CDS_Sustainment FY27-32_USRL-ACURL-NIRL_Base

Past Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$250,000,000 to $1,000,000,000
Set-aside
No set-aside

Forecast facts

Incumbent contract
Anticipated award
Acquisition strategy
Follow-on to Existing Contract
NAICS code
334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Place of performance
Pax River, MD
Forecast number
N00019-25-RFPREQ-JSFCDS-0026

Forecast details come from the Navy's Long Range Acquisition Estimates. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.

About this forecast

Naval Air Systems Command is recompeting a sustainment contract for ACURL and NIRL surrogate encryption systems supporting the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program, with solicitation release estimated for January 2026 and award anticipated in January 2027. The contract requires Top Secret personnel clearances and Secret facilities clearance, and will be awarded as a cost-reimbursement "C" type contract under non-competitive procurement.

The estimated award value ranges from $250 million to $1 billion. Work is performed at Patuxent River, Maryland. Naval Air Systems Command HQ is the contracting office, with the CDS Program Management Office as the program requirement office.

The incumbent award is Definitive Contract N0001922C0046, held by Lockheed Martin Corporation since April 29, 2022, with a ceiling value of $267.301 million and an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2027. The contract provides CDS sustainment, fielding, configuration management, and field support engineering for encryption systems across the F-35 program's base year and five-year option period, with performance at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Subcontractors include Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc., and a multi-vendor team providing radar components, antenna systems, electronic warfare modules, IT infrastructure, and specialized sustainment support.

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