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Mission Engineering Automation Testbed (MEAT)

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This Special Notice announces the release of a Request for Solutions (RFS) for the Mission Engineering Automation Testbed (MEAT) under an other transaction authority pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4022. The MEAT project is part of the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trust Systems (S2MARTS) consortium, managed by the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL) and administered by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division. The RFS seeks participation exclusively from members of the S2MARTS consortium, with membership details available through the consortium's website. The project aims to develop prototypes within a Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) environment to assess and enhance joint force capabilities. These prototypes are intended to support Mission Engineering (ME) and LVC integration, focusing on creating a secure, interoperable, and automated ecosystem. This ecosystem will accelerate the integration of advanced modeling, simulation, and analytics into LVC environments, enabling seamless tool interoperability, multi-level security, cross-domain data exchange, and adherence to open architecture principles for scalable adoption across enterprise systems. The solicitation was posted on May 4, 2026, and responses are due by July 1, 2026. The contracting office is located in Crane, Indiana, under the Department of Defense, with primary points of contact provided for further inquiry.

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

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Department Of Defense → Nswc Crane

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928110 - National Security View NAICS

Place of Performance

Crane, IN, 47522, USA

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AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Nswc Crane
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OfficeCRANE, IN, 47522-5001, USA
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Department Of Defense → Nswc Crane
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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