Tactical Data Link (TDL) Interoperability Software
Air Force and Space Force · FA4890 HQ ACC AMIC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA489026Q0016 in this department, oldest first.
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
Air Combat Command's (ACC) mission requires robust Tactical Datalink (TDL) interoperability to improve mission effectiveness for United States Air Force (USAF), Joint, and coalition forces. To support this mission, the Government requires a modern software solution that serves as a relational database and analysis toolset. This toolset is essential for the iSMART (interoperable Systems Management and Requirements Transformation) process and is used to populate, edit, analyze, and manage TDL message data, platform implementations, and interoperability evaluations. The Contractor shall provide a… (show all)
n existing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software solution, including all necessary licenses, updates, training, and technical support. The software shall provide a comprehensive toolset for managing TDL platform specifications, conducting interoperability analysis, and supporting mission planning across the TDL enterprise. The TDL software solution must meet all requirements as listed in the Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement.
Who won similar work
32 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 541511.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC | 2 | $1.6B | Jan 16, 2025 |
| CURTISS-WRIGHT DS, INC. | 2 | $355K | Apr 23, 2026 |
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC · $ACN | 1 | $336.8M | Mar 25, 2025 |
| DATAMINR, INC. | 1 | $317.8M | Aug 27, 2026 |
| BLUE YONDER DEFENSE SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | $62.2M | Apr 24, 2026 |
| DEFINITIVE LOGIC CORPORATION | 1 | $21.2M | Feb 4, 2025 |
| INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, INC | 1 | $12.3M | May 20, 2026 |
| ROBBINS-GIOIA, LLC | 1 | $8.8M | Aug 29, 2025 |
| RAFT LLC | 1 | $6.8M | Oct 31, 2024 |
| METRONOME, LLC | 1 | $6.6M | Nov 15, 2024 |
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.
- Oct 1, 2026HSQ TECH, INC.$428KSupervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System Maintenance
- Oct 1, 2026TRACORP, INC.$1.2MWeb-Based Training
- Aug 27, 2026DATAMINR, INC.$317.8MRequest For Proposals: HAF/A2 Publicly Available Information (PAI) Alerting Services for Department of War (DoW) Enterprise Licensing
- May 20, 2026INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, INC$12.3MSole Source bridge contract to provide support for the Reliability and Maintainability Information System (REMIS).
- May 20, 2026SYSTEMS ATLANTA INC$3.1MAirfield Automated System (AFAS) Technical Support Services
- May 15, 2026GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE LLC$27KGreen Hill Software Support
- Apr 24, 2026BLUE YONDER DEFENSE SOLUTIONS, LLC$62.2MFLITE II Follow-On Contract Award Notification
- Apr 23, 2026CURTISS-WRIGHT DS, INC.$80KBOSS HW/SW MX Renewal
- Mar 26, 2026CVT Innovations LLC$4.3MAward Synopsis: Command Human Resources Intelligence System (CHRIS) Support Services
- Feb 6, 2026Curtiss-Wright DS, Inc.$276KBOSS Saudi PTI 25047
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.
- 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
- $448K 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.
- 2 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.