Notice of Award for Sole Source Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) PMA-242 IDIQ Contract for GAU-21 .50 Caliber Machine Guns and Required Ancillary Support Equipment
NAVAIR and air warfare centers · NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00019-24-R-0022 in this department, oldest first.
- Feb 24, 2025 · this noticeAward NoticeFN HERSTAL Herstal 4040 BEL · $21.5M
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What the notice says
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Direct and Time Sensitive Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-242), awarded a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to FN Herstal, under N00019-25-D-0023 on 16 January 2025. This contract is for the procurement of GAU-21 .50 caliber machine guns and the required ancillary support equipment. This contract was awarded on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other services w… (show all)
ill satisfy agency requirements. FN Herstal is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the GAU-21, and as such, is the only known source available with the requisite technical knowledge, experience and tooling to produce the requirements described herein, in order to satisfy the government�s requirement.
Who won similar work
2 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND), same NAICS 332994.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP · $NOC · $39.3B | 1 | $97.0M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP · $LMT · $67.6B | 1 | $3.0M | Dec 16, 2025 |
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- Sep 28, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$97.0MFMU-139D/B Fuze Production Ceiling IncreaseMateriality: 0.25% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Dec 16, 2025LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$3.0M2025 Laser Guided Training Round Product Improvement PlanMateriality: <0.01% of $LMT revenue (Low) SEC
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Competitive landscape
For the 2 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (25 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $759K 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
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- 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
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- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 2 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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