Notice · not open for bids · United States · Public tender

Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare (MSDEW) Advanced Research Announcement (ARA)

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FA2377 USAF Afmc Afrl PZL Afrl RYKS in the United States has published a notice (Presolicitation) about “Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare (MSDEW) Advanced Research Announcement (ARA)”. It is not a call for bids: no tender is open to bid on yet, or the buyer has already chosen a supplier.

The tender in brief

US Air Force electronic warfare research programme, for firms with DCMA-approved accounting systems

The Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate will issue calls under this Advanced Research Announcement for multi-spectrum defensive electronic warfare research. Work covers sensors, countermeasures, modelling, simulation, experimentation, testing and demonstration across radio-frequency and electro-optical spectrum. The programme value is $396,600,000.00 with multiple awards from $20,000,000.00 to $100,000,000.00, mostly cost-reimbursement contracts or Other Transactions.

Who can win it

  • Cost-reimbursable contracts require an accounting system the Defense Contract Management Agency considers adequate

Key facts

Procedure
Presolicitation
Contract period
The basic ARA remains open for calls until 13 July 2027; individual call durations are set per call
How bids are judged
Proposals are evaluated per the Proposal Review Information in each call
Published
08 Apr 2026
Reference
FA8650-20-S-1119

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