Contract

FY26 NAWCAD Propulsion and Power Technology Development Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE NAVY
Location: PATUXENT RIVER, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Deadline: Closes in 74 days (Sep 30, 2026)
Posted: Apr 8, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)
NAICS code: 541715

What this contract is for

The NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION (NAWCAD) AIR SYSTEMS GROUP, Propulsion and Power Engineering Department is looking to solicit for white papers in response to the Government’s Statement of Objectives. For successful offerors, a Request for Proposal will be submitted, and a contract will subsequently be awarded off Broad Agency Announcement 2026 for Propulsion & Power of Naval Air Vehicles. Detailed information is provided in the NAVAIR publication “Guide to Naval Aviation Propulsion and Power Technology Development Programs for Fiscal Year 2026.” The aforementioned guide is attached to the SAM.gov announcement. Evaluations will be conducted by a panel of Government technical evaluators using the following criteria: Scientific and technical merits of the proposed research to include, (1) the degree to which proposed research and development objectives support the targeted technical topic and (2) validity of the technical basis for the approach offered; and potential contributions to the Navy Propulsion, Power and Energy objectives to include (1) relevance to the stated technology areas of interest; (2) anticipated operational military (or commercial, if applicable) utility; (3) ability of proposed system/study to be rapidly ready for transition; (4) suitability for transition to Navy systems; and (5) projected affordability of transitioning the technology to the fleet Other evaluation criteria, of lesser importance but equal to each other are; The offeror’s capabilities, related experience, past performance in similar efforts, research personnel, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives and the realism and reasonableness of cost, including proposed cost sharing. No further criter...

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