SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Unmanned Carrier-Based Aircraft Solutions Request for Information (RFI)
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2026 12:00:00 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336411
— Aircraft Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER MD 20670-5000 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20670-5000
- Solicitation Number
- PAEA-UnmannedStratSS
- Response Due
- 8/13/2026 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 08/28/2026
- Point of Contact
- Samantha Moore, Jacob Leighton
- E-Mail Address
-
Samantha.c.moore11.civ@us.navy.mil, jacob.j.leighton.mil@us.navy.mil
(Samantha.c.moore11.civ@us.navy.mil, jacob.j.leighton.mil@us.navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- NONE No Set aside used
- Description
- The Portfolio Acquisition Executive (Aviation), PAE(A), is issuing this Sources Sought notice to conduct market research and identify potential industry sources capable of designing, developing, prototyping, manufacturing, and fielding next-generation Unmanned Carrier-Based Aircraft as part of the Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE) Air Wing of the Future (AWOTF) Family of Systems (FoS) strategy aligned with the Golden Fleet initiative. Existing FoS efforts include MQ-25A and Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). PAE Aviation is exploring the industrial base's capacity to deliver highly capable, autonomous platforms optimized for operations from Ford-class and Nimitz-class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers (CVN). The Government is seeking concepts, with both technical and programmatic information, for air vehicle and mission systems capable of executing FoS missions from the CVN highlighted in Section 1.0, either as a single-role platform, a multi-role platform, or a modular FoS. The information will inform future requirements, investments, and acquisition decisions aligned with the Navy unmanned strategy. Interested parties are requested to submit a response in accordance with the attached document, ""Unmanned Strategy Sources Sought."" Responses shall be submitted electronically to the USN NAS Patuxent Mailbox at usn.patuxent.comnavairsyscompax.mbx.fcdi-marketplace@us.navy.mil, carbon copying (CC) the designated Contract Specialist, Samantha Moore, samantha.c.moore11.civ@us.navy.mil. All responses shall be submitted no later than 5:00 PM EST, 13 August 2026. The submission is limited to 10 pages, using Times New Roman 12-point font and single spacing. Accompanying PowerPoint presentations are welcome, not to exceed 20 slides with no videos. The Government will accept unclassified submissions up to the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) level. Any submission containing CUI must be properly marked in accordance with DoD Instruction 5200.48. The email subject line and cover page of all documents must clearly indicate �CUI� or �Controlled Unclassified Information� if applicable. Submissions must not contain classified information above the CUI level.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8126a917519340e98426d2bdf4704f57/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Patuxent River, MD, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN07918396-F 20260809/260810082941 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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