C-17 Data Recorder
The Department of the Air Force, specifically the AFLCMC WLMKA office, has issued a special notice for the C-17 Data Recorder requirement under solicitation number FA8526-26-R-B007. This effort involves the procurement of a Database Recording System (DBRS) to retrofit the United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 fleet with Line Replaceable Units (LRU) capable of capturing all data bus traffic and fuel quantity computer information across the aircraft network. The procurement strategy includes 257 total units: 222 for the USAF fleet, 12 testing articles for integration and flight tests, and four units for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Airlift Management Program. Performance will take place in Warner Robins, Georgia.
This requirement is categorized under NAICS code 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, and PSC 6610, Flight Instruments. The opportunity is designated as a Small Business Set-Aside (SBA). While a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) has been issued, the Air Force anticipates a potential shift in procurement strategy toward a Commercial Solution Opening (CSO) following expected legislative changes to U.S. Code § 3458 and subsequent Class Deviation approvals. Such a shift may reduce proposal requirements while maintaining a FAR-based contract structure.
Responses to this notice are due by May 1, 2026. The government has provided three attachments, including the draft solicitation and two versions of vendor questions and answers, the most recent of which was posted on May 5, 2026. Part numbers and National Stock Numbers are currently unknown as the hardware will be competitively sourced. Once procured, the LRUs will be installed in the field via permanently mounted wiring harnesses. Robert Rollins serves as the primary point of contact for this effort.
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Contact and place of performance
Robert Rollins
Warner Robins, GA
USA
***4/16/2026*** All Interested Contractors – Due to the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), Source Selection procedures are a quickly changing policy landscape. Based upon the FY26 NDAA, Commercial Solution Opening (CSO) use is expanded beyond “innovate” solutions to all commercial products. It is anticipated that this change will be codified into U.S. Code § 3458 on 6/30/2026. However, there is...
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This effort will be a Small Business Set Aside.
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The C-17 System Program Office (SPO) has a requirement for a system that can capture all data that is present across all data buses and fuel quantity computers of the C-17 aircraft. The Database Recording System (DBRS) effort (AF 1067, AMC 19-158) would retrofit the United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 fleet with Line Replaceable Units (LRU) to record the data bus traffic on the C-17 bus network. This comprehensive aircraft data collection system will record, transfer and retain all databus traffic on the C-17. As part of this effort, the hardware first needs to be procured. Once the hardware is procured, installs will be accomplished in the field as the LRU will connect to a wiring harness permanently installed on the aircraft. At this time, national stock numbers (NSN) and part numbers are unknown as this effort will be competitively sourced. The procurement strategy would be to purchase the LRU and spares for all 222 of the USAF C-17 fleet. Twelve testing articles for Boeing Avionics Integration Support Facility (AISF) and USAF flight tests (7 LRUs and 5 spares) will also be procured to support integration. Three kits and one spare will be procured by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Airlift Management Program (NAMP) to support its fleet. The total number of LRUs will be 257 (222 for the USAF C-17 fleet, 5 Boeing AISF, 3 NAMP, and 27 spares).