Justification (Sole Source)Posted Jul 8, 2026

Elevon Actuator Controller Phase III

Air Force and Space Force · FA8128 AFNWC PZN

Stage
Justification for other than full competition
NAICS
336419
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA8128
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
1420
Place
Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Contact
Natalie Stokely (natalie.stokely@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA8128 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 31, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 5, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
None posted
Other notices
  • Jul 8, 2026 · this notice
    Justification (Sole Source)

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.

What the notice says

Redacted J&A for Awarded Contract FA8128-26-D-B002 - Elevon Acquator Controller Phase III

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same product/service code (PSC) 1420.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $32.4M to $136.8M, median $41.7M; range $28.0M to $398.7M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $68.9B1$398.7MJun 23, 2026
THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $77.8B1$49.5MJul 7, 2026
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B1$33.9MApr 2, 2026
BK MANUFACTURING CO INC1$28.0MAug 28, 2026

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.

Investor context
  • $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $41.7M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $BA reported $77.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $41.7M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
  • $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $41.7M, is 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (28 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $1.2M 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

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
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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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 5 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.