AESA Radar System for USAF Test Pilot School
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA930425Q5011
- Agency
- Air Force Test Center Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Edwards, California 93524, United States
- Points of contact
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- Marc Venzon marc_anthony.venzon@us.af.mil (661) 277-3234
- Justin T. Fobel justin.fobel@us.af.mil (661) 277-3986
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Air Force Test Pilot School Research and Development Division is procuring an AESA Radar System through solicitation FA9304-25-Q-5011. This procurement is being conducted as a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items under FAR Subpart 12.6, utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures. A Secret Clearance is required to receive the complete statement of requirements, as the public notice contains redacted Controlled Unclassified Information. Offerors must submit complete written quotes via email with a maximum file size of 10MB by the extended due date of October 3, 2025. The contract will be awarded on a firm fixed-price basis through full and open competition, and offerors may submit proposals that depart from stated requirements provided they clearly identify the comparative advantage to the Government.
This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designation and will be conducted under full and open competition. The contract performance period is anticipated to run from October 30, 2025, through October 29, 2027. The place of performance is Edwards Air Force Base, California, which aligns with the Test Pilot School's location for conducting flight tests and generating critical test mission data. The acquisition falls under NAICS code 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) with a size standard of 1,350 employees. No incumbent contractor information or specific award values are disclosed in the public notice due to the classified nature of certain contract details.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
**The following change is reflected in paragraph 17:This amendment extends the quote due date to 03 Oct 2025.**
**The following change is reflected in paragraph 10: Anticipated period of performance for this effort is 30 Oct 2025 – 29 Oct 2027.**
**The following change is reflected in paragraph 13m: Offerors may submit proposals that depart from stated requirements. Such proposals shall clearly identify why the acceptance of the proposal would be advantageous to the Government. Any deviations from the terms and conditions of the solicitation, as well as the comparative advantage to the Government, shall be clearly identified and explicitly defined. The Government reserves the right to amend the solicitation to allow all offerors an opportunity to submit revised proposals based on the revised requirements.**
1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13) will be used for equirement. Secret Clearance is required to receive Complete Statement of Requirements; Information that is considered Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is redacted from this public notice.
2. Solicitation Number: FA9304-25-Q-5011 **Please provide the full solicitation number on all packages**
3. Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements for the items described in this solicitation are invited to submit, in writing, a complete quote.
4. Offerors are required to submit with their quote enough information for the Government to evaluate the requirements detailed in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Offerors shall submit quotes via email, please note the maximum file size is 10MB. Emails over this file size will not be received. Submit only written offers; oral offers will not be accepted.
5. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-5, DFARS Change 17 Jan 25 and DAFFARS Change 16 Oct 24.
6. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE: Full and open competition, Firm – Fixed Price Contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 334511 with a size standard of 1,350 employees.
7. Please carefully review the requirements detailed below.
8. Description of services to be acquired: The United States Air Force (USAF) Test Pilot School (TPS) is where the Air Force’s top pilots, navigators, and engineers learn how to conduct flight tests and generate the data needed to carry out test missions. The Research and Development Division has a requirement for an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar and associated engineering logistics support to install on the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) -- operated by the USAF TPS at Edwards AFB, CA. The X-62A VISTA is a critical part of the USAF TPS curriculum and USAF
research efforts. Specifically: Engineering logistics support includes working with the other VISTA support companies to assist in the engineering needed to install the AESA radar and the follow-on work (spares, data analysis, etc.) typically needed to support and troubleshoot the X-62A developmental radar throughout the next phase of the X-62A VISTA test program, termed the Mission System Upgrade and includes the addition of the AESA radar. Secret Clearance is required to receive Complete Statement of
Requirements; Information that is considered Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is redacted from this public notice. No exceptions will be made. Upon verification of your security clearance, interested vendors will receive complete Statement of Requirements. The contractor shall ensure that all deliverables, including software, documentation, and models, are properly classified and marked according to the relevant security guidelines.
10. See attached redacted combined synopsis/solicitation.
Update #1 ·
1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13) will be used for equirement. Secret Clearance is required to receive Complete Statement of Requirements; Information that is considered Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is redacted from this public notice.
2. Solicitation Number: FA9304-25-Q-5011 **Please provide the full solicitation number on all packages**
3. Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements for the items described in this solicitation are invited to submit, in writing, a complete quote.
4. Offerors are required to submit with their quote enough information for the Government to evaluate the requirements detailed in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Offerors shall submit quotes via email, please note the maximum file size is 10MB. Emails over this file size will not be received. Submit only written offers; oral offers will not be accepted.
5. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-5, DFARS Change 17 Jan 25 and DAFFARS Change 16 Oct 24.
6. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE: Full and open competition, Firm – Fixed Price Contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 334511 with a size standard of 1,350 employees.
7. Please carefully review the requirements detailed below.
8. Description of services to be acquired: The United States Air Force (USAF) Test Pilot School (TPS) is where the Air Force’s top pilots, navigators, and engineers learn how to conduct flight tests and generate the data needed to carry out test missions. The Research and Development Division has a requirement for an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar and associated engineering logistics support to install on the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) -- operated by the USAF TPS at Edwards AFB, CA. The X-62A VISTA is a critical part of the USAF TPS curriculum and USAF
research efforts. Specifically: Engineering logistics support includes working with the other VISTA support companies to assist in the engineering needed to install the AESA radar and the follow-on work (spares, data analysis, etc.) typically needed to support and troubleshoot the X-62A developmental radar throughout the next phase of the X-62A VISTA test program, termed the Mission System Upgrade and includes the addition of the AESA radar. Secret Clearance is required to receive Complete Statement of
Requirements; Information that is considered Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is redacted from this public notice. No exceptions will be made. Upon verification of your security clearance, interested vendors will receive complete Statement of Requirements. The contractor shall ensure that all deliverables, including software, documentation, and models, are properly classified and marked according to the relevant security guidelines.
10. See attached redacted combined synopsis/solicitation.
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