Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH)
Air Force and Space Force · FA2377 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL RYKS
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA237725RB004 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 7, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
- Jul 21, 2026Award NoticeNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $14.8MOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
This program completes work primarily ranging from TRL 3 to TRL 7 in modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A), technology development, integration, test and evaluation (T&E), and transition coordination. The program will look at the follow areas: (1) Sensor exploitation from multiple warfighting domains with focus on air, ground, and surface targets, (2) Exploitation and fusion of multiple sensor modalities, including active and passive modes, from single and multiple platforms, (3) OMS technologies and third-party software and/or mode exploration
Who won similar work
21 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541715.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX | 3 | $30.9M | Aug 5, 2026 |
| MATRIX RESEARCH INC | 2 | $109.9M | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Radial Research and Development Fairborn OH 45324 USA | 1 | $95.0M | Aug 26, 2025 |
| DCS Corporation | 1 | $94.7M | Feb 23, 2026 |
| DEFENSE ENGINEERING CORP | 1 | $37.6M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC | 1 | $17.0M | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Leidos Inc · $LDOS | 1 | $14.9M | Jun 16, 2026 |
| DYNETICS, INC. · $LDOS | 1 | $7.4M | Aug 5, 2025 |
| SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC | 1 | $6.8M | Sep 29, 2025 |
| SCITEC INNOVATIONS LLC | 1 | $6.1M | Apr 16, 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.
- Oct 6, 2026DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$2.2MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
- Oct 1, 2026DEFENSE ENGINEERING CORP$37.6MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
- Aug 5, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$8.0MCombat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 05
- Aug 3, 2026Arete Associates Niwot CO 80503 USA$1.5MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
- Jul 28, 2026SAAZ MICRO, INC.$1.9MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
- Jul 20, 2026RADIAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LTD$6.0MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
- Jun 16, 2026Leidos Inc$14.9MCombat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 04
- Apr 16, 2026SCITEC INNOVATIONS LLC$6.1MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
- Apr 15, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$20.0MCombat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 03
- Apr 13, 2026RESONANT SCIENCES LLC$1.6MMulti-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (14 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $1.1M 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
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
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.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 7 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.