C-17 Data Recorder
C-17 Data Recorder
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).
The Department of the Air Force, through the C-17 System Program Office at Warner Robins, Georgia, is seeking a system to record and retain data from all buses and fuel quantity computers on C-17 aircraft. Identified as the Database Recording System (DBRS) under solicitation FA8526-26-R-B007, this effort involves retrofitting the United States Air Force fleet with Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) to capture comprehensive aircraft data bus traffic. The procurement strategy encompasses 257 total units, including hardware for 222 USAF aircraft, 12 testing articles for flight tests and the Boeing Avionics Integration Support Facility, and four units for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Airlift Management Program. Once hardware is procured, installations will be performed in the field using permanently installed wiring harnesses.
This requirement is categorized under NAICS 334511 for Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing and PSC 6610 for FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS. The project is designated as an SBA (SBA) Small Business Set-Aside. Responses to the draft Request for Proposal are due by May 1, 2026. Associated documentation includes the draft solicitation and two volumes of vendor questions and answers, with the most recent updates published in May 2026. Because this effort will be competitively sourced, specific national stock numbers and part numbers are currently unidentified.
The acquisition strategy may be subject to change following the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul and the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act. The Air Force anticipates a possible transition to a Commercial Solution Opening (CSO) framework, which would expand the use of commercial product procedures beyond innovative solutions. This change is expected to be codified in late June 2026, and the agency plans to seek a Class Deviation to align the solicitation with this updated policy. If approved, the draft requirements may be revised to reduce proposal obligations while maintaining a FAR-based contract structure.
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