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F-16 Canopy Actuated Release Bolt

Response deadline: May 13, 2026; 5:00 PM UTC-06:00
Set-aside: No set-aside; No Set aside used
Notice type: Solicitation
Posted on SAM.gov: Apr 13, 2026; Archives Dec 31, 2026

Description

The Canopy Actuated Release Bolt (CARB), used on the F-16 aircraft, is a Critical Safety Item (CSI) essential for aircrew survival. The CARB consists of a high-strength steel body that is configured with an internal passage for the explosive train, a port at each end for the attachment of a Detonation Transfer Assembly (DTA), and two circumferential grooves. The explosive train consists of two base charges, four transfer charges, and an interconnecting charge. Failure of the CARB could result in serious injury or death.

From SAM.gov’s daily data file, as published on Oct 24, 2026 (UTC).

Contacts

Darin Barnes · primary
[email protected]

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Posted on SAM.gov: Apr 13, 2026: The agency’s publication date, as SAM.gov states it.
First recorded by BidLookup: Oct 8, 2026: The UTC day of the first read of SAM.gov’s listings that stored this notice.
Last confirmed: Oct 23, 2026: The UTC day of the latest read that still listed this notice. It does not mean the notice is unchanged or still open on SAM.gov now, and it is not the index’s last-read time.
Description as published: Oct 24, 2026 (UTC): The date of the daily data file this text came from.

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