Contract · Federal
Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Modernized Airborne Radio Control Head MARCH / Control Head Unit (CHU)
DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY FL
- Status Closes in 14 days
- Amount Amount not listed
- Set-aside No Set aside used
Scope
The U.S.
Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), on behalf of the Product Manager, Aviation Mission Systems Architecture (PM AMSA), intends to award a sole-source, five-year Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with a provision for a six-month extension in accordance with FAR 52.217-8, to Mercury Systems, Inc., CAGE Code 096Y5, located at 2665 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563.
The Government projects contract award for December 2026.
The Government requires the procurement of a Modernized Airborne Radio Control Head (MARCH) / Control Head Unit (CHU) solution to provide form, fit, function, and interface (F3I) cockpit radio control for the Air-to-Ground Networking Radio (AGNR) System and to replace the obsolete C-12601 Control Indicator (CI) within the AN/ARC-231A Radio Set across Army tactical rotorcraft (UH-60M/V Black Hawk, CH-47F Chinook, AH-64D/E Apache), designated fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
This effort will procure commercial-derivative Communication Management Units (CMUs), Mercury Systems ACM-9000 series hardware, specifically ACM-9544 CHUs and ACM-9443J CIs.
The scope also encompasses airworthiness certification data and artifacts, proprietary operating system and runtime software licenses, and modernized MARCH engineering design, systems integration, and qualification testing services.
This acquisition is being conducted on a sole-source basis under the authority of 10 U.S.C.
3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 and RFO 6.103-1(c)(2)(ii), which authorizes contracting other than full and open competition when there is only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
Mercury Systems, Inc. is the original equipment man...
Timeline
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Posted
Nov 12, 2026
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Status
Closing soon
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