LAU-129 and LAU-128 Missile Rail Launchers and power supplies
Air Force and Space Force · FA8554 AFSC EBUK
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA855424RB002 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
This solicitation will be used to establish a Firm Fixed Price Requirements type ten-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract IAW FAR 6.302-4, International Agreement, supporting Foreign Military Sales (FMS) for the manufacture of the LAU-129 and LAU-128 Missile Rail Launchers including subassemblies and components. These items support the AIM-9P, L, M, and X and AIM-120A, B, C, and D missiles. Failure to order the amounts listed in the schedule as BEQs will not entitle the contractor to an equitable adjustment. The Basic period will be date of award through twelve (12) mon… (show all)
ths. The contract will consist of the Basic period and 9 additional one-year ordering periods. Quantities for the basic year and each ordering period are based upon Best Estimated Quantities (BEQs). The following items are required: NSN: 1440-01-513-7352XZ; P/N: 56G4300-1; NOUN: LAUNCHER, GUIDED MIS-LAU-129 E/A, Basic Ordering Period: 920 ea., Ordering Periods I-IX: 50 ea. NSN: 1440-01-315-4103 AL; P/N: 3820490-137; NOUN: LAUNCHER, GUIDED MIS-LAU-129A/A; DIM: Length 102.9500 (IN)., Width 3.0000 (IN), Height 6.000 (IN)., Weight 89.9000; MAT Multiple types of Metal; Function: Launches Aim 9/120 from aircraft; Quantity: Basic Ordering Period: 156 ea., Ordering Periods I-IX: 50 ea. NSN: 1440-01-545-7207AL; P/N: 200625372; NOUN: LAUNCHER, GUIDED MIS- LAU-128 D/A, Basic Ordering Period: 0 ea., Ordering Period I: 80 ea., Ordering Periods II-IX: 25 ea. NSN: 6130-01-440-7591AL; P/N: 9018869-1; NOUN: POWER SUPPLY, Basic Ordering Period: 25ea., Ordering Period I-V: 25 ea., Ordering Periods VI-IX: 0 ea. Delivery schedule as follows: LAUs � 300 Calendar days Power Supply � 180 calendar days
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 336419.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $16.4M to $38.8M, median $28.0M; range $4.7M to $49.5M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $94.0B | 1 | $49.5M | Jul 7, 2026 |
| BK MANUFACTURING CO INC | 1 | $28.0M | Aug 28, 2026 |
| WAVELINK INC | 1 | $4.7M | Jan 21, 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.
- $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $28.0M, 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.
- Aug 28, 2026BK MANUFACTURING CO INC$28.0MWings & Fins SubassembliesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 7, 2026THE BOEING COMPANY$49.5MAir Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) Elevon Actuator Controller Phase III RemanufactureMateriality: 0.05% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 21, 2025WAVELINK INC$4.7MGTRSME Fair Opportunity Proposal RequestNo 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 3 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 Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (14 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $358K 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 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.