Notice of Intent to Sole Source NINJA SUSTAINMENT
Army · W7NR USPFO ACTIVITY NYANG 174
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Where this opportunity stands
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- Sep 12, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
The Ninja system is a proprietary item and requires proprietary parts and services. Black River Systems Company, Inc. was the Prime Contractor for FA8750-19-C-0040 (OCOSA Contract), a Phase III SBIR award from Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RIGB). The Ninja product suite was developed under the OCOSA contract with some initial engineering having been completed under predecessor SBIR Phases I and II contracts. Black River Systems Company was the Prime Contractor on the SBIR I and Phase II contract as well. Black River Systems Company has asserted its SBIR data rights, under these contracts… (show all)
and as defined in DFARS 252.227-7018, �Rights in Noncommercial Technical Data and Computer Software�Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program�. Black River Systems hereby submits that it has all ownership rights to the Ninja products that are being offered. Black River does not re-sell parts to third parties. All parts and knowledge protected by SIBR.
Who won similar work
33 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Army), same NAICS 334511.
Single-winner award sizes (33): middle half $52K to $219K, median $87K; range $13K to $74.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLIED CONCEPTS, INC. | 5 | $308K | Sep 9, 2025 |
| FRONTIER PRECISION, INC | 2 | $87K | Mar 16, 2026 |
| TELEDYNE FLIR DEFENSE, INC. | 1 | $74.2M | Feb 19, 2025 |
| CHEMRING SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $48.8M | Jul 16, 2026 |
| ELBITAMERICA, INC. | 1 | $22.5M | Sep 14, 2026 |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX · $19.4B | 1 | $20.6M | Sep 24, 2025 |
| LUXFER MAGTECH, INC. | 1 | $10.1M | Aug 6, 2026 |
| ALPINE CONGLOMERATE, LLC | 1 | $1.0M | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Compass Technologies Group LLC | 1 | $253K | May 13, 2025 |
| FSR CONSULTING LLC | 1 | $247K | Sep 30, 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.
- $LHX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 33 past awards, $87K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 30, 2026FSR CONSULTING LLC$247KKirby SOF-Sensing Kits
- Sep 29, 2026AVIATION SPECIALTIES UNLIMITED, INC.$89K165 OG - NVG Mounts
- Sep 25, 2026EVOLVEE USA INC$36KSupply purchase of Ultrasonic pulse-echo device
- Sep 14, 2026ELBITAMERICA, INC.$22.5MIHADSS Repair
- Sep 8, 2026SEAFLOOR SYSTEMS, INC.$219KMultibeam/Portable Workstation
- Sep 8, 2026TELESTRA TECHNOLOGIES LLC$52KGNSS-based Machine Guidance System for Mechanical Dredging
- Sep 2, 2026ALPINE CONGLOMERATE, LLC$1.0MSolicitation - Sample Cannister, 400
- Aug 6, 2026LUXFER MAGTECH, INC.$10.1MSolicitation - M256A2 Chemical Agent Detector Kit
- Jul 16, 2026CHEMRING SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, INC.$48.8MNotice of Sole Source Award and Redacted J&A: JBTDS
- Jul 7, 2026ENTERPRISE ELECTRONICS CORP$141KNotice of Award: C-Band Doppler Radar Components
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 Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
- $234K 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.