KOR-9X Link-16 Terminal Engineering and Technical Support Services
Air Force and Space Force · FA2401 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SDA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SDA-SN-25-0014 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
The Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to award a sole source contract to Rockwell Collins, Inc. of Cedar Rapids, IA to procure engineering and technical support services regarding NSA certification of the KOR-9X Link-16 terminal. As the manufacturer of the KOR-9X device, Collins is uniquely qualified to provide this service. The estimated contract value is $3,000,000. This contract award will be made under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements (10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1)). This is NOT a request for competitive… (show all)
proposals and is published for informational purposes only. Questions or comments related to this Notice of Intent shall be directed to ussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.sda-sn-25-0014@mail.mil. Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent to Sole Source - SDA-SN-25-0014. Amendment 1 (5-1-25) - The estimated contract value associated with this notification is hereby increased to $7,283,000 due to the inclusion of additional KOR-9X support services associated with Tranche 2 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The $3M estimated shown previously addressed only work for Tranche 1 of the PWSA.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FA2401 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SDA), same product/service code (PSC) AC13 and NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $7.8M to $52.1M, median $20.3M; range $1.1M to $116.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP · $SPCX | 2 | $40.6M | Mar 6, 2026 |
| KRATOS TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING SOLUTIONS, INC. · $KTOS · $1.0B | 1 | $116.7M | Nov 13, 2024 |
| WEBSEC, CORP | 1 | $1.1M | Oct 28, 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.
- $KTOS reported $1.0B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $20.3M, is 2% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Mar 6, 2026SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$30.5MSatellite Processing and Integration Facility Support Extension$SPCX: revenue not loaded yet (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 28, 2025WEBSEC, CORP$1.1MCOMSEC Support, Cryptographic Key Management, and Crypto Key Delivery ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 30, 2024SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$10.1MNotice of Award: Satellite Processing and Integration Facility Support$SPCX: revenue not loaded yet (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 13, 2024KRATOS TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING SOLUTIONS, INC.$116.7MSpace Development Agency (SDA) Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI)Materiality: 7.7% of $KTOS revenue (High) SEC
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.
- 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
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 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
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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 12 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.