Sources Sought
AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summarySources sought (market research, not a request for offers): the Air Force wants to find businesses that can repair and return AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System parts, with Warner Robins, GA listed as the place of performance. The Government estimates 2-5 repairs per year across 14 listed items. Responses are due by email by November 9, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern, the response due date on SAM.gov. More in the summary
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Sources sought (market research, not a request for offers): the Air Force wants to find businesses that can repair and return AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System parts, with Warner Robins, GA listed as the place of performance. The Government estimates 2-5 repairs per year across 14 listed items. Responses are due by email by November 9, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern, the response due date on SAM.gov.
Who can bid
- Production data or repair data, expertise, capabilities and experience to meet qualification requirements for the repair and return of the listed items
How to submit: Email to the contacts listed in the survey (Cameshia Williams, Owen Moorehead, Sean Jones, Mellissa Smith and Kathie Stone); attachments may not exceed 10 MB per email, and multiple emails are acceptable. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Security clearance level not set. The level of security clearance is undetermined, and the survey asks how you generate, handle, process and store classified material, so a future award may need a cleared facility.
- Worth checking: Quantities per item are TBD. The table shows quantity as TBD for every line and only an overall estimate of 2-5 per year, so the size of the work and price per unit are unclear.
- Worth checking: Repair and test data expected. The Government is looking for firms that already hold production or repair data, and asks for your manuals or test procedures for engineer review, which a new firm may lack.
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- Minor: Foreign Military Sales partners included. Repairs support the USAF and allied partners, and the amount of foreign participation is undetermined, which may add export rules or ownership questions.
- Minor: No set-aside decision yet. SAM.gov states no set-aside, and the survey says the decision will follow small business responses, so small businesses should answer fully to shape it.
- Minor: Market research only. Responding does not guarantee a place in a later solicitation or award, and the Government will not pay for response costs.
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- AAR-47 Missle Warning System - SSS.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Repair and return of AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System units for U.S. Air Force (USAF) personnel and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) partners, which are allied countries buying U.S. equipment
- 14 listed items: missile warning sets, electro-optic countermeasure sensors, countermeasures signal processors, set controls and a signal simulator; quantity per line is TBD in the table
- Estimated amount of 2-5 repairs per year
- Businesses that hold production or repair data, plus the expertise and experience to meet qualification requirements
- Capability survey answers: facilities, past work, classified data handling, technical data and manuals, capacity, depot repair, test and inspection processes
- If you cannot repair an item in total, say what your company can repair
- Teaming, joint venture or subcontractor arrangements are welcome; say which part of the work each partner would do
- Place of performance
- Warner Robins, GA, USA (as listed in the SAM.gov fields; the survey document does not give a place of performance)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- Nov 9, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to the contacts listed in the survey (Cameshia Williams, Owen Moorehead, Sean Jones, Mellissa Smith and Kathie Stone); attachments may not exceed 10 MB per email, and multiple emails are acceptable
What to include when you submit
- Answer Part I (business information, including CAGE code, size and ownership) for your company and any teaming or joint venture partners
- Answer all 21 Part II capability survey questions
- Give documentation that supports your capability; without it the Government may be unable to assess you
- If you cannot do the whole job, show your teaming, partnership, joint venture or subcontract arrangement (emails or letters are highly encouraged, not required) and each member's role
- If you only want to be a subcontractor, state the portion of the work you can do
- Say which areas of work should be broken out exclusively for small business
- Send your commercial manuals or Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP: the tests used to check a repaired item) and say what rights you hold to them, for Government engineer review
- Send data in a readable electronic format that can get through a firewall
Not in the notice text
- The quantity for each of the 14 listed items is TBD, and several lines have no National Stock Number (NSN: the catalog number for an item) in the table
- Contract type, contract length and estimated value are not stated
- The level of security clearance and the amount of foreign participation have not been determined
- Whether the work will be set aside for small business is undecided
- The survey says the Government wants repair data, but does not say whether it will supply drawings or technical data
- The place of performance is given only in the SAM.gov fields (Warner Robins, GA); the survey document does not name where repairs happen
- The future solicitation's evaluation factors and terms are not given
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- FA8523 AFMC/AFLCMC ESYC, Robins AFB, GA
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541330)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice