Request for Information - Market Research - 2026

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Small Uncrewed Aerial System (sUAS) Research - 2026
Request for Information (RFI)
1. General: This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for market research and planning purposes only. It is not a solicitation for proposals, quotations, or abstracts and does not obligate the Government to acquire any products or services. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise from submissions in response to this RFI or from the Government’s use of such information. Information received may be used by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to inform acquisition strategies, statements of work/statements of objectives, and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition-sensitive information. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on this RFI and will not pay for information submitted in response.

2. Purpose:

a. The AFLCMC sUAS program office seeks information on five specific lines of effort

(LOEs) to gain knowledge of, explore, and identify potential methodologies and available capabilities in the examination of sUAS. A draft Statement of Objectives (SOO) for each of the five LOEs is attached to this RFI. The five LOEs are: (1) Hardware
(2) Software
(3) Communications
(4) Sensors
(5) Kinetics
b. The 5 LOEs are being considered to fulfill 5 different missions. The 5 missions include: (1) Long Range One Way Attack (OWA)
(2) Air Interdiction
(3) Medium Range OWA
(4) Air Launched Effects
(5) Medium Range Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance c. Responses to this RFI may be used by AFLCMC and other Department of Defense entities to identify potential hardware and equipment solutions for participation in the further evaluation of market information and/or ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice.

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Small Uncrewed Aerial System (sUAS) Research - 2026
Request for Information (RFI)
3. Timeline: The AFLCMC sUAS office anticipates conducting market research from September through November 2026 in the Greater Dayton, Ohio area. The preliminary (subject to change) schedule of events is as follows:
a. NLT 30 November 2026, 1700 Eastern Time – RFI Responses Due. Interested Manufacturers/Vendors respond to this RFI. Submit responses by email to the Points of Contact