Award to World Wide Technology LLC

The Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific has awarded a Commercial, Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order contract on a non-competitive basis to World Wide Technology (CAGE 0MNV1) in the amount of $837,965.00. The award was issued on 25 September 2026. This contract award is the successful operational transition of advanced technology validated during the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX). Executed in alignment with the Navys strategic shift toward rapid deployment, the ANTX framework serves as a critical rapid-acquisition pipeline. The World Wide Technology, LLC contract if the first to leverage authority from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R AND E)), to award commercial contracts using ANTX evaluations as a competitive down-select.The ANTX brought together program office, commercial industry, government laboratories, and operational forces. A major benefit of this collaborative framework was providing industry partners with direct access to a state-of-the-art, high-fidelity testing sandbox. Within this safe, simulated realistic environment, vendors underwent rigorous technical assessments and received direct, real-time feedback.