# Request for Information - Counter Drone Detect and Defeat System

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa446026q0042

- Solicitation number: FA446026Q0042
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Air Force
- Agency: Department of the Air Force
- Contracting office: FA4460 19 Cons Pka (FA4460)
- NAICS: 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 5865 Electronic Countermeasures, Counter-Countermeasures and Quick Reaction Capability Equipment
- Place of performance: Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
- First posted: August 4, 2026
- Last posted: August 4, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1e06bdf13b764e77b1dceabece87ca57/view

## Description

**SOURCES SOUGHT:** THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUOTATION, BUT INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY! This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that the market research for this acquisition will result in any guarantee of award or acquisition strategy. The Request for Information (RFI) number is FA446026Q0042 and shall be used to reference any written responses to this source sought.

Little Rock Air Force Base is conducting research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors to provide a durable device capable of being either portable or stationary that can detect and defeat Commercial Off the Shelf drones. We are seeking an estimated cost for a device that meets or exceeds the characteristics listed in the attached Salient Characteristics.

Please note: All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov. Responses may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail addresses: jeremy.olson.8@us.af.mil AND luke.kohout.2@us.af.mil. Telephone responses will not be accepted.

**RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN:** 18 August 2026 @ 12:00 PM.

## Publications

- August 4, 2026: Sources sought, due August 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 1e06bdf13b764e77b1dceabece87ca57. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1e06bdf13b764e77b1dceabece87ca57/view

## Points of contact

- Jeremy Olson, jeremy.olson.8@us.af.mil, 5019878112
- Luke Kohout, Luke.Kohout.2@us.af.mil, 5019877153

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