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This Government Contract opportunity from Department Of Defense was posted on May 4, 2026. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

Mission Engineering Automation Testbed (MEAT)

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N0016426SNB05Federal

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The Mission Engineering Automation Testbed (MEAT) is an other transaction authority (OTA) initiative issued under 10 U.S.C. 4022 through the S2MARTS consortium, managed by NSTXL and administered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division. Participation is restricted to members of the S2MARTS Consortium, which vendors must join prior to submitting a response. The effort aims to develop prototypes that enhance Mission Engineering and Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) integration within a secure, interoperable, and automated ecosystem, enabling seamless tool connectivity, multi-level security, cross-domain data exchange, and alignment with open architecture standards for scalable enterprise adoption. The solicitation, designated as N0016426SNB05, was posted on May 4, 2026, with a response deadline of July 1, 2026, and falls under NAICS code 928110. The performance location is Crane, Indiana, and the primary point of contact is Jordan Black, with Judy Blanton as the secondary contact. All submissions must align with the objectives of advancing joint force capabilities through integrated modeling, simulation, and analytics in LVC environments, with a focus on accelerating the deployment of resilient, secure, and interoperable systems within the Department of Defense.

General Info

Request for Solutions from S2MARTS consortium for MEAT prototypes in secure, interoperable LVC environment.

NAICS

928110 - National Security

Place of Performance

Crane, IN, 47522, USA

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AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Nswc Crane
Contacts2 people available
OfficeCRANE, IN, 47522-5001, USA
Office AddressCRANE, IN, 47522-5001, USA

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  • Purpose

This Special Notice is issued to provide awareness of the release of a Request for Solutions (RFS) for an other transaction project in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 4022. The RFS, Mission Engineering Automation Testbed (MEAT), opportunity has been issued as part of the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trust Systems (S2MARTS) consortium managed by National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL) and administered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division. 



  • Background and Summary
    • Other Transaction Consortium

Vendors interested in responding to this RFS must be members of the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) Consortium. Interested parties may visit S2MARTS.org for membership information.


    • Project Overview

The government is seeking to further establish prototypes within the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) environment to analyze joint force capabilities. The goal of these Prototypes Developed are to perform Mission Engineering (ME) and LVC integration. The overarching goal of prototypes developed across these mission engineering domains is to establish a secure, interoperable, and automated ecosystem that accelerates the integration of advanced modeling, simulation, and analytics capabilities into Live, Virtual, and Constructive Environments. These prototypes aim to enable seamless tool interoperability, support multi-level security and cross-domain data exchange, and foster open architecture alignment for scalable enterprise-wide adoption.


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