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Closed — responses were due 31 Mar 2026 · Unrestricted (full and open) · Department of the Air Force, DoD · Wright Patterson AFB, OH · NAICS 541715 · Solicitation FA8650-20-S-1958

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Solicitation numberFA8650-20-S-1958
Notice IDfe775be9a61a4c44b5e7050094718bd1
AgencyDepartment of Defense (DoD)
Sub-agencyDepartment of the Air Force
Contracting officeFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL
NAICS code541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Product / service code (PSC)AC12
Set-asideUnrestricted (full and open)
Notice typePresolicitation
Posted19 November 2025
Response deadline31 March 2026 (closed)
Place of performanceWright Patterson AFB, OH, USA

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UPDATES November 2025: Minor administrative update to extend the solicitation close date. UPDATES September 2025: minor administrative update to extend the solicitation close date. UPDATES April 2025: to update technical points of contact, remove all references to the Model Contract and Section K in this announcement as these documents wil be provided with each Call, and makes minor administrative updates to the announcement .AFRL/RYW has a need to investigate and develop methodologies, tools, techniques, and capabilities to identify susceptibilities and mitigate vulnerabilities in avionics systems, protect those systems against cyber-attack, provide simulation capabilities required to develop, mature and transition advanced sensor and avionics technologies, develop platform architecture technologies that enable revolutionary and agile capabilities, and expand emerging open system architecture standards and approaches for existing and next-generation Air Force and DoD weapon systems in multi-domain environments. The goal is to explore new and emerging concepts related to development, integration, assessment, evaluation, and demonstration of cyber security, open system architecture (OSA), novel avionics and sensor technologies, and multi-domain technologies. For this solicitation, avionics is defined to include manned, unmanned, autonomous, and remotely piloted vehicles, on-board Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems, Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, munitions, and any equipment, component, or subsystem that could compromise mission assurance of the Air Force weapon system or tactical platform.

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SAM.gov has posted 10 notices under solicitation FA8650-20-S-1958, oldest first.

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