Aeronautical Systems Center

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), a major contracting office within Air Force Materiel Command, procures advanced aerospace systems, modeling and simulation capabilities, and associated platform development and sustainment for Air Force tactical and training programs.

ASC maintains a substantial federal contract footprint of 10,461 total awards spanning more than four decades. The agency obligated $329.33 billion against a combined potential value of $307.05 billion across these awards. Recent contract activity has trended downward: ASC issued 565 awards in 2023, 558 in 2024, 507 in 2025, 268 in 2026, and 7 year-to-date in 2027, with the latest recorded award dated July 31, 2027. The portfolio spans 1,505 distinct prime contractors.

Competition is moderately concentrated by award count. L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P. leads recent activity (last five years) with 202 awards valued at $6.69 billion combined potential value, followed by Lockheed Martin Corporation with 125 awards and $12.89 billion combined potential value, and Sierra Nevada Company, LLC with 94 awards and $3.38 billion combined potential value. These top three primes account for approximately 22 percent of recent awards by count. By potential value, concentration is lower: The Boeing Company leads at $21.21 billion across 35 awards, Lockheed Martin follows at $12.89 billion (125 awards), and L3Harris trails at $6.69 billion (202 awards)—together the top five by value represent approximately 17 percent of combined potential value over the last five years.

Set-aside activity is minimal. No set-aside awards dominate the portfolio at 90 percent of all awards (9,391 total). Small-business set-asides account for 5 percent of awards (532 total), while 8(a) sole-source and competitive 8(a) awards together comprise 3 percent (374 total). Service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone, and women-owned small business designations each account for negligible shares.

A pre-solicitation for a Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract closed October 15, 2026. The JSE program seeks contractor capability to develop, integrate, and test modeling and simulation capabilities and provide operations and product support at designated test and training sites at Joint Integrated Test and Training Center–Nellis AFB, Nevada, and Joint Integrated Test and Training Center–Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, with a potential third site in the European theatre. The IDIQ is planned to commence in the fourth quarter of 2027 with a 10-year period of performance and an anticipated first task order award in the first quarter of 2028.