Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX II) Ship Electromagnetic Acquisition System (SEAS) Prototype Project

On 13 March 2025, in accordance with 10 U.S. Code § 4022, the Army Contracting Command – Orlando has awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) via the Training and Readiness Accelerator II (TReX II) for the Ship Electromagnetic Acquisition System (SEAS) Prototype Project.

A Request for Solutions for RED-045 Nuclear Environments Test (NET)_Threat-Induced Effects (TIE)_03 - T&E G Data Acquisition and processing System (DAS) to support the Navy’s future Low-Level Continuous Wave Illumination (LLCWI) ship demonstration was issued to the TReX II consortium on 12 January 2024, which resulted in the submittal of 2 total responses. As a result of the competition, the prototype project was awarded to Advanced Technology International, Inc. (ATI) as the managing prime to XL Scientific, LLC; doing business as (DBA) Verus Research located in Albuquerque, NM. The total value of this prototype project, if all milestones and options are exercised, is $6,650,798.00.

The Director of the DoD Test Resources Management Center (TRMC) actively supports the 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) with special emphasis on the Undersecretary of Defense Research and Engineering (USD R&E) modernization priorities. The TRMC serves as the DoD’s steward for both test capabilities and test infrastructure required across the DoD’s test ranges and for facilities operated by the DoD components. The Performer shall perform the science and technology development necessary to produce a prototype Ship Electromagnetic Acquisition System (SEAS). This capability is needed to support assessment of the survivability of ships to nuclear threat induced environments, specifically electromagnetic pulse (EMP). The Performer shall develop and integrate data acquisition hardware and software suitable for low level continuous wave illumination (LLCWI) and high-level direct-drive pulses for EMP survivability assessments. The proposed system will enable measurements over a distributed area on-board a ship. The software will enable control of the data acquisition from a test center and employ modular open systems architecture techniques.

Upon successful completion of this prototype effort, the Government anticipates that a follow-on production effort may be awarded via either contract or transaction, without the use of competitive procedures if the participants in this transaction successfully complete the prototype project as awarded. Successful completion will occur when the prototypes have been validated and are accepted by the Government. Further, the government reserves the right to determine part, or all of the prototype project is successfully completed if the vendor shows a particularly favorable or unexpected result justifying the transition to production.

Note: Should the selected vendor fail to demonstrate progress or be unsuccessful in the accomplishment of the goals of this prototyping effort, the Government reserves the right to return to the results of this competition and award additional Other Transaction Agreements to one or more of the vendors that responded to the initial Request for Solutions, as appropriate within the scope and evaluated results of the competition.