SolicitationPosted Jul 9, 2026·Responses due Oct 8, 2026

HH-60W Degraded Visual Environment System(DVES) - FA8552-26-R-B001

Air Force and Space Force · FA8552 AFLCMC WIU

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
336411
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
FA8552-26-R-B001
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
K015
Place
USA
Contact
Theresa Younce, Contract Specialist (theresa.younce@us.af.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation FA8552-26-R-B001 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
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Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 7, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026, middle of the range Aug 30, 2026.
Measured from 688 past solicitations at Dept of the Air Force that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 9, 2026).
Responses are due Oct 8, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

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What the notice says

Description of Anticipated Requirement: The United States Air Force (USAF) has a need to field a system capable of addressing the issues posed by Degraded Visual Environments (DVE). The HH-60W DVES solution shall provide real-time hazard detection in both enroute and terminal areas, displaying this information clearly on cockpit and cabin displays. It shall be designed to function effectively in a variety of DVE, including those created by ambient/aritificial conditions such as smoke, smog, snow, night sand/dust, etc and aircraft-induced conditions such as brownout/whiteout. This effort will c… (show all)

onsist of the material solution and all non-recurring engineering required to install a DVE solution on to the HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter, including the design, development, testing, integration, procurement, installation, and deployment of the DVES kits. Anticipated Contract Period of Performance: One (1) base period of twenty-four (24) months with One (1) Ordering Period and One (1) Option to turn on Ordering Periods 2-6. This establishes an total potential period of performance of eight (8) years.

Who won similar work

21 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Air Force and Space Force), same NAICS 336411.

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THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA3$1.2BDec 22, 2025
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ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.2$175KSep 19, 2025
Lindys Painting, La Porte LLC2$87KJul 23, 2026
BORSIGHT, INC1$2.2BJun 16, 2025
DMAERO, LLC1$996.0MDec 18, 2025
ARISTA AVIATION SERVICES, LLC. Enterprise AL 36330 USA1$86.4MDec 26, 2024
Lockheed Martin Aero Marietta GA USA1$48.8MJul 2, 2025
TYONEK TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC1$46.0MMar 11, 2025
Able Aerospace Services, Inc.1$21.8MApr 21, 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.

Latest awards

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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (22 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
  • $676K 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
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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
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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.

  • 2 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 1 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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.