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Structural Materials Open BAA

Federal · Department of DefenseDue Monday, September 20, 2027
Client
Department of Defense
RFP Number
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Posted
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Category
US Federal
Budget
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NAICS
541715
Set-aside
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Contact
Phil Drayton
Email
[email protected]

Description

AI Generated

The Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate, Structural Materials Division, seeks white papers and potentially technical and cost proposals. The laboratory requires support for its Structural Materials and Applications mission, focusing on structural materials technologies from discovery through development and transition. The Statement of Objectives outlines technology interests in structural materials science and engineering academic competencies and Air Force application area needs. No eligibility, evaluation, budget, or key-date details are provided in the source description.

Official SAM.gov notice

Solicitation number
FA8650-18-S-5010
Agency
Department of Defense
Buying office
Dept of the AIR Force › FA8650 Usaf Afmc Afrl PZL Afrl/PZL
Notice type
Presolicitation
Responses due
Sep 20, 2027, 4:00 PM ET
Posted on SAM.gov
Apr 22, 2026
NAICS
541715 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Product/service code
AC13
Place of performance
Wright Patterson AFB, OH, 45433
Contracting contact
Phil Drayton, Contract Negotiator
[email protected]
Additional contact
Erik Ripberger, Contracting Officer
[email protected]
Read the official notice description

Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate, Structural Materials Division, AFRL/RXC, is soliciting white papers and potentially technical and cost proposals under this announcement that support the needs of its Structural Materials and Applications mission. Structural Materials technologies that range from materials and scientific discovery through technology development and transition are of interest. Descriptors of Materials and Manufacturing Directorate technology interests are presented in two contexts in the Statement of Objectives (BAA Attachment 1); that of structural materials science and engineering academic "competencies," and that of Air Force application area needs.

Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).

Incumbent

Likely prior awards for this requirement

Likely match

Awarded by the same buying office (FA8650) with descriptions matching "structural materials", performed in OH. The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.

Vendor and awardValueEnds
TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.FA865019P5189 · NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES FOR CARBON-CARBON STRUCTURES APPLICABLE TO HYPERSON$150.0KMay 5, 2020

Market context

Awards in the same category (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)). This is not this requirement's award history.

Recent similar awards: Department of Defense, NAICS 541715, performed in OH

Vendor and awardValueEnds
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTONFA239426FB001 · PERVASIVE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION FOR COMPLEX-SOLUTIONS IN OPERATIONAL AND URGENT SYSTEMS $5.7MMay 31, 2032
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTONFA239425FB015 · PERVASIVE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION FOR COMPLEX-SOLUTIONS IN OPERATIONAL AND URGENT SYSTEMS $8.4MMay 31, 2032
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTONFA239425FB014 · PERVASIVE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION FOR COMPLEX-SOLUTIONS IN OPERATIONAL AND URGENT SYSTEMS $61.3MMay 31, 2032
ARCTOS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLCFA239425FB004 · ADVANCED COMPUTING FOR ADVANCED COMPOSITES (ACAC)$1.0MJan 20, 2032
BLUEHALO LLCFA239425FB003 · PERFORMANCE OF ADVANCED MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES (PAMCOMP)$1.3MJan 20, 2032

Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 541715, since Oct 1, 2023

28,732 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.

  1. 1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$7.1B
  2. 2. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$5.8B
  3. 3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$5.7B
  4. 4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$4.0B
  5. 5. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$3.3B

Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.

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