Summary
The Department of War, in partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, is preparing to release a commercial opportunity focused on development and demonstration of advanced next generation hypersonic capabilities. This effort will explore innovative approaches supporting integration, maturation, and demonstration of prototype hypersonic systems, with key areas of interest including hypersonic system integration, payload/booster/mission systems integration, modular and scalable architectures, prototype development/testing/flight demonstration, advanced manufacturing, and technical solutions supporting system maturation. Resulting awards will be issued under the S²MARTS Other Transaction Authority (OTA) managed by NSTXL, with prototype development period of performance finalized following release of the Request for Solutions (RFS).