Requesting information for MISHAP ANALYSIS & ANIMATION FACILITY (MAAF) FLIGHT RECORDER DOWNLOAD SOLUTIONS ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT
- Client
- Department of Defense · U.S. Air Force
- RFP Number
- —
- Posted
- 10/1/2026
- Category
- Graphics and Animation
- Budget
- —
- NAICS
- 541511
- Set-aside
- —
- Contact
- CASSANDRA BENGFORT
- [email protected]
Description
AI GeneratedThe United States Air Force seeks information regarding engineering, acquisition, and sustainment services to develop, maintain, and sustain modern hardware and software solutions for aircraft flight recorder downloads. The requested scope includes developing download capabilities for both undamaged flight recorders and bench-level extracted Circuit Card Assemblies across various solid-state recorder architectures. The vendor must ensure all developed software and hardware interfaces execute on modern operating systems like Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Microsoft Windows. Additionally, the resulting output file formats must be fully compatible with Original Equipment Manufacturer data decompression and transcription software tools. The provided text does not state eligible applicant types, submission instructions, deadlines, evaluation criteria, contract terms, or budget details.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from REQUEST FOR INFORMATION_SAM.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The Department of Defense is seeking information on flight recorder download solutions, acquisition, and sustainment for the Mishap Analysis & Animation Facility (MAAF). The contractor shall provide engineering, acquisition, and sustainment services for modern USAF aircraft flight recorder download and data decompression/transcription hardware and software solutions.
- Issued by
- Department of Defense
Scope of work
- Engineering, acquisition, and sustainment services for flight recorder download solutions
- Hardware and software development for full-up flight recorders and bench-level extracted Circuit Card Assemblies
- Support for solid-state recorder architectures and modern operating systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Microsoft Windows)
- Output file formats fully compatible with OEM data decompression and transcription software tools
- Raw flash and CCA memory extraction capabilities including desoldered flash memory chips and damaged CSMUs
- Interfacing with and processing raw binary data from various OEM flight recorder systems
- Software licensing, license verification, and updates for air-gapped standalone network environments
- Sustainment support including hardware repairs, driver updates, obsolescence management, calibration, and training
Documents to include with the bid
- RFI Questionnaire response with company profile, CAGE code, and UEI
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- FA940126Mishap
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the AIR Force › FA9401 377 MSG PK
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Oct 28, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Sep 28, 2026
- NAICS
- 541511 · Custom Computer Programming Services
- Place of performance
- Kirtland AFB, NM, 87117
- Contracting contact
- CASSANDRA BENGFORT
[email protected]
5058467341 - Additional contact
- Winter Silva
[email protected]
5058538094
Read the official notice description
The contractor shall provide engineering, acquisition, and sustainment services to develop, maintain, and sustain modern hardware+software solutions for USAF aircraft flight recorder download and data decompression / transcription. This effort encompasses developing download capabilities for both full-up (undamaged) flight recorders and bench-level extracted Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA) across diverse solid-state recorder architectures. All software and hardware interfaces developed must execute on modern computer hardware and operating systems (e.g., Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Microsoft Windows) and yield output file formats fully compatible with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) data decompression and transcription software tools.
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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