AFLCMC Wright Patterson AFB

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is the Air Force's principal acquisition and lifecycle-management arm for aircraft platforms, avionics, propulsion systems, and sustainment infrastructure, executing contracts across engineering, logistics, modernization, and supply-chain functions. The center operates across multiple directorate-level program offices including Fighters & Advanced Aircraft, Mobility and Training Aircraft, Propulsion, ISR & Special Operations Forces, and Business Systems, each managing distinct weapon systems and sustainment portfolios.

The Lifecycle Management Center has awarded 52,162 federal contracts totaling $320.92 billion in combined potential value since 1982, with $221.47 billion obligated to date. Recent award activity shows a declining trend: 497 awards in 2023, 397 in 2024, 318 in 2025, 185 in 2026, and one recorded award in 2027. The most recent recorded award date is 2027-07-01. Among the top five primes by award count over the last five years, World Wide Technology LLC leads with 113 awards worth $90.6 million, followed by HPI Federal LLC (70 awards, $5.5 million) and Carahsoft Technology Corp (63 awards, $25.9 million). By potential value, The Boeing Company dominates with 39 awards worth $2.01 billion, though its count ranks fifth. Competitive concentration is highly fragmented; the top five primes by award count hold 18 percent of recent awards, while the top five by potential value account for only 1 percent of combined potential value. The agency works with 5,249 distinct prime contractors across its portfolio.

Set-aside awards are minimal. No set-aside designations cover 91 percent of awards. Small business set-asides (including 8(a) sole source, competitive 8(a), HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business) comprise 3,162 awards, or 6 percent of the total. The remaining designations (partial small business, emerging small business, and woman-owned small business) each represent less than 1 percent of volume.

Open pre-solicitation and solicitation activity spans aircraft platforms, propulsion systems, software integration, unmanned systems, and facility infrastructure. Representative opportunities include a Request for Information on Small Uncrewed Aerial System (sUAS) Capabilities (sUAS_RPRD_2026, due November 30, 2026) addressing hardware, software, communications, sensors, and kinetic effects across five mission sets; a Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source for a Technical Data Package for the F404-GE-103 Engine to General Electric Aerospace for the T-7A Red Hawk trainer (FA8626-27-R-B002PSN, anticipated award January 14, 2027); and an RFI for KC-46A Systems Integration Laboratory Operations and Sustainment seeking system-integration and software-sustainment support at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma (RFI-AFLCMC-KC46-SIL-OS-2026, due December 11, 2026). Additional open RFIs cover KC-46 software integration and sustainment enterprise management, modular tactical SIGINT/EW systems, common unmanned systems controllers, short-range reconnaissance small unmanned aerial systems with controlled-unclassified-information attachments, CRRC outboard motors for personnel recovery missions, and F-15EX missile warning system integration. Two definitive solicitations remain open: Repair Mechanical Systems IDIQ for fiscal years 27–32 (FA860126R0016, due November 12, 2026) and Repair Electrical Systems covering low- and medium-voltage distribution, control, and modernization work at Wright-Patterson AFB (FA860127R00100001, due November 12, 2026, amended October 2026).