Award NoticePosted Mar 11, 2025

Force Optimization through Rapid-Prototyping, Gear Enhancements & Innovative Technology (FORGE-IT)

Air Force and Space Force · FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL

Stage
Awarded
NAICS
541715
Value
$34.4M
Solicitation
FA2384-25-C-B006
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
AJ13
Place
USA
Contact
Amber Taylor, Contracting Officer (amber.taylor.9@us.af.mil)

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  • Mar 11, 2025 · this notice
    Award Notice
    BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. · $34.4M

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What the notice says

BAE Systems Space & Misson Systems, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, has been awarded a $34,381,643 Cost Plus Fixed-Fee contract for �Force Optimization through Rapid-Prototyping, Gear Enhancements, and Innovative Technology�. This contract provides for development and integration of solutions that leverage new technologies such as augmented reality, enhanced communications and optimized system integration of the Special Warfare (SW) ground ensemble. The location of performance is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The work is expected to be complete by 30 Jan 2029. This award is the result of a c… (show all)

ompetitive white paper submitted under Open Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) FA8650-21-S-6005. Fiscal Year 2025 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funds in the amount of $4,124,754 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory Wright Research Site (AFRL/RAKHA), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity. There is no known congressional interest pertaining to this acquisition.

Who won similar work

9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL), same NAICS 541715.

Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $4.0M to $12.8M, median $6.7M; range $442K to $87.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE Hazelwood PA 15207 USA1$87.7MApr 9, 2025
DCS CORPORATION1$15.0MSep 24, 2025
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC · $BA · $94.0B1$12.8MSep 30, 2025
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Norman OK 73019 USA1$8.8MJul 28, 2025
ADVANCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES LLC1$6.7MSep 30, 2025
ROHR, INC. · $RTX · $93.5B1$5.1MSep 30, 2025
JANICKI INDUSTRIES INC1$4.0MNov 20, 2025
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.1$1.0MAug 20, 2025
OPTX IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC1$442KMay 18, 2026

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Investor context
  • $BA reported $94.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 9 past awards, $6.7M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $RTX reported $93.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 9 past awards, $6.7M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing

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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
  • $744K 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
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Policy around it

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  • 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
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Market

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  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 4 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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