Solicitation
SDA Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) - Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities (STEC) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA240126S0001
Due in 147 days
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The Space Development Agency (Air Force) is accepting executive summaries, abstracts and full proposals under its annual Broad Agency Announcement for new space architecture concepts, systems and technologies for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Work is in Virginia. SDA strongly encourages sending an executive summary before a full proposal.
Watch out for
- Technical R&D proposal effort. Writing a full proposal for novel space technology is expensive for a small business, and funding is not guaranteed.
SDA strongly encourages submitting an executive summary in advance of a full proposal to ensure interest and potential funding availability.
- Instructions and criteria are in the BAA document. Evaluation criteria, page limits and submission method are not in the notice text.
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Full brief
What they want
- Novel architecture concepts, systems, technologies and capabilities for future PWSA tranches and capability layers
- Ideas that enable new capability layers for other emerging or evolving warfighter needs
- Executive summaries and proposal abstracts, then full proposals
- Contract type
- Broad Agency Announcement (research and development)
- Place of performance
- VA, USA
- Offers due
- Executive summaries and proposal abstracts: 12:00 AM Eastern Time, 3 February 2027. Full proposals: 12:00 AM Eastern Time, 3 March 2027
What to include when you submit
- Executive summary in advance of a full proposal is not required but strongly encouraged
- Submission instructions are in Section D of the BAA document (page 27)
- SDA releases an updated BAA each year; avoid sending uninvited full proposals shortly before the due date
Not in the notice text
- Evaluation criteria and funding amounts
- Submission method and page limits (in the BAA document)
- Eligibility restrictions such as security clearances or facility requirements
- Contract type and period of performance for resulting awards
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Key facts
- Response due
- Mar 3, 2027, 5:00 AM UTC
- Posted
- Mar 13, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- FA240126S0001
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA2401 Space Development Agency Sda
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 541715
- Product/service code
- AC13
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research
- Place of performance
- VA, 20151
- Contracting contact
- ussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.fa-240126s-001@mail.milussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.fa-240126s-001@mail.mil
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Amendment 1 - Discrepancies in due dates were corrected in P. 27 of the BAA document, Section D. Submission Instructions : Executive summaries and proposal abstracts should be submitted on or before 12:00 AM Eastern Time, 3 February 2027. Full proposals must be submitted on or before 12:00 AM Eastern Time, 3 March 2027. Opportunity Description - The Space Development Agency (SDA) is soliciting executive summaries, proposal abstracts, and proposals for novel architecture concepts, systems, technologies, and capabilities that enable leap-ahead improvements for future Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) tranches, capability layers, or, enable new capability layers to address other emerging or evolving warfighter needs. NOTE - Although not required, SDA strongly encourages submitting an executive summary in advance of a full proposal to ensure interest and potential funding availability. SDA releases an updated Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) on an annual basis. Because SDA strives to always maintain an active BAA with similar focus areas, proposers are discouraged from submitting uninvited full proposals shortly before the BAA proposal due date simply to meet the submission deadline. They should consider instead submitting an executive summary to the subsequent BAA.
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