AFTAC OBS EQUIPMENT
Air Force and Space Force · FA7022 AMIC DET 2 OL PATRICK PKA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA702226QOBSE in this department, oldest first.
- Feb 10, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Mar 11, 2026Award NoticeGURALP SYSTEMS LIMITED · $400KOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- 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
The Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) has a brand name requirement to procure additional Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) Equipment.
Who won similar work
43 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 334519.
Single-winner award sizes (43): middle half $54K to $247K, median $130K; range $17K to $5.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | 3 | $6.1M | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Illinois Tool Works, INC · $ITW · $16.5B | 3 | $784K | Mar 26, 2026 |
| NEWCO INC | 3 | $389K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| SAFEWARE INC | 3 | $319K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Heidelberg Resources, LLC | 1 | $5.4M | Sep 22, 2025 |
| TITOMIC USA INC | 1 | $5.0M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| CUBRC, INC. | 1 | $3.0M | Jan 13, 2026 |
| HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 1 | $1.9M | Jul 15, 2026 |
| DIT-MCO International LLC | 1 | $492K | Feb 4, 2025 |
| MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION | 1 | $437K | Mar 31, 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.
- $ITW reported $16.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 43 past awards, $130K, 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.
- Oct 1, 2026FSR CONSULTING LLC$62KHandheld Explosive Trace DetectorsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026SAFEWARE INC$72K6 SWS/S5, Cape Cod, FIDO X4 ETDsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2026NEWCO INC$147KMagnetic Wet Bench System (Supply Only)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2026TITOMIC USA INC$5.0MNext Gen High Pressure Cold Spray SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 21, 2026GXC inc.$25KPKA-2nd Weapons Detection System-6 SFSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 14, 2026UNITED WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$283KUniWest Support BPANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 19, 2026CHANT ENGINEERING CO INC$58KChant Equipment CalibrationsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 23, 2026SAFEWARE INC$207KUSAFA Emergency Management EquipmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 15, 2026HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$1.9MCabin Pressure TestersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 23, 2026HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE, LLC$237KSmall CMM Replacement of OC 16660No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 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
- 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.
- 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
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.