2.5 hours: close day on the counter-drone clock
2.5 hours. That was the time left on Air Force CRG C-UAS solicitation FA448426Q0048 on the morning of Sep 28. The Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for C-UAS systems and peripherals closed at 13:00 ET under a Total Small Business set-aside. The solicitation number held steady through an amendment while the SAM notice ID rotated, so AwardTape tracks it by PIID.
Behind it on the open counter-drone clock sat three rungs, each with a different bidder pool:
- 18 days: Project FLYTRAP 6.0 (WHSDIUFLYTRAP), a Sources Sought open to large and small firms with a global invite, due Oct 16.
- 23 days: CBP Controlled UAS platform (70B06C26R00000185), a gated Controlled solicitation, due Oct 21 after an extension.
- 30 days: AFLCMC Kinetic C-sUAS RFI (FA8629-26-R-5018), posted Sep 28 as market research, due Oct 28.
Who can bid changes on every rung: small-business set-aside, then open Sources Sought, then Controlled access, then research only. AwardTape removed three items from the live ladder: N0024426Q0117 and W912HQ26S0080 were past due, and N0003926RR002 carried an AOI placeholder date.
The follow-up came a day later. By Sep 29 the CBP rung resolved to an SDVOSBC set-aside, and new DIU and Air Force doors joined the stack. The next ladder in this series ranks them.
- SAM FA448426Q0048: https://sam.gov/opp/f16cf35a5b044db0a96c2ca6633b9663/view
- SAM WHSDIUFLYTRAP: https://sam.gov/opp/155440222dcc4b78aefb0f9ecbd9e0cd/view
- SAM 70B06C26R00000185: https://sam.gov/opp/3523cb83ef6541428f962c0a8c882ac1/view
- SAM FA8629-26-R-5018: https://sam.gov/opp/059ab269613b47f08bb2454a25bafef9/view
That's the tape.