# Common Airborne Telemetry and Instrumentation Kit (CATIK) Enterprise Production Contract

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa812827rb00x

- Solicitation number: FA8128-27-R-B00X
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: Open. Offers due November 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM EST
- Department: Department of the Air Force
- Agency: Department of the Air Force
- Contracting office: FA8128 Afnwc PZN (FA8128)
- NAICS: 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6610 Flight Instruments
- Place of performance: Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
- Who can bid, by location: Anywhere in the US. Location does not limit who can bid: a product shipped to the buyer, research at the performer's facility, or work at the contractor's site. A state shown is the delivery point.
- County: Oklahoma County (FIPS 40109). https://abierto.us/counties/oklahoma-county-ok-40109
- First posted: October 30, 2026
- Last posted: October 30, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b623f655fd5d4453b0df0933de1fce30/view

## Description

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. The solicitation for this effort is expected to be available on or before 16 November 2026. THIS SYNOPSIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTIFICATION OF THE GOVERNMENTS INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO THE BOEING COMPANY, IAW MP 5332.7 Funds Availability "Notice to Offeror(s)/Suppliers(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to not solicit this requirement or cancel the solicitation after issuance, either before or after the closing date. in the event the Government cancels the solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs"

This acquisition is for a supply. This is a production contract for the Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) / Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) Test Instumentation Kit (CATIK); managed by the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Missile Sustainment Division (AFNWC/NDM) at Tinker AFB Oklahoma. The CATIK is a universal kit used in ALCM test flights that processes multiple subsystem inputs-including flight computer, engine, navigation, range safety, warhead, and instrumentation signals utilizing a Common Core Unit (CCU) PCM MUX output routed to an embedded encryption device to provide secure PCM telemetry data. The scope of this effort encompasses the procurement, assembly, testing, qualification, and delivery of CATIK shipsets, Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), Shop Replaceable Units (SRUs), and FlightTermination System (FTS) components, utilizing Government Furnished Property (GFP) tracked within CAV-AF.

CONTRACT TYPE, PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING

The current acquisition strategy is to issue a definitive Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract for a base production lot if 15 each CATIKs, with contract options to purchase 15 each Flight Termination Batteries and 15 each Instrumentation Batteries. The Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) structure used for recurring production and engineering will be Firm Fixed Price. Delivery is expected to complete within 18 months after award.

The Government has determined that this effort will not be a small business set aside. The contractor will be required to meet all small business particitpation requirements included in the contract and fulfill all the requirements of the subcontracting plan included in the contract.

## Open now in the same industry

112 open in NAICS 334511.

- OVERHEAD PROJECTOR, (SPRPA126RUC21), due November 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/sprpa126ruc21
- SPRRA127RA002// COMPUTER, FLIGHT CONTROL// 6615016583654 (98239743), due November 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/98239743
- VACUUM PUMP UNIT (N0010426QND26), due November 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0010426qnd26

## Publications

- October 30, 2026: Presolicitation, due November 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice b623f655fd5d4453b0df0933de1fce30. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b623f655fd5d4453b0df0933de1fce30/view

## Points of contact

- Joshua M. Irwin, joshua.irwin.4@us.af.mil, 4057398826
- Devin McLelland, devin.mclelland@us.af.mil, 4057398851

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