Lightweight Hardware Recovery System (LARS) Hardware Refresh
Dept of Defense · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
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- Response deadline
- Apr 27, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- Posted
- Mar 26, 2026
- Solicitation
- FA8509-26-LARSRFI
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Warner Robins, GA, USA
- Contracting office
- FA8509 AFLCMC WIUKA · ROBINS AFB · GA
- Source
- SAM.gov · updated May 9, 2026
Description
This Request for Information is published for Market Research purposes only. The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the capabilities and experience to meet qualification requirements to provide engineering services for AFLCMC SOF C-130 Program Office system and subsystems. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Potential sources must possess the means to provide a design for a refreshed hardware system for the Lightweight Airborne Recovery System (LARS) on the HC-130J and MC-130J. The design for the LARS hardware refresh shall be a Form-Fit-Function (FFF) replacement of the current hardware components.
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