Synchronized Persistent Army Experimentation (SPARX)
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The Synchronized Persistent Army Experimentation (SPARX) initiative is a collaborative U.S. Army process designed to engage industry partners in advancing Army modernization goals through multi-domain experimentation. Managed by the Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) and aligned under the Transformation and Training Command (T2COM), SPARX facilitates industry submissions of technology overviews that are pre-screened by subject matter experts to identify innovative capabilities suitable for integration into operationally relevant Army experimentation events. These technologies support the Army’s efforts to maintain overmatch across air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace domains by contributing to a campaign of collective innovation and experimentation. The process allows for streamlined submission and evaluation of technologies through a structured SPARX Technology Overview template, which captures detailed information including operational relevance, maturity (measured by Technology and Integration Readiness Levels), integration requirements, safety concerns, and vendor objectives. Notably, the program focuses on non-proprietary information and carefully screens submissions for compliance with U.S. supply chain security policies, especially regarding the origin of UAS components. This Request for Information (RFI), issued under solicitation number W91CPT25XSPRX by the Department of Defense at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, serves solely as an information gathering and planning mechanism rather than a contractual procurement. Amendments have clarified that submissions should avoid proprietary data and reflect technology readiness for potential inclusion in experimentation events managed independently by Army event planners. Prospective industry partners may submit technology overview documents at any time until the deadline of April 14, 2030. Smoothed submission processes encourage broad participation, with the understanding that participation in experimentation events involves coordination with event hosts and may necessitate additional documentation such as NDAs or proof of liability insurance. Selection for experimentation is qualitatively based on alignment with Army modernization priorities, operational applicability, and safety considerations rather than formal award criteria or contract clauses. The SPARX RFI does not obligate the Government to procure products or services and contains no standard FAR or DFARS contract clauses. Its principal purpose is to foster innovation by matching industry technological capabilities with experimental Army requirements in a transparent, secure, and collaborative environment.
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AMENDMENT 2/24/2026 (updated to change AFC to T2COM and add a note about not including proprietary information)
AMENDMENT 2/25/2026 (updated to fix spacing issues in announcement)
Synchronized Persistent Army Experimentation (SPARX)
A. Description:
Synchronized Persistent Army Experimentation (SPARX) is a collaborative process between industry partners and the Army that is intended to enable collective innovation and identify novel technology capabilities that will help the Army achieve its modernization goals. It provides a structured means for collection of questionnaires about products and technologies to Government representatives for consideration to a variety of controlled and operationally relevant experimentation environments. It is part of the Transformation and Training Command (T2COM) campaign of learning, which is designed to aggressively advance and integrate the Army’s contributions to the Joint and Multi-national force for convergence effects across all domains (air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace) in order to maintain U.S. overmatch. SPARX is a process to match industry partners’ technologies to a series of experiments and observations in operationally realistic environments. Developed and managed by the Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), the SPARX process will allow for collective innovation and further experimentation in both applied and advanced technology developments with innovative partners.
SPARX will serve as the principal entry point for industry partners to provide information relating to their technologies for Army experimentation. This process is designed to do the following:
1. Synchronize and streamline the information process for industry to then obtain information for Army experimentation events. It provides an avenue for industry partners to submit information regarding their technologies via a technology overview template.
2. Make it easier for event holders to include industry technologies into their events by ensuring all submission documents are readily available with an early technology assessment.
SPARX is currently participating with multiple experimentation events. Submissions will be reviewed by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from across T2COM. The SMEs will conduct an initial informal examination of the technology DEVCOM will inform the submitting Industry Partner of the event(s) (if any) to which the technology has been aligned. Once aligned to an experimentation event, technology submissions will be forwarded to the event planners during the event open window. These events are developed and managed by the Army event planners As such, if a technology is invited to an experiment the event planner will coordinate all the requirements for participation. Events are not hosted by DEVCOM HQ and if an industry partner attends such an event they should expect further guidance from the event planner or host. It is possible that further documentation (i.e. NDA, proof of liability insurance, etc.) may be required by the event host/planner.
B. Submission Guidelines:
Prospective companies are requested to submit a SPARX Technology Overview (attachment). The submission documents into the SPARX Collection will also serve as the submission documents into the aligned Army experimentation event(s). NOTE: DO NOT SUBMIT PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.
Submissions of SPARX Technology Overview documents should be sent to: sparx@army.mil
Submissions may be submitted at any time while this notice is open. If an event submission window has closed for that fiscal year, your technology submission will be considered for the following fiscal year.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Army is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondees are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued.