Rocket Cargo - Capabilities Study
Air Force and Space Force · FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FA2385-25-C-B029 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 20, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticeANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. · $1.0M
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
This contract seeks to obtain a design study for a Payload Container capable on integrating on multiple platforms for the Rocket Cargo Vanguard. The aim is to develop a system capable of integrating multiple Government defined payloads within this payload container for deployment. This effort was competive via ARA FA8650-21-S-9307, Call 003, Rocket Experimentation for Global Agile Logistics (REGAL) Payload Rentry from Space Development and Demonstrations. This was awarded as a firm fixed price contract. In selecting the appropriate contract type, the contracting officer considered the factors … (show all)
in FAR 16.104.
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 $6.0M to $13.4M, median $9.8M; range $4.0M to $15.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCS CORPORATION | 1 | $15.0M | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 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 |
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, $9.8M, 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 Announcement
- Sep 30, 2025ADVANCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES LLC$6.7MThermoplastic Composites for Large High-Rate Aircraft Structures"
- Sep 30, 2025SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC$12.8MHypersonic Air-breather Research & Manurfacturing Expansion
- Sep 24, 2025DCS CORPORATION$15.0MAdvanced Vibration and Impact Testing for Aircrew Resilience (AVITAR)
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.