Advanced Information Warfare Antennas (AIWA) Request for Information (RFI)

Federal · Department of DefenseDue Monday, October 5, 2026

Client: Department of Defense
RFP Number: NET-17009
Posted: —
Category: Networking Services and Supplies
Budget: Looking for Proposals
NAICS: 334511
Set-aside: —
Contact: Chris Auen
Email: christopher.d.auen.civ@us.navy.mil

Description

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NAVWAR and PMW 410 seek market research to assess industry capabilities for supporting the Full Rate Production of four antenna systems in San Diego, CA. The buyer needs qualified manufacturing sources for a build-to-print production effort covering the Very/Ultra High Frequency Transmit Array antenna, High Frequency Direction Finding antenna, New Graywing Antenna Development acquisition antenna, and Next Generation AS-4683 Antenna. The buyer provides a complete Level 3 Product level Technical Data Package, so bidders must focus responses on manufacturing capabilities, quality control, and production capacity. Eligible bidders must be onshore USA organizations. Bidders will perform the work offsite and may submit recommendations for partial or full solutions covering any or all of the four antenna systems without needing to respond to all four. The buyer seeks proposals for the budget and clarifies that this request serves strictly for information and planning purposes rather than an active Request for Proposal.

Key solicitation details

AI-extracted from A24__NAVWAR_HQCA_2026_A_083_Combined_AIWA_Request_for_Information_RELEASED.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.

NAVWAR is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) for market research to assess industry capabilities for Full Rate Production (FRP) of four advanced antenna systems. The Government seeks qualified USA onshore manufacturing sources for a build-to-print production effort utilizing Government-provided Technical Data Packages. Participation is limited to onshore USA organizations.

Issued by: Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR)
White papers due: 2 October 2026 at 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST)
How to submit: Electronic via the PIEE Solicitation Module
Submission details: Submitted in unclassified Adobe PDF via https://piee.eb.mil/sol/. White papers must use 12-point Times New Roman font, 8.5 by 11-inch paper, 1-inch margins, and are limited to 8 pages per antenna (excluding cover page, title page, and table of contents) plus a 2-page administrative section.
Contract term: Sustained production for a continuous period of five (5) years from the date of contract award.
Place of performance: Performance of the work will be Offsite.

Scope of work

Build-to-print production of Very/Ultra High Frequency Transmit Array (V/UHF Tx Array) antenna
Build-to-print production of High Frequency Direction Finding (HFDF) antenna
Build-to-print production of New Graywing Antenna Development (NewGRAD) acquisition antenna
Build-to-print production of Next Generation AS-4683 Antenna
Manufacturing capabilities, quality control, and production capacity for antenna systems
Integration of Government Furnished Equipment and radomes
Compliance with MIL-STD testing, environmental, shock, and vibration standards
Providing flexible warranty models, depot-level repair, and DMSMS management

Minimum qualifications

Onshore (USA Organization Only)
Facility capability to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in accordance with DoDI 5200.48 and DFARS/NIST SP 800-171

Documents to include with the bid

White Paper in Adobe PDF format
Administrative and Corporate Information (Section 1)
Technical Narrative addressing Section 3.0 (Section 2)
Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code
Unique Entity ID (UEI)

Official SAM.gov notice

Solicitation number: HQCA2026A083
Agency: Department of Defense
Buying office: Dept of the Navy › Naval Information Warfare Systems
Notice type: Sources Sought
Responses due: Oct 5, 2026, 8:00 PM ET
Posted on SAM.gov: Aug 20, 2026
NAICS: 334511 · Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Product/service code: 5810
Place of performance: 92110
Contracting contact: Chris Auen
christopher.d.auen.civ@us.navy.mil
(619) 705-7911

Read the official notice description

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), in support of the Portfolio Acquisition Executive Mission Systems (PAE MS) AIWA program, is issuing this RFI to conduct market research. The Government is seeking to assess industrys current and projected capabilities to support Full Rate Production (FRP) of the newly designed Very/Ultra High Frequency Transmit Array (V/UHF Tx Array) antenna, High Frequency Direction Finding (HFDF) antenna, New Graywing Antenna Development (NewGRAD) acquisition antenna, and Next Generation AS-4683 Antenna. The primary objective of this RFI is to identify qualified manufacturing sources for a build-to-print production effort. For the purposes of this RFI, industry shall assume the Government will provide a complete Level 3 Product level Technical Data Package (TDP). NOTE: The design and development of the TDP is currently in process. Responses should focus on manufacturing capabilities, quality control, and production capacity rather than engineering design expertise.Respondents are encouraged to provide recommendations related to the delivery of a partial or full solution, covering any or all of the antenna systems described herein for which they have expertise. You are not required to respond to all four antenna systems to submit a compliant RFI response.

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

Incumbent

No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.

Market context

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