DSAS & Pilot Relief
Forecast New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Navy NAVAIR Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River
Naval Air Warfare Center, Department of Defense
- Solicitation expected
- Not on record
- Estimated value
- $2,000,000 to $7,500,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Pax River, MD
- Forecast number
- N00421-26-RFPREQ-TPM226-0558
Forecast details come from the Navy's Long Range Acquisition Estimates. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) will procure an unsafe attitude prevention system for legacy F-5 aircraft operated by the Marine Corps, estimated award July 2027, leveraging modernization efforts from USAF T-38 programs. The requirement addresses excessive pilot heads-down time in F-5 cockpits that can induce spatial disorientation and unusual attitudes by incorporating attitude and altitude maintenance capability into the aircraft's configuration.
The estimated award value ranges from $2 million to $7.5 million under sole-source procurement through PMA-226 engineering efforts. Place of performance is Patuxent River, Maryland (47123 Buse Rd #540, Patuxent River, MD 20670). Contracting office is NAWCAD PAX (N00421); program office is TPM226 under PEO T.
Forecast text
Purpose:
•Legacy F-5 cockpit configuration drives excessive pilot heads down time which can lead to spatial disorientation and unusual attitudes due to the unstable nature of the aircraft. There is currently no pilot relief system to maintain attitude and altitude.
Method:
•Leverage USAF T-38 modernization efforts.
•Fund PMA-226 engineering efforts to incorporate an unsafe attitude prevention system into USMC Legacy F-5.
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