N0016425SC001 CSO

AMENDMENT 0007: The purpose of this amendment is to attach Area of Interest N0016426SCA007. Questions and Clarifications period has passed. Please see the attached AOI and link at the bottom of this page, for both the opportunity and the answers to posed questions. NOTE: When using the link please make sure that you are viewing the most current version by navigating to the top right of the SAM posting and clicke current version. This will allow you to see any updated attachments, closing dates, or details if and when they become available. Please read the below Commercial Solution Opening (CSO) IN FULL, before navigating to the AOI and responding with white papers. For submission of questions or white papers please contact : Connor Fields: connor.r.fields.civ@us.navy.mil AMENDMENT 0006: The purpose of this amendment is to attach an Area of Interest MKLD. N0016426SCA005 questions are due by May 27, 2026 @5pm. Proposal submissions are due by June 01, 2026 @5pm. For submission of questions or white papers please contact : Kaden Pfender kaden.m.pfender.civ@us.navy.mil Link to Posting: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/136bcfef5e3a4d84a601a436ebba9581/view AMENDMENT 0005: The purpose of this amendment is to attach an Area of Interest for HiCAR. N0016426SCA004 questions are due by June 02, 2026 @5pm. Proposal submissions are due by June 12, 2026 @ 2pm EDT. For submission of questions or white papers please contact : Bradly McLaughlin bradly.k.mclaughlin.civ@us.navy.mil Link to Posting: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5c94ef3e33114377a7aae82004ebded7/view AMENDMENT 0004: The purpose of this amendment is to extend due date for proposal submissions in response to Area of Interest N0016426SCA003 released in Amendment 00003. Proposal submission due date is extended from January 9th, 2026 to January 14, 2026 @5pm. For submission of white papers please contact : Bradly McLaughlin bradly.k.mclaughlin.civ@us.navy.mil No other changes are made at this time AMENDMENT 0003: The purpose of this amendment is to attach an Area of Interest. N0016426SCA003 are due by January 5, 2026 @5pm. Proposal submissions are due by January 9, 2026 @5pm. For submission of questions or white papers please contact : Bradly McLaughlin bradly.k.mclaughlin.civ@us.navy.mil AMENDMENT 0002: The purpose of this amendment is to attach an Area of Interest. N0016425SCA002 Q&C are due by August 6, 2025 @ 5pm. Proposal submissions are due by August 13, 2025 @ 5pm. AMENDMENT 0001: The purpose of this amendment is to extend the closing date to July 3, 2025 and add an Area of Interest N0016425SCA001 Miniature Aiming System (MAS) Machine Gun Optic (MGO) attachment. ORIGINAL POSTING: Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) N00164-25-S-C001 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC, Crane) The procedures outlined in this CSO apply to Areas of Interest posted under N00164-25-S-C001 OBJECTIVE: this announcement is intended to enable the rapid selection of innovative commercial solutions through a three-phased, competitive process. Including commercially-available technologies fueled by commercial or strategic investment, concept demonstrations, pilots, and agile development activities that can incrementally improve commercial technologies, existing Government-owned capabilities, or concepts for defense application. SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and Authority NSWC Crane s mission is to deliver innovative solutions and readiness to the Nation and its Warfighters through application of Technical Capabilities; advance all-domain system of systems within the Mission Areas of Expeditionary Warfare, Strategic Missions, and Electromagnetic Warfare; conduct science and technology, research, development, test and evaluation, acquisition and in-service engineering across the Defense lifecycles. To achieve these mission imperatives, NSWC Crane regularly partners with private industry using a variety of collaborative tools in order to streamline the incorporation of innovative technology into the products and services delivered to the Warfighter. To accelerate the adoption of advanced technology, curate solutions to technology gaps, and lead rapid prototyping NSWC Crane issues this Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3458 for the acquisition of innovative commercial products or commercial services through the use of a general solicitation. In this context Innovative means Any technology, process, or method, including research and development, that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal; or Any application that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal of a technology, process, or method existing as of such date. NSWC Crane is seeking innovative commercial solutions relevant to the following areas of technological exploration: Expeditionary Warfare Guided by the National Defense Strategy, NSWC Crane recognizes the priorities and threats shifted to the Pacific. NSWC Crane s efforts must counter the multi-domain threats and deter aggression posed in the Indo-Pacific region. This reinforces the need of a Joint Force that is even more lethal, resilient, agile and responsive. Autonomous solutions with a focus on payload and sensor integration to enhance detection, tracking, identifying, decision making, maneuver and kinetic/non-kinetic engagement capabilities for multi-domain, uncrewed and counter-crewed systems are a strategic priority. Expeditionary Warfare Development s heritage has been and continues to focus on rapid prototyping and proven solutions supporting the evolving needs of the Expeditionary force. Strategic Missions As the Navy s primary organic field activity for full life cycle management including hardware, ordnance and power systems, NSWC Crane applies the distinct capabilities inherent to its people and facilities to assure 100% operational readiness of strategic missile systems. Fleet Readiness and Modernization and Hypersonics are a top priority of the Navy and DoD. These strategic priorities require collaboration between the Navy, Air Force, and Missile Defense Agency to align appropriate requirements, technology development, rapid prototyping, production, sustainment and protection activities of ballistic missile systems to enable affordability, advance technology and reduce program risks to modernize the nuclear enterprise to defeat emerging threats worldwide. Electromagnetic Warfare NSWC Crane s Spectrum Warfare Department is the largest concentration of Electronic Warfare experts in the DoD. NSWC Crane provides non-kinetic expertise and electromagnetic spectrum dominance to all the services. Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) is a strategic priority due to the increasingly congested, contested and constrained environments. NSWC Crane supports multidomain integrated solutions through multispectral capabilities utilizing technology development, rapid prototyping, production and sustainment. Pursuant to DFARS 212.7002, NSWC Crane will only use this CSO to obtain innovative solutions or potential capabilities that fulfill requirements and to close capability gaps, or provide potential innovative technological advancements. All products and services acquired using this CSO will be treated as commercial products or commercial services, awarded on a fixed-price basis. In accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 206.10270, this announcement is a competitive selection of proposals based on a review by scientific, technological, or other subject-matter expert peers and is a competitive procedure. As a result of the competitive processes used under this CSO Announcement, multiple awards may be executed. The methods utilized to execute awards include: FARbased contract, Purchase Order, Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), and/or Bailment Agreement. Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 4022, NSWC Crane may award an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to vendors to carry out prototype project(s) directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness of personnel of the Department of Defense or improving platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense, or to improvement of platforms, systems, components, or materials in use by the armed forces. Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 4023, NSWC Crane may procure (by contract or otherwise) ordnance, signal, chemical activity, transportation, energy, medical, space-flight, telecommunications, and aeronautical supplies, including parts and accessories, and designs thereof, that the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary concerned considers necessary for experimental or test purposes in the development of the best supplies that are needed for the national defense. 1.2 General Solicitation and Evaluation Procedures NSWC Crane s CSO is soliciting Solution Briefs in response to individual Areas of Interest (AOIs). AOIs are focused topic(s) categories that will be published separately and…