Contract · Federal

JAILBREAK Needs-Driven Acquisition for Near-term Operations (NANO) - Accelerated Capability Event (ACE) II

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY
Location: Tampa, FL
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Aug 17, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)

Timeline

Posted

Aug 17, 2026
Status

Closing soon

What this contract is for

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY
Location: Tampa, FL
Scope: Federal

The Army FUZE Contracting Center, on behalf of the Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD), intends to negotiate and award experimental purposes agreements pursuant to authority 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) §4023.

The government is seeking to identify potential sources capable of providing technologies, software, systems integration solutions to enable sensors, platforms, weapons systems, and command-and-control (C2) technologies to share data seamlessly in real time.

White papers demonstrate operational relevance, technical maturity, integration readiness, and the ability to support rapid execution timelines.

The goal of this initiative is to break down traditional system-silos at the tactical edge, ensuring interoperability and rapid sensor-to-shooter data transfer in degraded, contested, and operational environments.

Problem Statement The Army has an emergent operational requirement to rapidly deploy an integrated autonomous sensing and effector capability on a highly compressed timeline.

Specifically, the Army seeks fully autonomous platform navigation and mission routing (to maneuver through contested terrain) and semi-autonomous modular sensor payloads (to automatically detect and track targets), while ensuring that any kinetic or non-kinetic effector functions strictly maintain a human-in-the-loop architecture for command-and-control targeting decisions. "The immediate objective is to deliver prototype systems comprising a combination of autonomous platforms, hot-swappable modular sensor payloads, autonomy/mission management software, communications, and supporting services.

Current ground sensing architectures are largely fixed to Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) and static locations, limiting indications and warning (I&W) and coverage depth beyond the w...

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