DE Enhancement SWaP ISV

OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW:

INDUSTRY DAY RESOURCES – Posted 30 October 2026

During this event, the Government team shared additional details about the project. The recording and slide deck are now available to all JDEC members.

Please note that these resources are CUI so you must request access to view them via the “CUI Document Request Form” on the opportunity page.

If you have already filled out the form to access the RFS and associated attachments, then there is no need to re-fill out the form. The resources are now available in the Box link that you have already received.

The resources in the Box folder are titled:

Recording: “Directed Energy Enhancements Industry Day Recording (CUI).mp4”
Slide Deck: “E-HEL_DE_Enhancements_Industry_Day_v2.0.pdf”

RFS RELEASE – 27 October 2026

The Government has released the Request for Solutions (RFS) for the DE Enhancement SWaP ISV opportunity. The RFS and Attachments B and C are labeled as CUI. To access the CUI documents, request access here.

To access attachment A, please fill out the key document request form on the right side of the page.

Please note: This RFS is awaiting the issuance of the E-HEL Interface Control Documents (ICDs) as such the Question Deadline and Solution Deadline are TBD. We will provide this in an updated release.

INDUSTRY DAY – Posted 08 October 2026

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Time: 12:30 PM CT – 17:30 PM CT
Location: Huntsville, AL or Virtual
Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 22, 2026

Join NSTXL, SCADE, and the PAE Fires team (in person or virtually) to learn about Directed Energy Enhancements, emerging capabilities, & opportunities in the directed energy space.

Please note: Industry Day attendance is limited to JDEC members, and participants must register in advance. To become a JDEC member, please contact our team at membership@nstxl.org.

COMING SOON NOTICE – Posted 08 October 2026

The Joint Directed Energy Consortium (JDEC), supporting the Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Fires, Portfolio Management Executive Defensive Fires (PME DF), Project Manager for Advanced Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Effects (PM ACE), is preparing to release an opportunity for Directed Energy (DE) enhancements.

This effort will seek to prototype systems, subsystems and components to reduce Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) to support High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon systems. DE enhancements are intended to utilize the Enduring HEL (E-HEL) Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) strategy for development and integration of system improvements throughout the course of the E-HEL production effort. DE enhancements will seek innovative approaches to develop solutions that reduce SWaP parameters for an Infantry Squad Vehicle – Utility (ISV-U) based, 30kW-class HEL weapon system to support the Army’s acquisition decision in Fiscal Year 2031.

Key Focus Areas
The desired solution(s) for systems or subsystems must demonstrate significant advances in SWaP reduction while providing the reliability, maintainability, producibility, compatibility, and performance enhancements required for a new system or future insertions into the E-HEL production effort. Solutions will be categorized and evaluated under twelve (12) prototype pillars:

• Full System – HEL Prototype on an ISV-U based, 30kW-class
• Subsystem – Power Generation
• Subsystem – Energy Storage
• Subsystem – Structure
• Subsystem – Software Algorithms
• Subsystem – Sensors
• Subsystem – Network/Communications
• Subsystem – DE Source
• Subsystem – Beam Director
• Subsystem – Beam Combiner
• Subsystem – Beam Transport
• Subsystem – Thermal Energy Storage

To view the full Coming Soon notice, please fill out the key document request form on the right side of the page.

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