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Missile Defense Agency - Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects (NOBLE) Announcement

Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency (MDA) · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
HQ0860-25-S-0001
Notice type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS
541715
Product service code
AC13
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-08-24
Response deadline
Mar 27, 2030, 4:00 AM UTC
Contracting contact
MDA-NOBLE@mail.mil

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Statement of work, as posted

8/24/2026: Please check the "NOBLE Solicitation Tracker" for links to the following new announcements: Mobile Integrated Launch Capability (MILC) and Low-Cost Kill Vehicle. Amendment 3 to the NOBLE Announcement is provided. Please see the pre-solicitation for Forward-Based Mode Radar Next Prototype https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bf031a0d85d64320b598b8de8a909907/view. 8/6/2026: A link to the "NOBLE Solicitation Tracker" has been added to this announcement. The NOBLE announcement Amendment 3 has been added. https://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/noble_tracker.pdf 6/23/2026: Shipborne Phased Array Instrumentation Radar (SPAIR) Solicitation No. HQ0860-26-S-C007 has been added. Full details on this solicitation can be found by searching the solicitation number on SAM.gov. Please note that MDA has removed the "MDA_NOBLE_Solic_SN_Tracker" spreadsheet attachment.

Contact

Point of contact
MDA-NOBLE@mail.mil
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
MDA-NOBLE@mail.mil
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