E-3 Dragon
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- Solicitation number
- FA853926R0007
- Agency
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Air Force Sustainment 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
- PSC
- 5826 Radio Navigation Equipment, Airborne
- Place of performance
- Warner Robins, Georgia, United States
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About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center anticipates issuing a 5-year requirements indefinite delivery contract for failure testing and repair of the E-3 Navigation Control Mode Selector (NSN 5826-01-717-5972, PN 69-37369-305), with a response deadline of May 17, 2026. The acquisition is intended as sole-source award to BAE Systems Controls Inc. (CAGE 89954), identified as the design authority and only approved and capable repair source for E-3 Dragon Navigation Control components.
The E-3 Dragon program modernized the E-3 AWACS flight deck by eliminating the navigator position and integrating a Flight Management System Suite featuring modern flight management computers, multifunction displays, flight guidance systems, weather radar, terrain awareness and warning systems, wind shear detection capabilities, and engine indication and crew alerting systems. The contract covers a basic period plus four one-year ordering periods, structured as Firm Fixed Price. Anticipated repair volumes span five fiscal years: five repairs in FY26, six in FY27, seven in FY28, eight in FY29, and nine in FY30, for a total of 35 repairs over the contract term.
No set-aside applies. Place of performance is not specified in the notice.
Notice text
The DRAGON program on the E-3 AWACS upgraded the E-3 AWACS from a four-person flight deck to a three-person flight deck by eliminating the navigator position and incorporating a modern Flight Management System Suite (FMSS) with robust architecture. Specifically, it consists of a modern flight management computer and large multifunction displays for flight and engine instruments.
Additionally, DRAGON includes safety features such as a flight guidance system, weather radar system, terrain awareness and warning system, wind shear detection and warning system, new and supplemental upgrades to navigation and surveillance equipment, an engine indication and crew alerting system. These services include failure testing and repair of the E-3 Navigation Control Mode Selector. This contract is anticipated for 5 years for a total of 35 repairs.
NSN: 5826-01-717-5972
PN: 69-37369-305
FY26 Qty: 5 Repairs
FY27 Qty: 6 Repairs
FY28 Qty: 7 Repairs
FY29 Qty: 8 Repairs
FY30 Qty: 9 Repairs
Period of Performance: 5 years: a Basic plus four one-year Ordering Periods
BAE Systems Controls Inc. (CAGE 89954), acting as the design authority for the E-3 Dragon Navigation Control, is the only approved and capable repair source for this acquisition. This action will result in an award of a 5-year (a Basic plus four one-year Ordering Periods) contract, that will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Requirements Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC).
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Request for proposal - e-3 dragon | Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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