Advanced Vibration and Impact Testing for Aircrew Resilience (AVITAR)
Air Force and Space Force · FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL
No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA238425CB051 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 24, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticeDCS CORPORATION · $15.0M
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
DCS Corporation, 6909 Metro Park Dr STE 500 Alexandria, VA, has been awarded a 14,999,680.83 Cost Plus Fixed-Fee contract for �Advanced Vibration and Impact Testing for Aircrew Resilience (AVITAR)�. This contract�s objective is to conduct aerospace physiology and human performance research in a wide range of areas including aircrew protection, biodynamics, injury susceptibility, and oxygen systems related technologies. The location of performance is Air Force Research Laboratory, Building 824, Area B � Biodynamics Lab, 800 Ascani St. Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433. The work is expected to be c… (show all)
omplete by 22 September 2028. This award is the result of a competitive white paper submitted under Open Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) FA2384-24-S-2335. Fiscal Year 2025 3600 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funds in the amount of $1,302,336.16 are obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory Wright Research Site (AFRL/RAKHA), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity. There is no known congressional interest pertaining to this acquisition. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) information: Not applicable
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL), same product/service code (PSC) AC13 and NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $3.3M to $8.2M, median $5.3M; range $1.0M to $12.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC · $BA · $77.8B | 1 | $12.8M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| ADVANCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES LLC | 1 | $6.7M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| JANICKI INDUSTRIES INC | 1 | $4.0M | Nov 20, 2025 |
| ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. | 1 | $1.0M | Aug 20, 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.
- $BA reported $77.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $5.3M, 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.
- Nov 20, 2025JANICKI INDUSTRIES INC$4.0MManufacturing Research and Technology Development - Open Broad Agency AnnouncementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2025ADVANCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES LLC$6.7MThermoplastic Composites for Large High-Rate Aircraft Structures"No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2025SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC$12.8MHypersonic Air-breather Research & Manurfacturing ExpansionMateriality: 0.02% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
- Aug 20, 2025ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.$1.0MRocket Cargo - Capabilities StudyNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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 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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Air Force, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Air Force, Dept of job
- $358K 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.