Aircraft Defensive Electro-optical Protection Technologies (ADEPT)

Agency	DEPT OF DEFENSE
Solicitation Number	FA2377-26-R-B011
Notice Type	Solicitation
NAICS	541715
Set-Aside	No Set aside used
Place Of Performance	Wright Patterson AFB, OH
Posted	Oct 22, 2026
Source	Federal — SAM.gov
Response Deadline	Nov 9, 2026 2 days left as of Nov 7, 2026
Time Left	2 days left as of 2026-11-07
Primary	Lesley Breitzman · [email protected]
Secondary	Richard Bailey · [email protected]
Official Notice	View On SAM.gov

About this opportunity

22 October 2026 Amendment 3- Solicitation amended to add Q&A 2 attachment. 16 October 2026 Amendment 2- Solicitation amended to revise the technical proposal page limit for Technical Area 2 from 15 pages to 20 pages and to identify 06 November 2026, 12:00 PM (Noon) Eastern Time as the deadline for requesting DoD SAFE link for proposal submission. Also, adding a Q&A attachment. 28 September 2026 Amendment 1- Solicitation amended to revise technical proposal page limit to 15 pages per Technical Area. In support of the AFRL Information and Spectrum Dominance Directorate (AFRL/RF), the objective of the ADEPT effort is to develop pre-emptive or reactive countermeasure solutions �including expendable, directed energy, and novel developmental solutions in the EO spectrum�to protect U.S. aircraft and aircrew in contested environments. The ADEPT program is divided into two separate technical areas: Hardware & Executable Analysis of Threats (HEAT) Advanced Countermeasure Engineering (ACE)

Who can apply

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