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ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS) Low-Band Consolidation (LBC) Production Follow-On Award

Solicitation: N00019-24-RFPREQ-TPM234-0040
Notice ID: 57e75cf0dfff4df09d965bcffc9f13c3
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Award Notice from DEPT OF THE NAVY • DEPT OF DEFENSE. Place of performance: PA. Industry: NAICS 334511 • PSC 5865.

Source
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Solicitation
N00019-24-RFPREQ-TPM234-0040
Performance
Pennsylvania • 19446 United States
Response
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Place of performance
Pennsylvania • 19446 United States
State: PA
Contracting office
Patuxent River, MD • 20670-5000 USA

Point of Contact

Name
Shayne P. Kenny
Email
shayne.p.kenny.civ@us.navy.mil
Phone
Not available
Name
Nicole Yeager
Email
nicole.e.yeager.civ@us.navy.mil
Phone
Not available

Agency & Office

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Agency
DEPT OF THE NAVY
Subagency
NAVAIR
Office
NAVAIR HQS • NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
Contracting Office Address
Patuxent River, MD
20670-5000 USA

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PA20260057 (Rev 2)
Published May 18, 2026Pennsylvania • Juniata
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Description

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) sole source contract to Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES) Systems Inc., 305 Richardson Road, Lansdale, PA 19446, to produce and deliver modifications to convert Low Band Transmitters (LBTs) to Low Band Consolidation (LBC) Transmitters, as a follow-on to the previous LBC production contract N00019-23-C-0038. 

This procurement implements an engineering change proposal (ECP) developed under a previous contract and includes supplies and services required for the production and delivery of up to eighty-five (85) modified LBTs to LBC transmitters and associated spare components, as well as updating up to eleven (11) -501 LBCs to -503 variant.

The LBC Transmitter will be a direct form and fit replacement of the LBT in the existing ALQ-99 pod.  This award includes a base and two option years with deliveries estimated to begin in Quarter 3 FY27.

The applicable NAICS Code is 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. 

The LBT and Band 4 transmitter are part of the AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS), are flown on the EA-18G aircraft, and provide vital Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) jamming capability against radar and communications targets in the suppression of enemy air defenses. This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a) (1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 (a) (2) (ii) (B), in which it is likely an award to any other source would result in “Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements." As the sole system designer, developer, integrator, and manufacturer of the LBT, CAES is the only known source with the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical expertise to modify the LBC Transmitter and successfully integrate into the existing LBT and AN/ALQ-99 TJS.  This contract being synopsized will be a follow-on contract to sole source FY23 LBC contract # N00019-23-C-0038 to upgrade existing test equipment and create new test equipment.

This award notice is published for informational purposes only.

Award Info

Awardee
CAES SYSTEMS LLC
Amount
$20,701,961
Award #
N0001926C0132
Award Date
2026-03-16
Advisory bid range

Pricing and bid posture

high confidence
$625,611 - $741,464

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Floor
$625,611
Target
$662,022
Premium
$741,464
Labor
$329,680
Direct
$32,000
Burden
$221,360
Fee + reserve
$78,022
Target $662,022Firm-fixed-price CLIN buildup4 modeled rows

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Market snapshot

Awarded-market signal for NAICS 334511 (last 12 months), benchmarked to sector 33.

12-month awarded value
$4,587,837,490
Sector total $53,340,602,409 • Share 8.6%
Live
Median
$148,125
P10–P90
$31,317$1,244,468
Volatility
Volatile200%
Market composition
NAICS share of sector
A simple concentration signal, not a forecast.
8.6%
share
Momentum (last 3 vs prior 3 buckets)
+52%($933,022,690)
Deal size index
139.76× median
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