Market Survey/Request for Information for the Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies
FAA · 693KA8 SYSTEM OPERATIONS CONTRACTS
FAA is planning to buy "Market Survey/Request for Information for the Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in USA. The original due date (Jan 20, 2025) has passed; check the latest amendment for the current one. In the last 2 years, similar work (matched on the agency only, a loose match) went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $1.3M per award.
Put together from the facts on this page; the details and sources are below.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 693KA8RFICAAT in this department, oldest first.
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
The Federal Aviation Administration�s (FAA) continuing mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. To meet this goal, the agency is taking an incremental approach to Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)[1] integration and is evaluating a variety of use cases and technologies needed for future AAM operations. The FAA is seeking the public�s interest and capabilities for the development of a plan for the Center for Advanced Aviation and Technology as mandated by Section 961 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. Section 961 requires that the Center for Advanced Aviati… (show all)
on Technologies (CAAT) be established by September 30, 2026. The purpose of this Market Survey/ Request for Information (RFI) is to: Inform industry of the FAA�s intent to implement, under the direction of Congress, a CAAT airspace laboratory, flight demonstration zone(s)[2], and testing corridors[3], to support the testing and advancement of AAM and other new and emerging aviation technologies. Survey the marketplace to assess the level of interest and capabilities among qualified industry, academic, research, and governmental entities; and obtain estimated costs.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
124 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (FAA), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (124): middle half $381K to $11.6M, median $1.3M; range $19K to $1.4B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREQUENTIS USA, INC | 3 | $208.6M | Oct 20, 2026 |
| ADB SAFEGATE AMERICAS LLC | 3 | $24.7M | Jun 5, 2025 |
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC · $7.4B | 2 | $752.8M | Jul 10, 2025 |
| GUARDIAN CONSTRUCTION, INC. | 2 | $11.1M | Aug 24, 2026 |
| UNIQUE FACILITY RESOURCES INC | 2 | $8.1M | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Frontgrade Technologies Inc. | 2 | $4.9M | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Quarterwave Corp. | 2 | $1.5M | Jun 22, 2026 |
| X-CLEAN CORP | 2 | $1.2M | Aug 18, 2025 |
| FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC. | 2 | $826K | Nov 8, 2024 |
| ALPHA CONTRACTORS GROUP INC | 2 | $568K | Sep 28, 2026 |
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. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $SAIC reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 124 past awards, $1.3M, 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.
- Oct 20, 2026FREQUENTIS USA, INC$200.0MThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made a direct award of an definitized single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract number 693KA8-26-D-00018 to Frequentis USA, IncNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026TROPICAL TREE CARE, INC.$708KUPP VOR Tree Trimming ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026ALPHA CONTRACTORS GROUP INC$308KRefurbish/Repaint Antenna TowersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 21, 2026VALOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, LLC$96KRetrofit Stair Landing Platforms, Fort Lauderdale Air Traffic Control Tower (FLL ATCT), Fort Lauderdale, FL.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2026BRAVE ONE CONTRACT AGENCY, LLC$704KMEM/ZME Elevator MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 14, 2026UNIQUE FACILITY RESOURCES INC$1.2MJanitorial Services in Manchester and Merrimack, NHNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 10, 2026SRCTEC, LLC$420KUpgrade of SR Hawk radar systemsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 8, 2026Frontgrade Technologies Inc.$604KL-Band ModulesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 2, 2026ARC TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC$572KDESIGN ARSR4 POWER AMP MODULE TEST STATIONNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 26, 2026VISION QUEST SOLUTIONS INC$84.5MNotice of Award for Supplier Information Request (SIR) 693KA8-26-R-00003: Central Service Area Contract Armed Security Officer ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since 2024 (11 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) job
- $58K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- 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.
- 3 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 986 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 insider buys and 0 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.