Sources Sought
Request for Information - Kinetic Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA8629-26-R-5018
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The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (ISR and Special Operations Forces Directorate, Special Warfare Program Office) is doing market research on man-portable kinetic counter-drone systems that can detect, disrupt and defeat hostile or unauthorized drones. This is a sources sought / request for information, not a solicitation, and the details on how to respond are in an attachment. Place of performance is listed as Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
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- Market research only. No contract is being awarded from this notice and the Government will not pay for your response, so it only matters if you want to be considered for a later buy.
it does not constitute a solicitation
- Response instructions are in an attachment. You cannot tell what information to provide, or technical requirements, without opening the attachment.
SEE ATTACHMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS RFI
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Full brief
What they want
- Identify sources for a man-portable kinetic counter-small-UAS capability
- Capability to detect, disrupt and defeat hostile or unauthorized drones
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA
- Offers due
- 2026-10-28 at 5:00 PM Eastern time (17:00 -04:00)
- How to submit
- See the attachment for how to respond
What to include when you submit
- Mark any proprietary or competition-sensitive information in your response as instructed in the posting
Not in the notice text
- Technical requirements for the kinetic counter-drone capability
- Exactly what information to submit and in what format
- Whether a set-aside or other restrictions will apply to a later buy
- Quantities, contract type and value
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 28, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 28, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- FA8629-26-R-5018
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA8629 AFLCMC Wisk Sof/PR
- NAICS
- 334511
- Business type
- Electrical & electronic components
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson Afb, OH
- Contracting contact
- Jamie Sclafanijamie.sclafani@us.af.mil
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