Repair/Overhaul of Flat Panel Up Front Controller (FPUFC)
Air Force and Space Force · FA8538 AFSC PZAAB
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA853826R0017 in this department, oldest first.
- Apr 29, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
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 effort is in support of evaluation, fault isolation, inspection, testing, repair, and packaging of the Flat Panel Up Front Controller NSN 5895-01-530-1899FX, PN A05A0249-12. The FPUFC is applicable to the F-15E. This repair effort will utilize a Firm-Fixed Pricing (FFP) 5 year repair contract with 5 one-year ordering periods plus a 6 month optional order period. Repair FPUFC, NSN 5895-01-530-1899FX, P/N A05A0249-12: Ordering Period BEQ Basic 100 Ordering Period I 100 Ordering Period II 100 Ordering Period III 100 Ordering Period IV 100 6 Month Extension 50 Total Estimated Repair Value: $ … (show all)
Parts & Materials: Ordering Period BEQ Basic 500 Ordering Period I 0 Ordering Period II 0 Ordering Period III 0 Ordering Period IV 0 6 Month Extension 0 BER: Ordering Period BEQ Basic 1 Ordering Period I 1 Ordering Period II 1 Ordering Period III 1 Ordering Period IV 1 6 Month Extension 1 Total Estimated BER Value $ NFF: Ordering Period BEQ Basic 1 Ordering Period I 1 Ordering Period II 1 Ordering Period III 1 Ordering Period IV 1 6 Month Extension 1 Total Estimated NFF Value $ Total Estimated Contract Value: $
Who won similar work
8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FA8538 AFSC PZAAB), same NAICS 811210.
Single-winner award sizes (6): middle half $3.3M to $9.5M, median $6.0M; range $392K to $11.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED | 3 | $18.2M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX | 2 | – | Sep 25, 2026 |
| L3 AVIATION PRODUCTS INC | 1 | $10.5M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION · $RTX · $93.5B | 1 | $5.2M | Aug 3, 2026 |
| ELEVAN LLC | 1 | $2.6M | Apr 25, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either (2 here). Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $RTX reported $93.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $6.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 25, 2026L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$2.4M (modification)Electronic Flight Indicator (EFI) and Radar Display Unit (RDU)Contract modification, not a new award (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 25, 2026L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$12.8M (modification)Electronic Flight Indicator (EFI) and Radar Display Unit (RDU)Contract modification, not a new award (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 3, 2026HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION$5.2MAward Synopsis / Repair of the Programmable Armament Control System 46 (PACS-46) Converter Programmer (CP)Materiality: <0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 30, 2025L3 AVIATION PRODUCTS INC$10.5MElectronic Flight Indicator (EFI) and Radar Display Unit (RDU) - Post Award Synopsis and JustificationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2025THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED$11.0MOverhaul of the C-5 Trailing Edge Flap Gearbox Assemblies Post Award Synopsis and JustificationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 26, 2025THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INC.$6.8MC-5 Visor Door Actuator OverhaulNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 28, 2025THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED$392KC-5 Nut Drive ManifoldNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 25, 2025ELEVAN LLC$2.6MSolicitation-C-5 Nose Landing Gear Door GearboxesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 5 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
- $620K 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.
- 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 4 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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.