Request for Information (RFI) for Aerial Targets Branch (EBAY) Air Force Aerial Target Solutions
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The Department of Defense, through the Aerial Targets Program Office, has issued a sources-sought Request for Information under solicitation FA8678-26-AFSAT-R0001 to identify industry capabilities for aerial target solutions. The primary goal is to acquire a diverse family of target aircraft that replicate adversary threats, ranging from basic hobby drones to advanced fighter and large-scale aircraft. These targets are essential for demonstrating the lethality of major munitions and missile programs prior to full-rate production, ensuring they can effectively counter threat-representative signatures and performance. This market survey is intended for planning and research purposes to inform future acquisition strategies, budgetary requirements, and determinations regarding commercial products, non-developmental items, and small business set-asides. Interested parties must provide information on commercially available or near-term solutions by the response deadline of September 28, 2026. The effort is managed by the AFLCMC/EBAY office located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, under NAICS code 336413.
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Issued pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR 15.101(c) and RFO FAR Part 10 solely for information, market research, and planning purposes. This market survey is conducted by the Aerial Targets Program Office (AFLCMC/EBAY) under the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Weapons (AFPAE/WP) to obtain industry capabilities, rough order of magnitude (ROM) information, and data needed to support commercial product/service, non-developmental item (NDI), and small business determinations under RFO FAR 10.001(f), and to inform acquisition planning.
Per Title 10, U.S. Code §4172, major munitions and missile programs must demonstrate lethality against appropriate, threat-representative targets prior to full-rate production. The Aerial Targets mission is to provide target aircraft that replicate threat systems, including performance, signatures, and countermeasures of adversary aircraft.
The objective of this RFI is to identify a range of solutions to populate a family for systems needed throughout the spectrum of missions in Defensive and Offensive Counter Air capabilities. These solutions may represent the full range of airborne threats, spanning from inexpensive “hobby drones” to the most advance adversary fighter and large-scale aircraft.
This RFI is intended to:
- Identify commercially available or near-term solutions
- Understand industry capabilities and innovative approaches
- Inform future acquisition strategies and budgetary requirements and assist the agency in making commerciality, NDI, and small business set-aside determinations
See attached document for additional details.
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