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Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is preparing to release a new opportunity focused on the development and prototyping of next-generation Inter-Facility Transportation Equipment (IFTE) D5 boxcars. This effort supports the continued safe and reliable transport of D5 rocket motors within the Continental United States (CONUS) and addresses critical obsolescence and performance challenges in the current fleet.

The Department of War (DoW), through its Innovation Capability and Modernization (ICAM) Office, is preparing to release a new prototype project opportunity focused on modernizing microelectronics of fielded weapon systems through the digitalization of acquisition and sustainment. The effort, Microelectronics Operations, Sustainment, Acquisition, and Infrastructure Capabilities Modernization (MOSAIC), will leverage digital engineering tools, commercial best practices, and a scalable, cloud-based environment to enable co-design, data reuse, and lifecycle collaboration across programs. MOSAIC aims to accelerate the delivery of faster and affordable replacements for critical systems while strengthening long-term sustainment infrastructure.
The Department of War is seeking information on small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) capable of conducting One-Way Attack (OWA) missions to augment current warfighting capabilities. The intent is to “accelerate growth of the U.S. industrial base to outfit our combat units with cheap and effective U.S.-made UAS."

The Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) is seeking novel system designs, manufacturing approaches, and supply chain utilization to demonstrate the ability to manufacture hypersonic strike systems at scale.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane and the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) are preparing to launch a prototype project focused on innovative, sustainable workforce development prototypes that support systems-level testing and manufacturing for hypersonics and high-end aerospace platforms. This effort, titled Workforce Innovation Supporting Hypersonics (WISH), aims to develop and implement scalable training models that equip U.S. citizens with hands-on experience and technical skills essential to the hypersonics ecosystem.

The Department of War, in partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, is preparing to release a new prototype project opportunity focused on accelerating test infrastructure readiness for strategic missile systems. This effort, Phased Launch Test Demonstration for Strategic Systems Programs, aims to enable early learning through rapid prototyping and phased testing, guiding critical decisions for missile and launcher subsystem development.

Microelectronics Commons will support prototype projects across six technical areas that are critical to the DoD. Those areas are: Secure Edge Computing/Internet of Things, 5G/6G Technology, Artificial Intelligence Hardware, Quantum Technology, Electromagnetic Warfare, and Commercial Leap Ahead.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking prototype solutions to perform Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation automation and integration of Mission Engineering capabilities into in Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) for operational, test and evaluation, logistics, or acquisition activities.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane and the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) are preparing to release a new opportunity focused on an affordable, innovative demonstration of prototype high speed weapon systems. This effort aims to showcase producible hypersonic capabilities across a range of all-up-rounds, launcher platforms, and weapon system configurations.

NSWC Crane Spectrum Warfare Department is seeking information regarding the future process development, technical support, and delivery of an EMSO Rapid Solutions Model aimed at delivering Electromagnetic Spectrum Non-Kinetic and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions to address warfighting needs.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking prototype solutions to perform Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation automation and integration of Mission Engineering capabilities into in Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) for operational, test and evaluation, logistics, or acquisition activities.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking a prototype docking station to replace the current dismounted backpack configuration. The desire is to now create a fixed mounting configuration which will allow operation on all surface ship platforms.
The current Dismounted backpack system is worn and operated locally by the operator. The operator would have to be nearby to monitor things detected by the system. The system is not connected to the network on ships for remote or local operating.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking prototype solutions for Hypersonic Advanced Capabilities for Weapon System Improvements. The intent is to identify, accelerate maturity, and demonstrate System on Chip (SoC) Signal Processing technologies in simulated lab environments and onboard development flight tests. The Request for Solutions (RFS) when released will define the Government full requirement for this prototype solution project.

Space Systems Command provided the RFI for the Maritime and Aviation Receiver Card (MAVRC) opportunity for study, development and prototype delivery of Aviation and Maritime receiver Form Factor (FF) utilizing the Military Global Positioning System (GPS) User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 2 (Inc 2) Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) developed under the Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) program.

NSWC Crane Spectrum Warfare Department is seeking information regarding the future process development, technical support, and delivery of an EMSO Rapid Solutions Model aimed at delivering Electromagnetic Spectrum Non-Kinetic and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions to address warfighting needs.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking a prototype solution for a Thermal Protection System (TPS) capable of safeguarding an advanced missile weapon system operating at hypersonic speed and high-temperature flight profiles. The results of this prototype project will inform potential follow-on production and integration decisions for next-generation missile systems.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking prototype mounting system hardware for the DRAKE Mounted system to include associated hardware, TRANSALT documentation and a demonstration of the prototype for multiple Ship classes. This mounted system will also require the design of a prototype Control Display Unit (CDU).

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking a prototype to identify technologies and solutions, which may be used to retain or improve track strength, minimize maintenance procedures, minimize cost, improve the current capabilities, and provide valuable hands-on experience to the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking a prototype that addresses immediate readiness requirements and sets the foundation for long-term sustainment and modernization. This effort is to establish a comprehensive solution that ensures the operational effectiveness and readiness of the AN/SPY-1 radar systems through their anticipated end of service life.

Space Systems Command conducted market research to assist in the identification of commercial technologies to support the delivery of a single integrated Operational Command and Control (Ops C2) solution for supporting Ops C2 planning, tasking, deconfliction and aiding decision making required within the Space Tasking Cycle (STC) and Joint Targeting Cycle (JTC) processes. The solution will support both current and future military space operational planning for operational decision makers at multiple echelons.

This S²MARTS announcement is intended to survey U.S. companies that design or manufacture radio frequency antenna arrays and circuit cards for the defense supply chain industry through NSTXL’s Innovation Network. The objective is to gather information related to the extent that U.S. companies have developed or are willing to develop improvements or a replacement for a passive, receive only, antenna array panel for Navy surface ships.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E) are seeking prototype solutions for Electronic Warfare (EW) and seeker framework for Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Payloads for technical evaluations.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane and The Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO) is seeking prototype solutions to fulfill capability gaps identified in the JHTO Science & Technology (S&T) roadmap.

The Navy is seeking prototype solutions for Ship Antenna Optimization. The goal of the Ship Antenna Optimization is for each of the operating bands, develop ruggedized optimized antenna prototypes that meet Government specifications.

The U.S Navy is seeking a survivable sea-based capability design in this prototyping effort that will demonstrate a deployable, Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) Flight System for launch from VPT-equipped SSNs (VIRGINIA-class). The SLCM-N program will leverage digital engineering tools and Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) to streamline design, prototyping and testing.

The Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) has awarded two contracts under the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Joint Antenna Marketplace (JAM) initiative to Boecore LLC (doing business as Auria) and Sphinx Defense. Boecore was awarded $8.1 million, and Sphinx Defense was awarded $9.5 million. JAM is a secure, cloud-based scheduling system that helps connect satellite operators to the antenna resources they need, automating matches across commercial and government-owned infrastructure.

The Microelectronics Commons Call for Topics is now open. This Call for Topics (CFT) describes the desired capabilities for which project proposals are being sought. The topics will guide the next round of the prototype proposals across six technical areas that are critical to the DoD. Those areas are: 5G/6G, AI Hardware, Commercial Leap-Ahead Technologies, Electromagnetic Warfare, Secure Edge/IoT Computing, and Quantum Technology.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking prototype solutions to increase the operational reliability of an Radio Frequency (RF) Output Travelling Wave Tube (OTWT) High Voltage Power Supply Group (HVPS), while also seeking to enhance the repairability, maintainability, and affordability of the asset.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking prototype solutions to solve an obsolescence issue with Power Dividers for the EA-18G aircraft. The current manufacturer has stopped production of the current design and is unwilling to resume production due to economic reasons including low volume and cost to meet security requirements.

This S2MARTS announcement, through the NSTXL Innovation Network, is intended to survey U.S. companies that produce capacitors, magnetics and other components that are peripheral in a range of circuits and applications that employ silicon carbide semiconductors. The objective is to gather information from U.S. companies that have developed, or are willing to develop, technical and manufacturing capabilities specific to such components that are rated >100C junction temperature (Tj) and plans for future development aimed at achieving > 200C, and in the longer term, 250C Tj for commercial and defense applications.

This S2MARTS announcement is intended to survey U.S. companies in the silicon carbide defense supply chain through NSTXL’s Innovation Network. The objective is to gather information related to the extent that U.S. companies have developed, or are willing to develop, technical and manufacturing capabilities specific to the silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor device supply chain, including substrates, epitaxy, device processing steps, packaging, and modules for > 5kV devices; and company plans for future development and sales of such devices for commercial and defense applications. Universities and industry consortia with interest in such programs are also welcome to respond.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division and the Department of Defense are initiating the MACH-TB 2.0 agreement to take the precursor MACH-TB 1.0 agreement test bed from design and concept demonstration to full flight test capacity in FY25.

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded four agreements to Astranis, Axient, L3 Harris, and Sierra Space to produce design concepts for Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation one of the Resilient Global Positioning System program. R-GPS provides resilience to military and civil GPS user communities by augmenting the GPS constellation with proliferated small satellites transmitting a core set of widely-utilized GPS signals.

This S²MARTS announcement is intended to survey U.S. companies in the silicon carbide defense supply chain industry through NSTXL’s Innovation Network. The objective is to gather information related to the extent that U.S. companies have developed, or are willing to develop, a set of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor devices and packages, including modules, operating at <5 kV, with standardized performance and mechanical specifications for defense applications.

Microelectronics Commons will support prototype projects across six technical areas that are critical to the DoD. Those areas are: Secure Edge Computing/Internet of Things, 5G/6G Technology, Artificial Intelligence Hardware, Quantum Technology, Electromagnetic Warfare, and Commercial Leap Ahead.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released the Call for Projects for the Microelectronics Commons Electromagnetic Warfare technology area. There are multiple projects within this technology area. Please review the full Call for Projects for more information.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking prototype solutions for the productization and Qualified Manufacturers List qualification of a Rad-Hard By Design Application Specific Integrated Circuit platform and a rad-hard processor, in accordance with MIL-PRF-38535.

Demonstration of Aero Structures for Hypersonics – Manufacturing Optimization and Testing (DASH-MOT)
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking prototype solutions to expand the Navy’s capability to design, manufacture, characterize, and test hypersonic ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials.

This S2MARTS announcement is intended to pulse NSTXL’s Innovation Network to discover potential solutions that will evolve into a Weapon Performance Analysis Tool Suite (WPATS). This request is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Solution or an invitation to submit formal proposals. The Government & NSTXL are not liable for reimbursing any costs associated with response preparation.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released the Call for Projects for the Microelectronics Commons 5G/6G technology area. There are multiple projects within this technology area. Please review the full Call for Projects for more information.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released the Call for Projects for the Microelectronics Commons Artificial Intelligence Hardware technology area. There are multiple projects within this Microelectronics Commons technology area. Please review the full Call for Projects for more information.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released the Call for Projects for the Microelectronics Commons Secure Edge Computing/IoT. There are multiple projects within this technology area. Please review the full Call for Projects for more information.

The Department of Navy (DoN) is seeking a prototype software application that they call a Firmware Bill of Materials Extractor (FBME). In this context, firmware refers to low-level software that executes on a microcontroller or microprocessor, either in an embedded system or as the foundation of the software stack for a general-purpose computer.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released the Call for Projects for the Microelectronics Commons Quantum technology area. There are multiple projects within this technology area. Please review the full Call for Projects for more information.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released the Call for Projects for the Microelectronics Commons Commercial Leap-Ahead technology area. There are multiple projects within this technology area. Please review the full Call for Projects for more information.

The Department of Navy (DoN) is seeking a prototype for a broadband, freefall Radio Frequency (RF) Countermeasures (CM) AED to use independently or in conjunction with other on/off-board countermeasures.

As to the next iteration to STEAM PIPE, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Research & Engineering (OUSD(R&E))’s Trusted & Assured Microelectronics program is seeking advanced packaging prototype devices that will 1) transition into a targeted military system and 2) be made available to the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) for broad use in military systems.

The United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded contracts to CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat to continue development of space laser communication terminal prototypes in Phase 2 of the $100 million Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. The contracts were awarded through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA).

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking a prototype solution for a hybrid electric platform with high power and high energy solutions on a lighter classed vehicle which is critical to meeting future warfighting concepts.

On April 16, 2025, U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $2.9 million contract to Raft LLC for the development of an Application Programming Interface (API) Gateway through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA).

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) recently awarded the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Enterprise Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Solution (EOS) contract to SciTec, Inc. on Apr. 24, 2025. The $259 million award was made through a competitive Other Transaction Authority (OTA) prototype agreement leveraging the SSC Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC).

This S2MARTS announcement is intended to pulse NSTXL’s Innovation Network to discover potential solutions that will evolve conformal/flexible antenna technology. This request is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Solution or an invitation to submit formal proposals. The Government & NSTXL are not liable for reimbursing any costs associated with response preparation.

The ESS Mission Planning software application provides optimized network and resource allocation across the global constellation for strategic users. It further provides flexible and resilient contingency mission planning, apportions communication bandwidth to support ever-changing operational environments, and allows the president of the United States, national leaders, and international partners to access and control satellite protocol messages.
Utilizing U.S.C. 4021 through S²MARTS Research, the Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking research to expand their capability to design, process, characterize, and test materials for research and development.
The $25.5 million Space Mobility and Logistics (SML) prototyping project has been awarded to Astroscale U.S. Incorporated. Space Systems Command (SSC) released the SML Request for Prototype Proposal (RPP) through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) to accelerate in-space capabilities, including refueling, transportation, servicing, and debris mitigation. The SML prototype project will enable the movement and support of military equipment and personnel in and through the space domain.

The purpose of the Joint Acceleration of Hypersonic Vehicle Aerostructure Alternatives (JAHVAA) program is to extend material and processing development and testing of non-Carbon/Carbon (C/C) Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials to establish trusted design allowable data, driving down material transition risks and enabling greater flexibility in hypersonic systems design.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane is establishing a modular and flexible, system-level HWIL for avionics analysis. Prototype solutions are being sought for a system-level HWIL infrastructure to support the verification of system and mission performance, and to provide a platform to test and integrate advanced capabilities under various environmental and threat stimuli in real-time.
Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded the Emergent CubeSat Technology (ECT) project to BANC3, Inc and Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. These two Non-traditional performers are supported by three sub-contractors: Intel Federal LLC, Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc, and Quantic X-Microwave. The project aims to develop a prototype that provides more capability than existing CubeSat technologies.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane seeks to expand its partnership with traditional and nontraditional industry sources to identify solutions for weapons system Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) accuracy opportunities and execute rapid demonstration for potential inclusion to a fielded program portfolio. The intent is to identify, accelerate maturity, and demonstrate technologies in simulated lab environments and onboard development flight tests. Upon development and successful demonstration, NSWC Crane will consider the technologies for program portfolio inclusion.
SSC has awarded a SpEC Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract to BAE Systems for $151M to build upon the critical milestones achieved in Phase 1 of the FORGE C2 prototyping effort to deliver a prototype ready for SSC’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) system.
Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Innovation and Prototyping Acquisition Delta recently announced its award of the Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing for Space Domain Awareness (DEEP-SDA) prototype to Riverside Research, supported by the three subsidiary non-traditional organizations: CMSOC Corp, Spire Global Subsidiary, and SciTec Inc.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) and the United States Special Operations Command is seeking to develop direction finding antenna system by modifying the latest antenna technology commercially available providing an improvement in the ability to collect, process, locate and exploit Signals of Interest (SOI) enhancing the mission performance of providing timely, relevant, and responsive threat avoidance information.

The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Research & Engineering (OUSD(R&E))’s Trusted & Assured Microelectronics program is seeking advanced packaging prototype devices that will 1) transition into a targeted military system and 2) be made available to the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) for broad use in military systems.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking prototypes in support of the GAMMA-H project to comprehensively advance the domestic manufacturing readiness in support of hypersonic cruise missile (HCM) development and transition to production.
The GAMMA-H opportunity was awarded on 28 September 2023.
The Government team would like to thank all companies for their time and effort spent responding to this opportunity.

The SHIP Program – also referred to as State of the Art Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging – is developing four prototype Multichip Packages (MCPs). Building off of the successful SHIP program, a pilot will be established to facilitate the transition of these MCPs to military systems by partnering with the Defense Industrial Base. The pilot program will be called Stimulating Transition for Advanced Microelectronics Packaging (STAMP).

The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Research & Engineering (OUSD(R&E))’s Microelectronics program has a need for domestic prototyping capability to accelerate technology demonstration. Due to the very high complexity of integrated microelectronic systems today, there is an urgent need to establish a network of domestic prototyping facilities to demonstrate, at-scale, the system-level benefits...

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking an experimentation project due to the result of Hypersonic flight environments in extreme heat loads which necessitate the use of high-temperature capable Carbon/Carbon (C/C) composites for thermal protection systems (TPS) and hot structures. Unfortunately, C/C manufacturing capability in the United States has atrophied...
The focus of this solicitation was to develop testing infrastructure for the National Space Test and Training Complex – Electromagnetic Spectrum (NSTTC-E) so that space warfighters could leverage said infrastructure to validate and verify their System Under Test (SUT). The vision for the NSTTC had four focus areas: Service Capability, Joint Applicability, Integrated Test, and Threat Replication. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) and Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded NSTTC-E, now Advanced Space Technology for Range Operations – Electromagnetic Range (ASTRO-E) study contracts to six companies: Nou Systems, ExoAnalytic Solutions, TMC Design, HII Mission Technologies Corp, Parsons Government Services Inc, and Lockheed Martin on 29 February 2024.

The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking a prototype that establishes the capability to manage electronic parts across the enterprise. The purpose of this prototype is to grant visibility into the supply chain, enable better supply chain risk management, allow aggregation of demand, improve purchasing power, enable collaborative solutions to obsolescence and other parts...
Space Systems Command (SSC) is building a Government Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO) digital backbone in support of the acquisition mission. Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), managed by National Security Technology Accelerator has awarded $18 million to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) for the Enigma prototype project.
The ESS Ground Resilient Integration and Framework for Operational NC3 (GRIFFON) is the Ground Segment and Systems Integration component of ESS. System of Systems Integration (SoSI) is the technical system integration effort to support the government in its role as the lead system integrator between the ground, space, cryptographic, and user terminal components.
The Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Data Exploitation Technology Transition (ODETT) was awarded to Lockheed Martin Corporation. Lockheed Martin received $5.2 million to create prototypes that will exploit data and optimize value from current space sensing investments within SSC. The prototype will build upon a cloud infrastructure and framework solution, enhancing the accuracy of existing OPIR detected event characterization and typing to improve the quality of the High-Altitude Dim Event Stalker (HADES) mission processing chain and improve typing and characterization performance.

Please note: only members with an active DD2345 can access the documentation for ECLIPSE. If you are not a member and wish to submit on this opportunity, please contact membership@nstxl.org and attach a copy of your active DD2345.

The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Research & Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) Trusted & Assured Microelectronics (T&AM) program is seeking to mature co-packaged optics (CPO), laser sources, and associated advanced packaging techniques for prototype demonstration and technology transition into the DoD advanced packaging ecosystem and the Defense Industrial Base …

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking an experimentation project resulting in a proof of concept and prototype demonstration of modular Experimental Glide Body (EGB) testing hypersonic technologies/experimental payloads in operational trajectories using already available boosters.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking a manufacturing proof-of-concept prototype for high-rate production of composite parts and assemblies with complex geometries for hypersonic vehicle applications that produces trusted quality parts with significant reduction in per unit time.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking prototypes that fabricate/demonstrate a total of three articles (two unclassified and one classified) using Chemical Vapor Infiltration (CVI) Carbon/Silicon Carbide (C/SiC) densification of carbon fiber preforms.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking prototypes that demonstrate one or more Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques to protect against one or more identified Technology Protection (TP) threats.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking prototype support in the area of Hypersonics Advanced Capabilities for Weapon System Improvements.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking prototype support in maritime systems of expendable unmanned systems with subsystem integration.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking prototype support in the area of Innovate Beyond 5G (IB5G) programming.

The United States Navy and Air Force, in support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), is developing integrated circuit (IC) hardware and workflow prototypes that promote the use of assurance principles, feature protections, and correlation. The purpose of this prototype is to facilitate the rapid development of IC hardware …

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking prototyping support in the area of Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Test Capability (HAMTC).

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking support in the area of sUAS Advanced Technique Development...

S²MARTS Request for Network Insight (RNI) in support of Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes (RAMP) using Advanced Commercial SoC Chipsets.

Sponsored by OUSD(R&E) Trusted & Assured Microelectronics program, the State-of-the-Art Radio Frequency Gallium Nitride (STARRY NITE) program is establishing a mature portfolio of domestic RF GaN foundries, which offers open access to millimeter-wave (mmW) technology and product transition paths into the DoD Advanced Packaging ecosystem.

The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking prototype solutions for Advanced Scanning Optical Microscopes (ASOM) Capability Expansion.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) requires a prototype subminiature Radio Frequency (RF) signal processing payload subsystem for integration into a maritime system of expendable unmanned systems.

The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking prototype support for the Frequency Selected Limiters Manufacturing Development Project.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is seeking support to document and provide open systems architecture that defines the requirements and interfaces of a reference High Level Data Fusion (HLDF) prototype capability in support of a Command and Control (C2) system.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division is seeking prototype support to address Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) within Hypersonics.

The United States Navy and Air Force, in support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), is developing integrated circuit (IC) hardware and workflow prototypes that promote the use of assurance principles, feature protections, and correlation.

The Department of the Navy is seeking a prototype support to address spectral calibration and associated noise characterization of detection devices with an emphasis on spectral cameras.

The Department of the Navy is seeking prototype support to address Modeling & Simulation (M&S) issues in the area of countermeasures and countermeasure techniques to protect U.S. aircraft from threat missile systems.

The Department of Defense is seeking support to determine if there is capability to design, engineer, test, and manufacture Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology and/or improve Universal Excited Upgrade (iUEU) addressing obsolescence with Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) functionality prototypes...

The Department of Defense (DoD) currently has no on-shore access to foundry technology capable of meeting the long-term leading edge (<7nm Digital Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) node) microelectronics fabrication needs for DoD specific designs or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components.

Canceled - FY21 budget shortfall and de-prioritization of this requirement.

The Department of the Navy is seeking prototype support in accordance with an Alternative, Non-GPS Navigational Tool for Hypersonics Weapons Systems.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division is seeking prototype support to address Modeling & Simulation issues in the area of countermeasures and countermeasure techniques to protect U.S. aircraft from threat missile systems.

The Department of Defense is seeking prototyping support to address Modeling & Simulation issues in the area of countermeasures and countermeasure techniques.

The Navy desires to develop a state-of-the-art (SOTA) heterogeneous integrated packaging (SHIP) prototype to demonstrate enhanced fabrication and packaging access for the Department of Defense (DoD) programs.

The DoD has a requirement to develop an Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) that reduces range safety costs by eliminating much of the range safety tracking sources and decision logic onboard flight vehicles.

One of the primary missions of the Infrared/Radio Frequency (IR/RF) System Technologies Division (WXR), and the Countermeasure Design Branch (WXRL) at NSWC Crane, is to develop countermeasures to protect U.S. aircraft from threat missile systems.

The evolving requirement of the U.S. strategic missile programs have required the continual development of highly capable advanced composite materials such as Carbon/Carbon (C/C) and Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) to deliver differentiated missile performance.

The Department of Defense (DoD) desires to enhance strategic mission capabilities by exploring Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance autonomous stratospheric technology.

This S2MARTS announcement is intended to pulse NSTXL’s Innovation Network to discover potential solutions that will evolve radiation testing.

S²MARTS Project No. 20-04: The DoD is seeking prototyping support to address Obsolescence, Data Management and Re-Engineering issues. In order to achieve DoD strategic goals, obsolescence management is of ever-increasing importance.

Innovative Prototyping Concepts for Using Additive Manufacturing (AM) for Technology Protection (TP)
Recent advances in Additive Manufacturing (AM), commonly referred to as 3D printing, may be able to play a significant role in the next generation of Technology Protection (TP) techniques.

The Navy desires a prototype software application that we call Printed Circuit Board Analysis Tool (PCBAT). Printed circuit board analysis, in this context, is the automation of assessing the physical configuration, condition, and provenance of electronics and associated components on printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) to manage supply chain risk; these efforts are done manually today at a high cost

Opportunity Notification: S2MARTS has received notice from the Requiring Activity (RA) partner, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Research & Advanced Concepts Division (SMDC-TCP-AR), Air & Missile Defense Directorate, Technical Center, of revised requirements and funding profile, which has resulted in the cancellation of the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) Technology Advanced Testbed (TAT) Prototype Project.

The DoD desires the capability to detect and counter emerging threats in the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), providing warfighters with an enhanced understanding of their battlefield environment. The RFSD aims to collect and analyze RF signals to compare against a baseline environment, and automatically alert warfighters to anomalous signals.

The United States Navy and Air Force, in support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), is developing integrated circuit (IC) hardware and workflow prototypes that promote the use of assurance principles, feature protections, and correlation.

The Department of Defense desires the development of capability sets that can replicate with high fidelity a wide band and dynamic range of electromagnetic spectrum waveforms and signatures in both frequency and power.

The DoD desires innovative prototype solutions for predictive models that utilize novel approaches to analyze, forecast and identify multi-domain capability gaps related to Electronic Warfare (EW), Information Warfare (IW), Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO), Electromagnetic Warfare (EMW), and Cyber Warfare.

The DoD is seeking innovative solutions for prototype radiation-hardened by design (RHBD) libraries in both the 45RF and 22FDX technology nodes available from GlobalFoundries.

The DoD desires innovative prototype solutions for an Autonomous Fiber Optic Sensor Network (A-FOSN), a passive opto-acoustic fiber optics sensor system that measures the micro strain of sound waves on continuous wave laser light utilized in a buried fiber optic cable array for detecting intruders into U.S. Navy ports.

As part of this effort, a part-centric supply chain tool will be developed that will determine the supply chain risk of specified microelectronic components so that DoD programs can make more informed decisions on selection of components for system design and overall acquisition process.

The Navy desires to develop a state-of-the-art (SOTA) heterogeneous integrated packaging (SHIP) prototype to demonstrate enhanced fabrication and packaging access for the Department of Defense (DoD) programs.

The US Army desires to prototype advanced test and assessment processes and methodologies to support the development, demonstration, and assessment of a Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) Technology Advancement Testbed (TAT) comprised of a family of systems and simulated environments.

This project will seek proposals for the development of prototype processes and materials for the manufacture of very high density substrate, interposer and redistribution layer electronic device packaging interconnect products using polymer based substrate materials.

The DoD is seeking innovative solutions for radiation-hardened intellectual property or prototype circuits that can be utilized for a radiation-hardened System-on-a-Chip at or below the 45-nm technology node.



