Request for Information (RFI) for a Cislunar Space System (CSS)

Special Notice Due Nov 24, 2026

Request for Information (RFI) for a Cislunar Space System (CSS)

Dept of Defense, Dept of the Air Force, 10302026-01

Responses close Nov 24, 17:00 UTC

(U) The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is seeking market research information to inform the potential acquisition strategy for a Cislunar Space System (CSS). The CSS will consist of up to five (5) space vehicles (SVs), each of which will requir

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Also open from this office 1

Posted by DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE, the same office that posted this notice.

Closes	Solicitation	Number
Nov 4, 2026	Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Post-delivery support of developed space…	FA254826RB008

What this buyer has signed $7.9B

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…
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	$843M	Jun 24, 2026	AWARD FOR THE THAAD MAC MULTI-YEAR PRODUCTION CONTRACT…
DYNETICS, INC.	$617M	Apr 14, 2026	DO FOR THE FY26 PRODUCTION BUY.
RAYTHEON COMPANY	$500M	May 26, 2026	KUWAIT NASAMS 7 LOT PROCUREMENT
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	$439M	Jul 15, 2026	ARMY TACTICAL MISSILE SYSTEM (ATACMS) LOT 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION	$434M	Apr 29, 2026	PURCHASE HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEMS (HIMARS)…
RAYTHEON COMPANY	$198M	Apr 17, 2026	SM-3 BLOCK IIA UNDER LAYER.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS…	$150M	May 14, 2026	SATCOM SPACE VEHICLE

Suppliers who do this kind of work 15

Companies in our directory under Spacecraft & buses, which is where this notice matched: kw spacecraft. 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 6 more in these categories.