STAR-FISH CALL 017 - Secure By Design
Dept of Defense, Fa9453 Afrl Rvk, FA945326XA001
Responses close Nov 13, 23:00 UTC
Attachments and bidding on SAM.gov
FA9453-21-S-0001 Air Force Research Laboratory/Space Vehicle Directorate ANNOUNCEMENT OVERVIEW CALL 017, </strong
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What else bears on this
Also open from this office 8
Posted by FA9453 AFRL RVK, the same office that posted this notice.
| Closes | Solicitation | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | CAPACITY ON A UHF-CAPABLE ON-ORBIT MEO SATELLITE | RFI-RJZX-2026-RAPID |
| Aug 10, 2026 | CAPACITY ON A UHF-CAPABLE ON-ORBIT MEO SATELLITE | RFI-RJZX-2026-RAPID |
| Aug 10, 2026 | CAPACITY ON A UHF-CAPABLE ON-ORBIT MEO SATELLITE | RFI-RJZX-2026-RAPID |
| Aug 13, 2026 | FA9453-21-S-0001-Call016 - Space Strategic Technology Institute (SSTI) -… | SSTI5_Call016 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | FA9453-21-S-0001-Call016 - Space Strategic Technology Institute (SSTI) -… | SSTI5_Call016 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | STAR-FISH CALL 017 - Secure By Design | FA945326XA001 |
| Nov 16, 2027 | Request for Information: Multi-Source PNT UE | MultiSourcePNT_RFI_01 |
| Dec 18, 2028 | Space Environment Technologies and Science (SETS) Broad Agency Announcement… | FA9453-23-R-X001 |
What this buyer has signed $7.6B
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 | $425M | 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 |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS… | $127M | Mar 26, 2026 | FRP-18 GQM-163A BASE TARGET VEHICLE USN |
Suppliers who do this kind of work 25
Companies in our directory under Spacecraft & buses and Components & subsystems, which is where this notice matched: kw satellite. A category is our own grouping, so this says what a company sells rather than that it is eligible or interested.
Lockheed Martin Space
Littleton, CO, US
Orion, GPS III, planetary spacecraft.
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA, US
Cygnus, GEOStar buses, SLS boosters, MEV servicing.
Airbus Defence and Space
Toulouse, France
Eurostar and OneSat buses, Orion ESM.
Thales Alenia Space
Cannes, France
Telecom and observation satellites, station modules.
Maxar Space Systems
Palo Alto, CA, US
1300-class GEO buses, PPE for Gateway.
Sierra Space
Louisville, CO, US
Dream Chaser spaceplane, LIFE habitat.
York Space Systems
Denver, CO, US
S-class and M-class buses, SDA constellations.
Apex
Los Angeles, CA, US
Aries and Nova productized buses.
Astranis
San Francisco, CA, US
Small GEO communications satellites.
The supplier index holds 16 more in these categories.