MK 41 VLS Electronic Design Agent and Depot Operations
NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers · NAVSEA HQ
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation VLS009 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 26, 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
Disclaimer: This presolicitation notice (formerly known as a "synopsis") is for information only, and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to solicit contractual offers or award contracts. The Government is not soliciting, nor will it accept, proposal as a result of this presolicitation notice. The Government will not reimburse the cost of any submission in response to this announcement the entire cost of any submission will be at the sole expense of the source submitting the information. If a solicitation is issued in the future, it will be announced via the System for Awa… (show all)
rd Management (SAM) website (https://sam.gov) and interested parties must comply with that announcement. The information contained herein is subject to modification and in no way binds theGovernment to award a contract. The Naval Sea Systems Command intends to issue a sole source contract action to Lockheed Martin to provide Electronic Design Agent and Depot Operations requirements in support of the MK41 Vertical Launching System. This contract action will add an additional two years of requirements. The basis for this sole source procurement is FAR 6.302-l(a)(2)(ii) - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
Who won similar work
12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers), same industry group (NAICS 3364).
Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $5.0M to $118.9M, median $34.6M; range $469K to $5.9B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX · $93.5B | 3 | $6.1B | Oct 8, 2026 |
| MEGGITT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC. · $PH · $21.5B | 2 | $31.0M | Sep 9, 2026 |
| KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS Kongsberg 3616 NOR | 1 | $1.1B | Nov 20, 2024 |
| TEX-TECH ENGINEERED COMPOSITES, LLC | 1 | $76.8M | Dec 1, 2025 |
| RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD. | 1 | $34.6M | Jan 15, 2025 |
| AMERICAN FLOWFORM PRODUCTS, LLC | 1 | $3.5M | Oct 31, 2024 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT · $77.0B | 1 | $933K | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Xometry, Inc. · $XMTR · $807.5M | 1 | $469K | May 31, 2025 |
| Rolls-Royce Corporation | 1 | – | Aug 14, 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 (1 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 11 past awards, $34.6M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $PH reported $21.5B revenue (fiscal year ending Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $34.6M, is 0.2% of that. SEC filing
- $LMT reported $77.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $34.6M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $XMTR reported $807.5M revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 11 past awards, $34.6M, is 4% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 8, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$69.1MStandard Missile-2 (SM-2) Test Equipment (TE) and FY26 Material and Inventory (M&I)Materiality: 0.07% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 6, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$5.9BFY26 Standard Missile 6 Production Multi-year ProcurementMateriality: 6.3% of $RTX revenue (High) SEC
- Oct 6, 2026RAYTHEON COMPANY$160.9MStandard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IAU Transition to Production (TTP) Award NotificationMateriality: 0.17% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 9, 2026MEGGITT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC.$24.5MSole Source - Purchase of Liquid Air Palletized Systems (LAPS), Air Handling Units (AHUs), Engineering Services, Repair parts and associated dataMateriality: 0.11% of $PH revenue (Low) SEC
- Aug 14, 2026Rolls-Royce Corporation$48.1M (modification)LCAC 100 CLASS MT7 TURBOSHAFT ENGINE SPARESContract modification, not a new award (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 29, 2026LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$933KNorway ESSM Blk2Materiality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
- Dec 1, 2025TEX-TECH ENGINEERED COMPOSITES, LLC$76.8MTape-wrapped Carbon Phenolic (TWCP) HeatsheildsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 31, 2025Xometry, Inc.$469KPropeller FA and Production UnitsMateriality: 0.06% of $XMTR revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 15, 2025RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD.$34.6MSOLE SOURCE � TOPLITE ELECTRO-OPTICS SIGHTS (EOS) SUSTAINMENTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 3, 2024MEGGITT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC.$6.5MPurchase of six (6) Liquid Air Palletized Systems (LAPS)Materiality: 0.03% of $PH revenue (Low) SEC
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 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (9 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $704K 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.
- 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.
- 4 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 11 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.