About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Government is conducting market research through this Sources Sought notice and intends to award a sole-source follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin Corporation. This action covers highly specialized research and development for the System of systems Technology Integration Tool Chain for Heterogeneous Electronic Systems (STITCHES). Interested companies may voluntarily submit a capabilities statement of no more than two pages along with a completed Attachment 2 QA by the specified due date. Submissions must exclude proprietary, Controlled Unclassified Information, or classified details, and respondents bear all costs associated with replying to this market research notice.
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- STITCHES_001
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the AIR Force › FA2057 Aflcmc HNJK
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 14, 2026, 1:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 30, 2026
- NAICS
- 541715 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting contact
- Meredithe Sweeney
meredithe.sweeney@us.af.mil - Additional contact
- Zelma Calderon
zelma.calderon@us.af.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
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
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.
Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 541715, since Oct 1, 2024
23,038 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$5.3B
- 2. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$4.2B
- 3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$3.8B
- 4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$3.0B
- 5. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$2.2B
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.