Ground-Based Launcher Request for Information (RFI)

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Ground-Based Launcher Request for Information (RFI)

Dept of Defense, Fa8612 Aflcmc Pzp Abms, FA8612_RFI_C3BM_2026_0002

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM) Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio is conducting market research to identify viable industry solutions for

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Posted by FA8612 AFLCMC PZP ABMS, the same office that posted this notice.

Closes	Solicitation	Number
Aug 14, 2026	Ground-Based Launcher Request for Information (RFI)	FA8612_RFI_C3BM_2026_0002

What this buyer has signed $6.5B

The largest federal awards in our record from DEPT OF DEFENSE, under the space and missile manufacturing codes we collect. This is context about the buyer, not the outcome of this notice: no award in the record references a solicitation number, so which notice produced which award is not something we can show.

Recipient	Amount	Signed	What for
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	$4.8B	Apr 9, 2026	EXECUTE PHASED ARRAY TRACKING RADAR TO INTERCEPT ON…
DYNETICS, INC.	$617M	Apr 14, 2026	DO FOR THE FY26 PRODUCTION BUY.
RAYTHEON COMPANY	$500M	May 26, 2026	KUWAIT NASAMS 7 LOT PROCUREMENT
RAYTHEON COMPANY	$198M	Apr 17, 2026	SM-3 BLOCK IIA UNDER LAYER.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS…	$127M	Mar 26, 2026	FRP-18 GQM-163A BASE TARGET VEHICLE USN
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS…	$102M	May 14, 2026	SATCOM SPACE VEHICLE
INTELSAT GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS…	$75M	May 22, 2026	SEE SECTION B.
VIASAT INC	$75M	May 22, 2026	PTS-G SWARM 1 DESIGN, DEVELOP, TEST, AND PRODUCE GLOBAL…

Suppliers who do this kind of work 13

Companies in our directory under Components & subsystems and Manufacturing & materials, which is where this notice matched: NAICS 336419 (space vehicle parts). A category is our own grouping, so this says what a company sells rather than that it is eligible or interested.

The supplier index holds 4 more in these categories.