet schedule constraints. No Solicitation package is available. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. No email or phone inquiries will be entertained. Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS), Pittsfield, MA, Small Business Liaison, Ms. Alexis Petro via email at alexis.petro@gd-ms.com.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (PAE STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS), same product/service code (PSC) 1290 and NAICS 541330.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $1.4M to $2.6M, median $1.7M; range $1.2M to $4.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. · $GD · $53.8B | 4 | $9.1M | Sep 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. 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.
- $GD reported $53.8B revenue (12 months to Apr 5, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $1.7M, 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 30, 2026GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$2.1MMULTIPLEXED BUS INTERFACE 2Materiality: <0.01% of $GD revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 25, 2026GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$1.4M2026 US and UK Weapon Control Systems Spares and Special Support EquipmentMateriality: <0.01% of $GD revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 24, 2026GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$4.4M015 Power Converter Modernization BOAMateriality: <0.01% of $GD revenue (Low) SEC
- Aug 3, 2026GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$1.2MCIP New Scope under FY22 FC Production ContractMateriality: <0.01% of $GD 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 1 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 (11 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $399K 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 4 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.