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Air Force asks vendors about splitting mobility C2 software work

The APEX request asks whether separating legacy sustainment from new development would change vendors’ bidding plans. Responses are due Nov. 30.

The Air Force is asking contractors how splitting software development and legacy sustainment into separate contracts would change their interest in work for Air Mobility Command’s command and control applications.2

If the requirements were decoupled into two distinct contracts

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

current combined scope

RFI question A1 asks bidding posture under the current combined scope of legacy sustainment and N-Tier architecture development

two distinct contractstwo distinct contractscontingent

how bidding posture would change if the requirements were decoupled into two distinct contracts

The RFI is for market research and does not constitute a solicitation or bind the government to award

Source: Air Force APEX request for information, SAM.gov

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The current scope combines legacy application sustainment with N-tier architecture development. Vendors are asked whether they would participate as a prime contractor, subcontractor or teaming partner, or decline to bid, and how those choices would change under two distinct contracts. The split is posed as a market-research question; the request is not a solicitation and does not commit the government to an award.2

Posted Oct. 28, 2026, the request for information is titled Agile Platform for Expeditionary C2, or APEX.1 It comes from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Airspace Mission Planning Division and concerns Air Mobility Command’s Rapid Global Mobility Command and Control program.2

The proposed work covers full software lifecycle support for National Security System level command and control applications, with access to a government-provided accredited software factory.2–3 Legacy applications covered include MAFPS, GDSS, CAMPS and MEIS. The statement of objectives lists delivery of a minimum viable capability release within six months of newly defined user needs as an example performance measure.3

Responses are due Nov. 30, 2026.2 The cutoff is 5 p.m. Eastern.2

Vendors’ answers would give the service evidence about contractor interest under each structure, without establishing which structure it will choose.2

Sources (3)
  1. SAM.gov notice: RFI: Agile Platform for Expeditionary C2 (APEX), posted Oct. 28, 2026 sam.gov
  2. SAM.gov attachment: Agile Platform for Expeditionary C2 (APEX) RFI sam.gov
  3. SAM.gov attachment: APEX Statement of Objectives sam.gov
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Contracts · Cyber infrastructure

DISA seeks cloud identity and access prototype for Department of War

Responses are due Nov. 30 for a commercial identity-management prototype. It would operate across IL5 and IL6 environments.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking a commercial, cloud-hosted identity and access management prototype to modernize the Department of War’s legacy identity infrastructure.1

DISA seeks solutions to prototype a Next Generation E-ICAM capability

Enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (E-ICAM)

modernize legacy identity infrastructuremodular, cloud-hostedplanned

This effort will modernize legacy identity infrastructure with a modular, cloud-hosted commercial off-the-shelf/software-as-a-service solution operating across IL5 and IL6 environments.

The prototype must address the Federated Identity Provider, Automated Account Provisioning, Master Entitlement Record, and Federation Hub core capabilities.

Response deadline is Nov. 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. America/Chicago (Monday)

Source: SAM.gov. As of Nov. 7, 2026.

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DISA is seeking the capability through a prototype Other Transaction opportunity linked to its competitive Commercial Solutions Opening.1–3

The Next Generation Enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (E-ICAM) effort calls for a modular commercial off-the-shelf or software-as-a-service solution. The solution would operate across Impact Level 5 (IL5) and Impact Level 6 (IL6) environments. The prototype must address four core capabilities: Federated Identity Provider, Automated Account Provisioning, Master Entitlement Record and Federation Hub.1

Responses to the Area of Interest are due Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. Central.1

DISA’s Commercial Solutions Opening and any Other Transactions awarded through it are not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation or its supplements.3

Sources (3)
  1. SAM.gov notice record sam.gov
  2. SAM.gov notice history sam.gov
  3. SAM.gov: DISA Commercial Solutions Opening (HC108425S0001) sam.gov
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Contracts · Space

Viasat wins contract for Space Data Network’s mission operations hub

The award includes a $115 million initial task order to design, field and scale the center, under a contract with a $450 million ceiling.

Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Viasat a competitive indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Space Data Network Backbone’s Mission Operations Center, the command announced Nov. 5, 2026. The contract carries a $450 million maximum ceiling and a $115 million initial task order to design, field and scale the center.1

Viasat, Inc. will serve as the network and mission system integration partner

Mission Operations Center (MOC) for the Space Data Network Backbone

maximum ceiling$450 millionactual

contract to Viasat, Inc., with a maximum ceiling of $450 million

initial task order$115 millionactual

to design, field, and scale the MOC

Source: Space Systems Command, Nov. 5, 2026

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Viasat will serve as the network and mission system integration partner as SSC expands its open-architecture ecosystem across multiple space-segment providers. SSC plans to bring mission integration, network operations and data transport management together through the center.1

The effort builds on the multi-vendor acquisition strategy demonstrated in the Space-Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio’s earlier Delivery Order 2 and Delivery Order 3 work. That work involved Amazon LEO for Government, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space Systems.1

Breaking Defense reported that the center will serve as the network orchestration hub for the backbone, a low Earth orbit constellation being built by SpaceX. The network’s near-term focus will be supporting the Golden Dome missile defense initiative, the outlet reported.2

DefenseScoop reported that earlier this year the Department of War awarded SpaceX a $2.3 billion contract to deliver a fully operational backbone prototype by the end of 2027.3

The center is intended to integrate mission systems across multiple constellations and providers.1 Breaking Defense described network orchestration as autonomously shifting data among satellite constellations and ground stations when congestion or jamming slows transmission.2

Sources (3)
  1. SSC release, Nov. 5, 2026 www.ssc.spaceforce.mil
  2. Breaking Defense breakingdefense.com
  3. DefenseScoop defensescoop.com
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