Request for Information (RFI) for Aerial Targets Branch (EBAY) Air Force Aerial Target Solutions
Open Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA8678-26-AFSAT-R0001
- Agency
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AFLCMC Eglin AFB
Lifecycle Management Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- PSC
- 1550 Unmanned Aircraft
- Place of performance
- Eglin AFB, Florida, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Air Force Materiel Command at Eglin Air Force Base is conducting a Request for Information to identify aerial target solutions spanning defensive and offensive counter air capabilities, with final responses due by September 28, 2026 at 1600 Central Time. This is market research and information-gathering only, not a procurement commitment.
The Air Force seeks solutions across three tiers: Tier 1 comprises high-end reusable subscale to full-scale targets (UAS Group 5, LFSAT, ELFSAT) emphasizing performance and signature fidelity for advanced fighter and strategic asset replication; Tier 2 addresses attritable mid-tier targets (UAS Groups 3–4) balancing cost-to-performance with transonic speed and modular architecture; Tier 3 focuses on low-cost expendable targets (UAS Groups 1–2) optimized for mass scalability and swarm operations. The Government is open to both towed and free-flying implementations and manned or unmanned configurations for large full-scale platforms.
Respondents must address payload integration capability, command and control compatibility with the Government's Advanced Airborne Threat Target Control System (AATTCS) or alternative systems meeting NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 1 encryption standards minimum, and on-board flight termination resources (may be proposed as integration pathways for Tier 3). For Tier 3 swarm operations, respondents should demonstrate scalability for simultaneously operating greater than ten targets, with capability details for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more units. Submissions include a maximum 10-page core narrative per tier, Technology Readiness Level, rough order of magnitude cost estimates (Non-Recurring Engineering and Operations and Sustainment), commerciality and non-developmental item assertions, and small business participation details.
NAICS 336413 applies. An industry day originally scheduled for October 20–22, 2026 in Shalimar, Florida has been postponed to November 30–December 4, 2026 due to Hurricane Isaia. Registration deadline was October 12, 2026; contact Captain Kalvin Bazan at 850-883-0356 or kalvin.bazan.1@us.af.mil for updated logistics.
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Update #3 · Latest ·
Issued pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR 15.101(c) and RFO FAR Part 10 solely for information, market research, and planning purposes. This market survey is conducted by the Aerial Targets Program Office (AFLCMC/EBAY) under the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Weapons (AFPAE/WP) to obtain industry capabilities, rough order of magnitude (ROM) information, and data needed to support commercial product/service, non-developmental item (NDI), and small business determinations under RFO FAR 10.001(f), and to inform acquisition planning.
Per Title 10, U.S. Code §4172, major munitions and missile programs must demonstrate lethality against appropriate, threat-representative targets prior to full-rate production. The Aerial Targets mission is to provide target aircraft that replicate threat systems, including performance, signatures, and countermeasures of adversary aircraft.
The objective of this RFI is to identify a range of solutions to populate a family for systems needed throughout the spectrum of missions in Defensive and Offensive Counter Air capabilities. These solutions may represent the full range of airborne threats, spanning from inexpensive “hobby drones” to the most advance adversary fighter and large-scale aircraft.
This RFI is intended to:
- Identify commercially available or near-term solutions
- Understand industry capabilities and innovative approaches
- Inform future acquisition strategies and budgetary requirements and assist the agency in making commerciality, NDI, and small business set-aside determinations
See attached RFI and Question and Answer documents and for additional details.
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In accordance with Section 10 of the attached RFI, attached are the final Questions and Answers posted on 11 SEPTEMBER 2026. ALL FINAL RESPONSES ARE DUE BY 28 SEPTEMBER 2026 @ 1600 CENTRAL.
Update #2 ·
Issued pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR 15.101(c) and RFO FAR Part 10 solely for information, market research, and planning purposes. This market survey is conducted by the Aerial Targets Program Office (AFLCMC/EBAY) under the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Weapons (AFPAE/WP) to obtain industry capabilities, rough order of magnitude (ROM) information, and data needed to support commercial product/service, non-developmental item (NDI), and small business determinations under RFO FAR 10.001(f), and to inform acquisition planning.
Per Title 10, U.S. Code §4172, major munitions and missile programs must demonstrate lethality against appropriate, threat-representative targets prior to full-rate production. The Aerial Targets mission is to provide target aircraft that replicate threat systems, including performance, signatures, and countermeasures of adversary aircraft.
The objective of this RFI is to identify a range of solutions to populate a family for systems needed throughout the spectrum of missions in Defensive and Offensive Counter Air capabilities. These solutions may represent the full range of airborne threats, spanning from inexpensive “hobby drones” to the most advance adversary fighter and large-scale aircraft.
This RFI is intended to:
- Identify commercially available or near-term solutions
- Understand industry capabilities and innovative approaches
- Inform future acquisition strategies and budgetary requirements and assist the agency in making commerciality, NDI, and small business set-aside determinations
See attached document for additional details.
The Questions and Answers pdf file will updated on a regular basis. Questions are due by 28 AUGUST 2026, 1600 CENTRAL TIME and all answers will be posted by 11 SEPTEMBER 2026, 1600 CENTRAL TIME.
Update #1 ·
Issued pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR 15.101(c) and RFO FAR Part 10 solely for information, market research, and planning purposes. This market survey is conducted by the Aerial Targets Program Office (AFLCMC/EBAY) under the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Weapons (AFPAE/WP) to obtain industry capabilities, rough order of magnitude (ROM) information, and data needed to support commercial product/service, non-developmental item (NDI), and small business determinations under RFO FAR 10.001(f), and to inform acquisition planning.
Per Title 10, U.S. Code §4172, major munitions and missile programs must demonstrate lethality against appropriate, threat-representative targets prior to full-rate production. The Aerial Targets mission is to provide target aircraft that replicate threat systems, including performance, signatures, and countermeasures of adversary aircraft.
The objective of this RFI is to identify a range of solutions to populate a family for systems needed throughout the spectrum of missions in Defensive and Offensive Counter Air capabilities. These solutions may represent the full range of airborne threats, spanning from inexpensive “hobby drones” to the most advance adversary fighter and large-scale aircraft.
This RFI is intended to:
- Identify commercially available or near-term solutions
- Understand industry capabilities and innovative approaches
- Inform future acquisition strategies and budgetary requirements and assist the agency in making commerciality, NDI, and small business set-aside determinations
See attached document for additional details.
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