AMENDMENT W58RGZ-25-RFI-AESA: Request for Information (RFI) for Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- W58RGZ-25-RFI-AESA
- Agency
-
ACC Redstone
Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- PSC
- 5841 Radar Equipment, Airborne
- Place of performance
- Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal for Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar technologies. The RFI, which was originally posted in November 2024 and most recently amended on February 9, 2026, seeks market research information from vendors capable of developing and demonstrating AESA Radar systems. The government is investigating technologies that could fulfill requirements for multiple rotary and fixed-wing military platforms, including the AH-64 Apache, UH-60 Black Hawk, and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, as well as fixed-wing and future long-range assault aircraft. This is purely a market research and information-gathering initiative, not a binding procurement action. The sponsoring agency is the Program Executive Office for Aviation, specifically the Project Manager for Apache Attack Helicopter.
Respondents must submit detailed technical information about their AESA radar capabilities electronically via SAM.gov or through the DoD SAFE website for proprietary documents, with responses limited to thirty pages total and organized according to specified formatting requirements using 12-point Arial font. The most recent deadline for submission is thirty days from the February 9, 2026 publication date at 4:00 p.m. Central Time, with questions due within fifteen days of publication. Vendors are eligible to respond even if they can only provide a subset of the desired capabilities, which include fire control, pilotage, pilot aids in degraded visual environments, obstacle detection, terrain following and avoidance, and shoreline mapping using augmented reality techniques. Selected respondents will be invited to participate in a three-week in-flight demonstration period at Redstone Arsenal that includes planning meetings, airworthiness testing, and demonstration flights; however, vendors will bear all costs for their participation, with no reimbursement provided. This RFI explicitly states that responses confer no competitive advantage in any future procurement and do not commit the government to any contract award.
Notice text
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Update #3 · Latest ·
Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar (AESA): Pertaining to this notice THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY to support a potential in-flight demonstration of the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar to be conducted on Redstone Arsenal, AL. It is the intent of the government to investigate AESA Radar technologies capable of fulfilling the requirements of multiple rotary and fixed wing platforms. Desired capabilities include Fire Control, Pilotage, Pilot aid in Degraded Visual Environments (DVE), Pole/Tower and Cable Detection, Airborne Hazards, Terrain Following (TF), Terrain Avoidance (TA), and Shoreline mapping using Augmented Reality (AR) techniques. If respondents can only provide a subset of capabilities, they are still encouraged to respond.
The U.S. Government, Project Manager for Apache Attack Helicopter within the Program Executive Office for Aviation is conducting market research to determine potential sources capable of meeting technical requirements for an AESA Radar for the Army’s Attack (AH-64 Apache), Utility (UH-60 Black Hawk), Cargo (CH-47 Chinook) helicopters, Fixed Wing and Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. Interested respondents are encouraged to provide substantiated evidence of their relevant capabilities, successes, and readiness for in-flight demonstration. Section 1.0 – “Surrogate Platform Interface Requirements” gives an overview of integration requirements to mount and connect the demonstration article to a standard Apache weapons pylon. Additional information can be obtained from the AH-64E V6 TM 1-1520-263-10 Operators Manual, AH-64E V6 System Subsystem Design Descriptions (SSDD), MIL-STD-8591, and MIL-STD-810. United States Government (USG) will assist in the publishing of the required Airworthiness Release (AWR) and submission of the DD-1494 for this demonstration event.
ALL DETAILS ARE PROVIDED IN THE BELOW ATTACHMENTS, RFI for AESA Radar (Rev H) and ENCLOSURE (1).
Update #2 ·
Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar (AESA): Pertaining to this notice THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY to support a potential in-flight demonstration of the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar to be conducted on Redstone Arsenal, Al. It is the intent of the government to investigate AESA Radar technologies capable of fulfilling the requirements of multiple rotary and fixed wing platforms. Desired capabilities include Fire Control, Pilotage, Pilot aid in Degraded Visual Environments (DVE), Pole/Tower and Cable Detection, Airborne Hazards, Terrain Following (TF), Terrain Avoidance (TA), and Shoreline mapping using Augmented Reality (AR) techniques. If respondents can only provide a subset of capabilities, they are still encouraged to respond.
The U.S. Government, Project Manager for Apache Attack Helicopter within the Program Executive Office for Aviation is conducting market research to determine potential sources capable of meeting technical requirements for an AESA Radar for the Army’s Attack (AH-64 Apache), Utility (UH-60 Black Hawk), Cargo (CH-47 Chinook) helicopters, Fixed Wing and Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. Interested respondents are encouraged to provide substantiated evidence of their relevant capabilities, successes, and readiness for in-flight demonstration. Section 1.0 – “Surrogate Platform Interface Requirements” gives an overview of integration requirements to mount and connect the demonstration article to a standard Apache weapons pylon. Additional information can be obtained from the AH-64E V6 TM 1-1520-263-10 Operators Manual, AH-64E V6 System Subsystem Design Descriptions (SSDD), MIL-STD-8591, and MIL-STD-810. United States Government (USG) will assist in the publishing of the required Airworthiness Release (AWR) and submission of the DD-1494 for this demonstration event.
ALL DETAILS ARE PROVIDED IN THE BELOW ATTACHMENTS, RFI for AESA Radar (Rev H) and ENCLOSURE (1).
Update #1 ·
Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar (AESA): Pertaining to this notice THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY to support a potential in-flight demonstration of the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar to be conducted on Redstone Arsenal, Al. It is the intent of the government to investigate AESA Radar technologies capable of fulfilling the requirements of multiple rotary and fixed wing platforms. Desired capabilities include Fire Control, Pilotage, Pilot aid in Degraded Visual Environments (DVE), Pole/Tower and Cable Detection, Airborne Hazards, Terrain Following (TF), Terrain Avoidance (TA), and Shoreline mapping using Augmented Reality (AR) techniques. If respondents can only provide a subset of capabilities, they are still encouraged to respond.
The U.S. Government, Project Manager for Apache Attack Helicopter within the Program Executive Office for Aviation is conducting market research to determine potential sources capable of meeting technical requirements for an AESA Radar for the Army’s Attack (AH-64 Apache), Utility (UH-60 Black Hawk), Cargo (CH-47 Chinook) helicopters, Fixed Wing and Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. Interested respondents are encouraged to provide substantiated evidence of their relevant capabilities, successes, and readiness for in-flight demonstration. Section 1.0 – “Surrogate Platform Interface Requirements” gives an overview of integration requirements to mount and connect the demonstration article to a standard Apache weapons pylon. Additional information can be obtained from the AH-64E V6 TM 1-1520-263-10 Operators Manual, AH-64E V6 System Subsystem Design Descriptions (SSDD), MIL-STD-8591, and MIL-STD-810. United States Government (USG) will assist in the publishing of the required Airworthiness Release (AWR) and submission of the DD-1494 for this demonstration event.
ALL DETAILS ARE PROVIDED IN ENCLOSURE (1) WHICH IS ATTACHED AS LIMITED ACCESS FOR INTERESTED VENDORS.
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