Justification (Sole Source)Posted Oct 8, 2026

SDA Cryptographic Equipment IDIQ - Viasat Inc.

Air Force and Space Force · FA2401 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SDA

Stage
Justification for other than full competition
NAICS
334118
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SDA-SN-27-0001
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
5811
Place
Chantilly, VA, USA
Contact
SDA Contracts (ussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.SN-27-0001@mail.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SDA-SN-27-0001 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 16, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
None posted
Other notices
  • Oct 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

See redacted Justification Attached.

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 334118.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
VIASAT INC · $VSAT2$6.0MDec 17, 2025
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC · $HON1$177KSep 19, 2025
GOENGINEER LLC1$100KSep 21, 2026
COMPUTER AND PERIPHERALS GROUP, INC.1$37KApr 10, 2025
WESTEX GROUP, INC1$23KAug 31, 2026
JTF BUSINESS SYSTEMS CORPORATION1$14KJul 17, 2025
THOMPSON TECHNOLOGY, LLC1$8KSep 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 7 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 (10 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $352K 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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 9 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.