Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Missile Defense Agency - Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects (NOBLE) Announcement
Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
AI summaryAnnouncement HQ0860-25-S-0001: the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) runs a standing announcement called NOBLE (Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects) for missile defense research, prototypes and testing. No offers go to this announcement; each individual solicitation released under it sets its own response date and rules. SAM.gov shows March 26, 2030 as the end date, and the announcement period runs March 27, 2025 (passed) through March 27, 2030. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 21, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of another version of this notice: check what changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: The actual requirements, response dates and evaluation criteria are in individual solicitations released under NOBLE; this announcement does not contain them. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Announcement HQ0860-25-S-0001: the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) runs a standing announcement called NOBLE (Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects) for missile defense research, prototypes and testing. No offers go to this announcement; each individual solicitation released under it sets its own response date and rules. SAM.gov shows March 26, 2030 as the end date, and the announcement period runs March 27, 2025 (passed) through March 27, 2030.
Who can bid
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), including any required representations and certifications, at the time of response and before award
- Eligibility is set by each individual solicitation; no set-aside is stated on SAM.gov for this announcement
- Access to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is limited to U.S. persons and certain dual citizens because of export control laws
How to submit: Nothing is submitted to this announcement. Unclassified questions go by email to MDA-NOBLE@mail.mil. Each individual solicitation sets how and when to respond. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Worth checking: Research and prototype work. Topic areas cover advanced missile defense technology, and awards may be other transaction agreements rather than standard contracts, which a small business new to this work may find hard.
- Worth checking: Export control limits. Some topics may involve export-controlled technology, and access to controlled information is limited to U.S. persons and certain dual citizens.
- Worth checking: Possible classified work. Individual solicitations say whether responses are at the unclassified or classified level, which may require a facility clearance.
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- Worth checking: Cybersecurity requirements may apply. Awardees may need to meet NIST SP 800-171 (federal rules for protecting sensitive government information) and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program.
- Minor: Organizational conflict of interest rules. Every offeror must identify and analyze any conflict of interest that responding could create.
- Minor: Intellectual property rights. Offerors should be prepared to define the Government's rights in technical data and software, which may be negotiated before award.
- Minor: Funding can change. Funding may change with little notice and every award depends on available funds.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- MDA_NOBLE_Amendment 3_final.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Kinetic and hypersonic defense: low-cost interceptor concepts and technologies
- Command and control battle management: tracking, discrimination and faster decisions
- Integrated non-kinetic and electronic warfare capabilities
- Disruptive technologies, including AI (artificial intelligence), directed energy and resilient networking
- Space-based sensors, interceptors and effectors
- Digital revolution: AI and machine learning analytics for missile defense
- Radiation effects testing on electronic devices and systems
- Also: international cooperation, technologies for targets, and sensor and processing technologies
- Contract type
- Varies by individual solicitation: a FAR-based procurement contract, an other transaction (OT) agreement or OT-like agreement, and other award types
- Period of performance
- Set by each individual solicitation. The announcement period is March 27, 2025 through March 27, 2030
- Place of performance
- USA, as SAM.gov gives it; individual solicitations set the specifics
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- NOBLE overarching announcement, under which individual solicitations may use a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), other transactions, Commercial Solutions Opening and other authorities
- Offers due
- March 26, 2030 (end of day), which is the announcement's end date on SAM.gov, not an offer due date
- How to submit
- Nothing is submitted to this announcement. Unclassified questions go by email to MDA-NOBLE@mail.mil. Each individual solicitation sets how and when to respond
What to include when you submit
- Do not send white papers, proposals or responses to this announcement
- Watch SAM.gov and the MDA Opportunity Marketplace NOBLE page for individual solicitations, each with its own response date
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) when you respond to an individual solicitation and before any award
- Do not email classified information to the announcement address
Not in the notice text
- The actual requirements, response dates and evaluation criteria are in individual solicitations released under NOBLE; this announcement does not contain them
- The NOBLE Solicitation Tracker (a PDF linked from the notice) lists new solicitations such as Mobile Integrated Launch Capability (MILC) and Low-Cost Kill Vehicle; its contents were not read
- A separate pre-solicitation for Forward-Based Mode Radar Next Prototype and Solicitation No. HQ0860-26-S-C007 for Shipborne Phased Array Instrumentation Radar (SPAIR) are posted on SAM.gov and were not read
- Set-aside status, number of awards, contract value and period of performance for each solicitation
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Nothing is submitted to this announcement. Unclassified questions go by email to MDA-NOBLE@mail.mil. Each individual solicitation sets how and when to respond. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Aug 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Huntsville, AL
- Product/service code
- AC13 · National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense – Military; Experimental Development
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541715)
- Versions
12 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Aug 24, 2026 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Aug 6, 2026 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Aug 6, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Jun 23, 2026 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Mar 2, 2026 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Sep 19, 2025 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Aug 21, 2025 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Jul 31, 2025 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- May 9, 2025 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Apr 4, 2025 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Mar 27, 2025 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationSAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Related notices
Other notices that name this solicitation, or that this one names.
- Missile Defense Agency - Advanced Capability Concepts · HQ0860-25-S-C001Posted later Oct 5, 2026 · Due May 8, 2030
- 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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Full notice text from SAM.gov
8/24/2026: Please check the "NOBLE Solicitation Tracker" for links to the following new announcements: Mobile Integrated Launch Capability (MILC) and Low-Cost Kill Vehicle. Amendment 3 to the NOBLE Announcement is provided. Please see the pre-solicitation for Forward-Based Mode Radar Next Prototype https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bf031a0d85d64320b598b8de8a909907/view. 8/6/2026: A link to the "NOBLE Solicitation Tracker" has been added to this announcement. The NOBLE announcement Amendment 3 has been added. https://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/noble_tracker.pdf 6/23/2026: Shipborne Phased Array Instrumentation Radar (SPAIR) Solicitation No. HQ0860-26-S-C007 has been added. Full details on this solicitation can be found by searching the solicitation number on SAM.gov. Please note that MDA has removed the "MDA_NOBLE_Solic_SN_Tracker" spreadsheet attachment.
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