Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Solutions.
Air Force and Space Force · FA2518 USSF SPOC/SAIO
Air Force and Space Force wants bids for "Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Solutions.". The work is in Colorado Springs, CO, USA. Bids are due Jan 23, 2030. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $6.0M per award. An award is expected around January 2030.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA2518-25-S-C001 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 26, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
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.
Who won similar work
104 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (92): middle half $1.6M to $15.0M, median $6.0M; range $35K to $33.2B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH · $11.0B | 5 | $46.6M | Sep 24, 2025 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · $LMT · $77.0B | 5 | $40.1M | Jan 8, 2026 |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $96.0B | 4 | $39.5M | Aug 5, 2026 |
| DCS Corporation | 3 | $109.7M + 1 shared | Feb 23, 2026 |
| SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC | 3 | $12.1M | Sep 29, 2025 |
| MATRIX RESEARCH INC | 2 | $109.9M | Jan 20, 2026 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $42.9B | 2 | $31.8M | Jul 21, 2026 |
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP · $SPCX | 2 | $10.1M | Mar 6, 2026 |
| MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 2 | $2.3M + 1 shared | Mar 26, 2025 |
| MORSECORP, INC | 1 | $33.2B | Jan 15, 2025 |
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 (1 here). 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.
- $BAH reported $11.0B revenue (12 months to Sep 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 92 past awards, $6.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 92 past awards, $6.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $RTX reported $96.0B revenue (12 months to Sep 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 92 past awards, $6.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $NOC reported $42.9B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 92 past awards, $6.0M, 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 6, 2026DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$2.2MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)Materiality: 0.06% of $DRS revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 1, 2026DEFENSE ENGINEERING CORP$37.6MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026INVISIBLE PACK INC$225K316 SFS Ghoul Attachable ToolNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 5, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$8.0MCombat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 05Materiality: <0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Aug 3, 2026Arete Associates Niwot CO 80503 USA$1.5MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 28, 2026SAAZ MICRO, INC.$1.9MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 21, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$14.8MCombat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 06Materiality: 0.03% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 20, 2026RADIAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LTD$6.0MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 15, 2026RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Fairfax VA 22033 USA$3.8MCOSMOS BridgeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 15, 2026VANTAGE ANALYTICAL LLC$499.0MNew Award- Space Systems and Hardware Integration for Novel Experiments (SSHINE)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 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.
- 3 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (26 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $1.5M 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
- 1 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.
- 5 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 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, 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.