Bluestar Low Amplifying Signal Transmission (BLAST)
Naval Research Laboratory · NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N0017324RWR01 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
- Follow the agency to see the next notice for this work.
What the notice says
Contract No. N0017325C0005 was awarded on 30 April 2025 to SRI International Inc in the total amoun to $33,319,192.00 as a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract was procured as a sole-source acquisition IAW 10 U.S.C. Section 2304(c)(1).
Who won similar work
6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY), same product/service code (PSC) AJ13 and NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (6): middle half $22.6M to $180.6M, median $87.2M; range $18.1M to $245.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. · $PSN · $5.4B | 3 | $462.5M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| RIPTIDE TECHNOLOGY INC | 1 | $148.3M | Aug 24, 2026 |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. · $GD · $42.3B | 1 | $21.5M | Jul 8, 2025 |
| AMETRINE INC | 1 | $18.1M | Oct 7, 2025 |
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.
- $PSN reported $5.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $87.2M, is 2% of that. 10-K
- $GD reported $42.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 6 past awards, $87.2M, is 0.2% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Aug 24, 2026RIPTIDE TECHNOLOGY INC$148.3MCommand, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Development, Support and Integration
- Jun 29, 2026SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.$245.0MResearch and Development for Satellite Software and Operations Support
- Jun 29, 2026SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.$191.4MResearch and Development for Satellite Software and Operations Support
- Jun 29, 2026SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.$26.1MResearch and Development for Satellite Software and Operations Support
- Oct 7, 2025AMETRINE INC$18.1MCAMOUFLAGE NETTING AND EXPEDITIONARY LIFTING STRUCTURES ("X-HANGAR"), OPERATIONAL TEST SUPPORT, AND JOINT TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION
- Jul 8, 2025GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$21.5MDesign, development, contruction, integration, and testing of Black Pearl class Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUVs).
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $571K 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
- 1 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 1 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.