2026 Astrophysics Small Explorer (APSMEX)

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation NNH26ZDA011O 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.

Who won similar work

15 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NASA), same product/service code (PSC) AR11.

Single-winner award sizes (15): middle half $1.1M to $8.7M, median $1.8M; range $238K to $282.2M.

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.

• Sep 11, 2026Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Llc$25.2MContract Extension for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Mission Operations, Systems Engineering, and Software II (MOSES II)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Apr 6, 2026MILLENNIUM ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION SERVICES, LLC$58.6MProject and Engineering Support Services II (PESS II) ExtensionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 29, 2025General Electric Company$340K4H-SiC Silicon Carbide (SiC) Integrated Circuit Processing on 100 mm Diameter SiC WafersMateriality: <0.01% of $GE revenue (Low)Calculated as Award Amount divided by the company's trailing twelve-month revenue (SEC 10-Q). Here: $340K award ÷ $50.6B revenue, 12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (SEC 10-Q). SEC
• Sep 29, 2025Fort Wayne Metals Fort Wayne IN 46809 USA$14.0M40 Kelvin Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Development and Alternate Forms ProductionNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 16, 2025JACKSON BOND ENTERPRISES, LLC$970K10m Pathfinder FTPSNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Aug 13, 2025RYZING TECHNOLOGIES LLC$821KPathfinder Tori and Hose FabricationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Jul 7, 2025Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.$1.8MPathfinder Technology Demonstrator Mission Operations Follow-On (PTD Follow-On) ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Feb 27, 2025Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.$1.8MPathfinder Technology Demonstrator Mission Operations Follow-On (PTD Follow-On) ContractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Dec 13, 2024SIERRA LOBO INC$282.2MSpace Flight Systems Development and Operations Contract III (SpaceDOC III)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Nov 13, 2024JETZERO, INC.$2.2MPhase I: AACES 2050 Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental SustainabilityNo 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.

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.

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.