Notice2026-19986
Industry Day, Aviation Spectrum Interference Detection Solution
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Published
September 30, 2026
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The FAA is hosting an Industry Engagement Event for a Spectrum Interference Detection Solution October 13-15, 2026. The FAA will use the information from vendor responses during event registration to assist in determining any future phases of market investigation and engagement. The FAA does not commit to an acquisition with this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61913-61914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19986]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Industry Day, Aviation Spectrum Interference Detection Solution
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public event; Industry Day.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is hosting an Industry Engagement Event for a Spectrum
Interference Detection Solution October 13-15, 2026. The FAA will use
the information from vendor responses during event registration to
assist in determining any future phases of market investigation and
engagement. The FAA does not commit to an acquisition with this notice.
DATES: Send comments on or before 28 SEP2026. The unclassified portion
of the registration is being extended until 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday,
October 2, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The full announcement and market survey questions for this
event can also be found at: <a href="https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d62d0987495f4afba55a071142cc6a1f/view">https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d62d0987495f4afba55a071142cc6a1f/view</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gilbert Park, FAA Contracting Officer,
Training & Aviation Acquisition Branch (AAQ-740),
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aacdc3c6c8cfd8de84c484dacbd8c1eacccbcb84cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec8b85808e899e98c282c29c8d9e87ac8a8d8dc28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>, (405) 954-7898, FAA Headquarters, 800
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA is hosting an Industry Engagement
Event for a Spectrum Interference Detection Solution October 13-15,
2026 for the following purposes:
1. Communicate emerging need to industry for a new mission
capability resulting from unprecedented spectrum utilization, requests,
auctions, and technology proliferation.
2. Provide background, historical events, and use case vision to
inform industry about the FAA's interference detection capability gaps
and inquire about possible solutions and technologies necessary to
detect and locate spectrum interference in any one of the bands
utilized for aviation.
3. Gather information to assess the availability of solution(s).
Registration will include a response to a short list of survey
questions that one designated participant per vendor company will need
to upload. Conduct follow-up with vendors, as needed, to understand RFI
responses.
4. Assess industry interest and availability of solutions among
vendors
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and determine where challenges exist in producing the needed
capabilities for such a system.
The FAA seeks to understand industry interest and capabilities to
modernize and accelerate the real-time detection, characterization, and
reporting of interference affecting spectrum-dependent aviation
systems. Potential solutions should proactively monitor the radio
frequency (RF) environment and, to the greatest extent practicable,
detect, identify, characterize, geolocate, and alert on RF
interference, jamming, spoofing, and other anomalous conditions that
could degrade aviation communications, navigation, surveillance, or
other spectrum-dependent aviation capabilities. The ideal solution will
continuously monitor RF activity relevant to aviation operations,
collect and analyze spectrum metrics and system performance data to
identify abnormal or unauthorized emissions, correlate information
across multiple sensors, platforms, and geographic locations, and
provide timely reporting to support rapid assessment and mitigation.
Desired capabilities include signal detection and classification,
emitter characterization, geolocation where feasible, waveform and
protocol analysis, trend analysis, and identification of potential
interference sources and contributing factors.
The solution should collect, retain, and report data to enable
timely operational response by the FAA, as well as short-term
operational assessments and long-term trend analysis. The solution
should identify and visualize interference, congestion, and other RF
activity patterns over time and across geographic locations. Historical
data should be retained in a searchable repository and support flexible
querying, export, visualization, and reporting. The solution should
support post-event analysis by correlating RF conditions with aircraft
operations and other relevant operational data, where available.
The FAA is interested in solutions applicable across the National
Airspace System (NAS), including airport surface, terminal, and enroute
environments; continental United States (CONUS) and outside the
continental United States (OCONUS); domestic and oceanic operations;
and both ground-based and airborne systems. The system should be able
to monitor all aviation frequencies in use. Solutions should be capable
of supporting scalable deployment across distributed sensor networks
while providing centralized data aggregation, analysis, and
visualization.
The FAA seeks to understand the stage of evolution of proposed
solutions, including whether they are in the design, development,
implementation, integration, operational, or commercially deployable
phase. Respondents should also identify the role(s) they envision, such
as technology developer, systems integrator, service provider, or
system operator.
Events: The Industry Day event is October 13-15, 2026.
Industry Engagement Day 1: This day will include presentations by
the FAA to describe the FAA interest and objectives for an aviation
spectrum interference detection solution. Presentation topics include
current aviation spectrum environment and interference challenges, FAA
vision and exploration of potential solutions, and desired technical
capabilities (monitoring, detection, analytics, data, architecture, and
integration). The FAA is interested in feedback on potential
acquisition solutions and the possibility of purchasing as a service.
The first portion of the day will be open to all registrants and
available in-person or online, while the second portion will be
classified at the Secret level and restricted to registrants with a
Secret Clearance and in-person only. The event will be held at The
MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA.
Vendor One-on-One Sessions (Days 2 and 3): The FAA may invite
vendors to attend a One-On-One Session, either unclassified (in-person
or virtual) or classified at the Secret level (in-person only).
Sessions with individual vendors will be scheduled at the discretion of
the FAA, based on vendor survey responses included in the event
registration. If requested to provide additional information, brief
vendor presentations are encouraged and vendors should expect
discussion and questions from the FAA regarding their solution(s). The
sessions will be held at The MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA.
Registration
All attendees (virtual or in-person) wishing to participate in any
portion of the event must complete registration at <a href="https://na.eventscloud.com/888200">https://na.eventscloud.com/888200</a> by September 25, 2026. One registrant per
vendor will be asked to act as the organization's designated point of
contact and will be required to answer the vendor survey questions.
Additionally, if you wish to participate in a Vendor One-on-One
Session, include this request in the registration form. Note that
participation in a Vendor One-on-One Session is at the discretion of
the FAA and will be based on FAA personnel availability and need. The
FAA will notify you of their availability and time for this session by
October 2, 2026.
The FAA may hold conversations, as needed, with respondents to
clarify any technical or interpretive questions regarding the request
for information.
Authority: 14 CFR 450.153.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Sandra A. Wright,
Manager, FAA Spectrum Engineering Services Group, Spectrum Planning and
International Team (AJW-192).
[FR Doc. 2026-19986 Filed 9-29-26; 8:45 am]
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