Munitions Open Solicitation for Advanced and Innovative Capabilities
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- Solicitation number
- W50RAJ-26-S-0001
- Agency
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Department of the Army
Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Place of performance
- Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States
- Points of contact
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- Abbie Chatelain usarmy.redstone.pae-fires.list.open-solicitations@army.mil
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army's Portfolio Acquisition Executive (Fires) issued an open solicitation for advanced and innovative munitions and fires capabilities on March 20, 2026, which remains open in perpetuity until canceled. The solicitation (W50RAJ-26-S-0001) operates under multiple authorities including FAR 35.016 Broad Agency Announcement, 10 U.S.C. 4021–4023, and the Defense Commercial Solutions Opening framework, and seeks flexible business arrangements to rapidly research, develop, prototype, test, evaluate, and field critical fires capabilities addressing near-term and mid-term threats.
Contractors may respond via two pathways: Fires Capability Gap (FCG) submissions for open-ended solutions, or responses to Government-issued Calls for Solutions. FCG submissions follow a three-phase process—Phase 1 solution brief (5 pages or 15 slides maximum), optional Phase 2 live pitch and demonstration, and Phase 3 full proposal—with quarterly evaluation on technical merit, schedule feasibility, and company viability. Compliant FCG briefs remain awardable for 18 months after receipt. Eighteen example capability areas span advanced radar and sensors, electronic countermeasures, hypersonic weapons, directed energy, counter-UAS, AI/ML digital transformation, and lethal effects technologies.
Award instruments include fixed-price contracts, cost-type contracts, and Other Transactions for prototypes, with potential follow-on production contracts. Eligible contractors must maintain SAM registration with UEI, register in Wide Area Work Flow, possess appropriate security clearances, and store Government data in U.S. facilities. The Government does not fund evaluation participation costs or proposal preparation. FCG Solution Briefs are submitted to usarmy.redstone.pae-fires.list.open-solicitations@army.mil.
Notice text
For release is the Munitions Open Solicitation for Advanced and Innovative Capabilities dated March 20, 2026. PAE Fires, as one of the Army’s core modernization enterprises, is responsible for shaping, integrating, and delivering the Army’s most critical fires capabilities – today and into the future. This initiative is focused on modernizing the Army’s Organic Industrial Base by actively seeking innovative technologies to rapidly and efficiently research, develop, prototype, test, evaluate, procure, and/or field critical enabling advanced fires capabilities that address near-term and mid-term threats. This solicitation aims to provide the Army with access to innovative solutions to maintain a competitive edge over adversaries while enabling flexible business arrangements with the industrial base to implement the National Defense Strategy and Army Vision. The Army may select vendors whose solutions demonstrate the greatest potential to achieve the Army’s missions.
ACC-RSA is maximizing existing authorities by publishing this open solicitation combining any single authority or a combination of the authorities below:
- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) – Other Competitive Procedures
- FAR 35.016, Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS) 235.016 Broad Agency Announcement/DFARS 235.006-71 – Competition
- 10 U.S.C. 4021 – Research projects: transactions other than contracts and grants
- 10 U.S.C. 4022 – Authority for the Department of Defense (DoD) to carry our certain prototype projects
- 10 U.S.C. 4023 – Procurement for experimental purposes
- 10 U.S.C. 3458 – Authority to acquire innovative commercial products and commercial services using general solicitation competitive procedures/ DFARS 212.70 – Defense Commercial Solutions Opening
- Employee Stock Ownership Pilot (ESOP) Program authorized by Section 874 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, as amended by Section 872 of the NDAA for FY2024
The Munitions Open Solicitation for Advanced and Innovative Capabilities is general in nature, identifies examples areas of interest and solicits interested parties to participate and provide responses capable of satisfying the Army’s needs as outlined in the open solicitation. This open solicitation is intended to serve as a competitive procedure and satisfy competition requirements. Any amendments will uploaded as the latest conformed version with changes highlighted.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| PAE Fires MOSAIC_REV01 20260610.pdf | ||
| MOSAIC_20260320.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) Resupply Capability - Call for Solution | Solicitation | |
| This notice | Special Notice |
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