The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) is excited to post this pre-announcement for an upcoming Request for Project Proposals (RPP) soliciting a broad range of medical prototype technological and knowledge solutions related to the Focus Areas of Interest (also called “Focus Area(s)”) listed below. Proposed solutions may include medical techniques, knowledge products, and materiel (e.g., medical devices, drugs, and biologics). Military relevance is a key feature of the upcoming RPP. BACKGROUND: Current wartime operations assume that the United States and our allies will maintain air, land, maritime, space and cyber superiority. Future conflicts against peer and near-peer adversaries are expected to be layered stand-offs and fought across multiple domains. Mission success will be determined by our ability to compete to expand the competitive space, penetrate both strategically and operationally, disintegrate enemy's defenses, exploit enemy weaknesses, and re-compete to consolidate gains. Medical capabilities play a critical role in each aspect of the future battlespace and must modernize rapidly to maintain Force readiness and increase soldier lethality. FOCUS AREAS: To meet the intent of the RPP, each proposal SHALL specifically address ONLY ONE Focus Area described below. Offerors are not limited to a single proposal submission. Projects that fail to align with only one of these Focus Areas may not be considered for funding. The following general Focus Areas of Interest are not listed in order of importance. The detailed requirements for each area will be described in the upcoming Request for Project Proposals. The anticipated focus areas include, but are not limited to the listing below: •Focus Area 1: Policies and practices for cross-cutting prevention – the aim of this focus area is to develop and evaluate non-training interventions/activities that address risk and protective factors for harmful behaviors. Priority risk/protective factors to address include: morale, fairness, work-life balance, passive leadership, toxic leadership, and workplace hostility. •Focus Area 2: Fostering Service member physical fitness through integrated primary prevention – the aim of this focus area is to develop interventions or trainings to combat the key contributors to obesity and physical inactivity. This focus area encourages offerors to consider resource/environmental constraints and social and psychological barriers present for warfighters when developing solutions. •Focus Area 3: Identify and reduce barriers to help-seeking – the aim of this focus area is to identify and develop solutions against key drivers of help-seeking. Solutions should prioritize high-impact resources/services and Service member populations at elevated risk for harmful behaviors. •Focus Area 4: Prophylactic Solutions to Prevent Battlefield and Complex Traumatic Wound Infections in Austere or Contested Environments – the aim of this focus area is the development of soluti…