Request for Information (RFI): Vehicle Integrated Point Enhanced RADIAC (VIPER) - Tracked Ground Vehicles

Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground is requesting preproposals, due by 12:00 PM EST on December 10, 2026, for a Vehicle Integrated Platform Enhanced RADIAC (VIPER) non-Geiger-Muller alternative sensor prototype for tracked tactical ground vehicles, for potential award of an Other Transaction Agreement under CWMD BOTAA-24-01. The Joint Product Manager for CBRN Sensing, under the Joint Project Manager for Integrated Early Warning, issues the requirement. The Set Aside line reads "No Set-Aside Used," but award requires at least one eligibility condition under BOTAA Section III.E.1 to be met, such as nontraditional defense contractor participation, all significant participants being small businesses or nontraditional contractors, at least one-third cost sharing from non-Federal sources, or an exceptional-circumstances determination. The request is limited to tracked tactical ground vehicles; wheeled-platform and aviation-platform efforts are out of scope.

The system must provide integrated gamma dose-rate, residual-dose, and prompt-dose detection, communicate crew-exposure data to the host platform and Army mission-command systems, and approximate environmental radiation levels outside the platform. Solutions must meet MIL-STD-810H, MIL-STD-461G, and MIL-STD-464. Anticipated prototype work includes design optimization, developmental testing, cybersecurity assessment, a preliminary design review, manufacture of up to five enhanced prototypes, and training for ten Government personnel. Access to the CUI Technical Specification Summary requires DD Form 2345, a current NIST SP 800-171 assessment, CMMC Level 2 Self-Assessment evidence, and a signed CUI safeguarding statement.

Preproposals are limited to 11 pages, must reference "CWMD BOTAA-24-01 VIPER_27-TRACK," and go to Je'Neane Solomon, Kevin Rohe, and Gentian Mulla. Questions are due by 12:00 PM ET on November 23, 2026. Offerors provide rough-order-of-magnitude cost estimates, schedules with major milestones, TRL and MRL projections, relevant experience, and IP and licensing assertions. The Government may invite full proposals and may make one award, multiple awards, or no award. A successful prototype may lead to a follow-on production award without further competitive procedures, subject to completion, funding availability, and Government priorities.