Request for Information (RFI) for a Family of Affordable Mass Missiles – Beyond Adversary’s Reach (FAMM-BAR)

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Weapons Capacity Branch (EBIW) issued an RFI (FA8659‑26‑W‑0001) on 17 April 2026 seeking industry input on the design, development, and low‑cost, rapid‑fielding of a Family of Affordable Mass Missiles – Beyond Adversary’s Reach (FAMM‑BAR). The program calls for a single, adaptable air‑to‑surface munition that can be deployed either palletized from cargo aircraft for long‑range strike or lugged on fighters/bombers and U.S. Navy ships, with a 1 000 nm range, .7 Mach speed, mid‑course navigation, and capability against slow‑moving maritime targets. Respondents must outline a complete Technical Data Package (TDP) approach, demonstrate willingness to provide Government‑Purpose Rights, and show how their design meets modularity across lugged/palletized and joint‑service (air, ground, maritime) configurations while adhering to the Weapons Open System Architecture (WOSA) and Networked Collaborative Autonomous (NCA) requirements. Additional expectations include a Rough Order‑of‑Magnitude (ROM) for development and fly‑away cost at 1 000 units, a production schedule achieving 1 000–2 000 warheads per year for five years, identification of top cost drivers and long‑lead items, and a strategy for reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM), prognostics‑health‑management (PHM), and supply‑chain/sparing concepts. Submissions are limited to a 10‑page Microsoft‑Word white paper (including a company profile with NAICS, DUNS, CAGE, etc.), must be unclassified, and are to be emailed by 29 April 2026. The effort will be pursued under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement (10 U.S.C. 4022) and may support both U.S. and Foreign Military Sales.

Notice ID

397e2911582f4ca8a757fb1ab54b5ca2

Solicitation Number

FA8659-26-W-0001

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