Prototyping Research and Operations for Tactical Electromagnetic Warfare and Advanced Networking (PROTEAN)

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S²MARTS Project No. 25-01

RFS SOLUTIONS DEADLINE - NEW EXTENSION DATE: May 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET.

NEW RFS REVISION

NEW: Revision 2 - The Government has made a second revision to the Request. Final submissions are now due by 22 May 2025 at 12:00 PM ET.

Revision 1 - The Government has revised the Request for Solution (RFS) for the PROTEAN opportunity. The changes include the final submissions are now due by 15 May 2025 at 12:00 PM ET.

You can access the revised RFS by filling out the Key Document Request form on the right.

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PROJECT TALX

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 from 3:30 PM- 4:30 PM ET

During this hour-long event, the Government team shared additional details about the project and answered questions during a live Q&A session. Their insight into the opportunity is invaluable in crafting your solution.

You can access the PROTEAN Project TALX Q&A, recording, and slide deck by filling out the Key Document Request form on the right.

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REQUEST FOR SOLUTIONS

The Government has released the Request for Solution (RFS) for the PROTEAN opportunity. To review the RFS and its accompanying documents, fill out the Key Document request form on the right side of this page.

If you have any questions regarding the RFS, you can submit them until 16 April 2025 at 12:00 PM ET, and the final solutions are due by 22 May 2025 at 12:00 PM ET.

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INNOVATOR NETWORX

During this virtual teaming event, organizations interested in the PROTEAN opportunity had 5-7 minutes to present their capabilities to other interested organizations and meet others who complement their offerings.

You can access the recording and slide deck by filling out the Key Document Request form on the right.

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COMING SOON NOTICE

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.

Currently, there is no demonstrated EW and seeker payload framework that allows vendors to bring their capabilities for technical evaluation and integration onto unmanned platforms, making it difficult to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of various EW solutions. In addition, the project will address technical integration challenges, lack of standardization, insufficient testing and evaluation, inadequate transition path, operational effectiveness and limited innovation.

The Prototype Development of the PROTEAN Other Transaction Authority (OTA) project period of performance will be defined when the Request For Solutions is released and by the performer’s proposed schedule.

To view the full Coming Soon notice, please fill out the Request form to See Documents on the right side of the page.

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