The Army seeks integrated autonomous sensing and effector capabilities to break down system silos at the tactical edge. Solutions must support autonomous navigation and modular sensor payloads. Requirements include extending ground sensing range (min 20km, objective 40km), supporting swappable modularity, operating in degraded environments, and standardizing open, vendor-agnostic interfaces (e. g. , gRPC, IBCS M). Submissions are in the form of white papers demonstrating operational relevance and technical maturity. The procurement is under 10 **** for experimental purposes.
The evaluation will consider the following five factors: 1. operational value 30 degree to which the proposed capability addresses the stated operational problem and mission thread. clarity and realism of operational use cases e. g. , extending sensing beyond the wire, improving indications and warning, supporting combatant commander decision making. anticipated mission impact in the designated theater and alignment with theater of operations operational needs. 2. technical approach 30 soundness, feasibility, and maturity of the technical solution platforms, sensors, autonomy, software, communications. use of open, vendor agnostic interfaces and apis, and ability to integrate with designated c2 systems e. g. , ibcs m, mss. ability to achieve interim approval to test iatt for all live operational assessments including in theater and ability to achieve rapid approval to operate ato for full operational use including in theater. 3. system of systems integration 20 evidence of pre award integration within the mission team e. g. , existing interfaces, lab integration, prior demonstrations. coherence of system architecture and data flows across team members components. ability to field the capability as an end to end mission solution rather than a set of loosely coupled products. 4. execution feasibility 20 credibility of the plan to meet the compressed timelines e. g. , 10 14 days from selection to fielding, sprint milestones. identification and management of key risks, dependencies, and resource requirements. demonstrated ability past performance or demonstrable capacity to execute rapid integration, test, and deployment. 5. live pitch requirements and evaluation as part of the mission assessment, each qualified mission team will participate in alive pitch session at sofwerx tampa, fl: duration: 10 minutes total per mission team. 5 minutes plan of action: mission team will brief its execution plan to meet the sprint timeline, including key milestones from selection through test and initial deployment. topics should include: integration approach, risk mitigation, required government support, and how the team will deliver mission ready capability within the specified window.
A vendor including each system submitted for a team must either have received a memorandum of observation moo i. e. jailbreak 1. 0, 1. 5, 2. 0 or actively be on site working towards an moo go no go.
