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, specifically the AFLCMC WLMKA office at Warner Robins, Georgia, has issued this special notice for the C-17 Database Recording System (DBRS) under solicitation number FA8526-26-R-B007. The C-17 System Program Office requires a system capable of capturing, transferring, and retaining all data across all data buses and fuel quantity computers on the C-17 aircraft. This effort involves the procurement of 257 Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) to retrofit the United States Air Force fleet of 222 aircraft, with additional units designated for Boeing Avionics Integration Support Facility testing, flight tests, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Airlift Management Program, and spares.
This procurement is designated as an SBA Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, and PSC 6610, Flight Instruments. The hardware will be competitively sourced, and once procured, installations will be performed in the field via connection to permanently installed wiring harnesses. The agency is currently soliciting vendor feedback on a draft Request for Proposal (RFP), with three total attachments including draft RFP documents and vendor question logs updated through May 5, 2026.
Due to anticipated changes from the FY26 NDAA and the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, the government plans to seek a Class Deviation to potentially align this requirement with Commercial Solution Opening (CSO) procedures. If approved, this shift would likely limit proposal requirements while resulting in a FAR-based contract. The response deadline for this notice is May 1, 2026, and Robert Rollins is the designated point of contact.
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