JAILBREAK – Needs-Driven Acquisition for Near-term Operations (NANO) - Accelerated Capability Event (ACE)view on SAM.gov

*All Questions & Answers regarding this Special Notice are included below.* The Army FUZE Contracting Center, on behalf of the Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD), intends to negotiate and award experimental purposes agreements pursuant to authority 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) §4023. The government is seeking to identify potential sources capable of providing technologies, software, systems integration solutions to enable sensors, platforms, weapons systems, and command-and-control (C2) technologies to share data seamlessly in real time. The goal of this initiative is to break down traditional system-silos at the tactical edge, ensuring interoperability and rapid sensor-to-shooter data transfer in degraded, contested, and operational environments. Problem Statement The Army has an emergent operational requirement to rapidly deploy an integrated autonomous sensing capability on a highly compressed timeline. The immediate objective is to deliver prototype system(s)—each comprising a combination of robotic platforms, sensors, autonomy/mission management software, communications, and supporting services. Current ground sensing architectures are largely fixed to Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) and other static locations, limiting indications and warning (I&W) and coverage depth beyond the wire, while existing industry offerings tend to be individual products rather than complete mission solutions, creating friction in extending sensing range and integrating with existing command-and-control (C2) systems. To address this gap, the Army seeks integrated Mission Team solutions that deliver end‑to‑end autonomous sensing capability: systems objective is to extend ground sensing at least 20 km beyond the wire; operate in contested and DDIL environments once a known reference point is established; offer adequate mobility to enhance system survivability; BLOS and LOS network transport; accept tasking geometry and mission plans from IBCS‑M (Lattice) and Maven Smart System (MSS); and integrate via open, vendor‑agnostic interfaces (e.g., gRPC for intra-/inter‑robot tasking and IBCS‑M for C2 task management), emphasizing common interfaces rather than common platforms to avoid long‑term lock‑in. The requirement is not simply to provide robots or sensors, but to deliver coherent, interoperable, and rapidly deployable robotic sensing systems that can be tested and transitioned to operational use in the theater of operations, enabling earlier I&W and improved decision advantage for the Combatant Commander. Desired Capability Categories Category 1 – Autonomous Platform + Sensor Industry teams should propose integrated solutions that combine: Semi to Full Autonomous platform ISR or targeting sensor Safety architecture Open API integration Compatibility with multiple C2 platforms Category 2 – Platform + Effector + Additional Capability Industry teams should propose integrated solutions that combine: Semi to Full Autonomous platform Effector Safet…