Army Futures Command is seeking innovative, readily available solutions for use by the 4th Infantry Division (4ID) based in Fort Carson, Colorado beginning in early calendar year 2026. These solutions should be capable of extended experimentation with soldiers in the field and focused on at least one of the eight capability focused areas listed below. They should also be open to integration with the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) prototype ecosystem that Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, and Network (PEO-C3N) is developing over the next 18th months with 4ID.
The goal is for companies to not just demonstrate their technology’s capabilities to operate in the space between the ground to a few thousand feet above it, the Air-Ground Littoral, but also its potential interoperability with the prototype NGC2 data layer/technology stack.
Capability Focus Areas
Movement & Maneuver: Unmanned (or improved safety and security) of operations including route/mine clearance, breaching, bunker/trench clearing, emplacement/detonation of charges or mines. Obscuration of friendly formations.
Mission Command: Tools that process data and recommend COAs. Nodes or relays that extend communication capabilities. Auto-generating tools for common operating pictures.
Intelligence: Loitering capabilities and sensor networks. Real-time targeting recognition analysis/assistance. Synthesis and predictive analysis of intelligence streams.
Reconnaissance & Target Acquisition: Low signature/early warning systems. Reconnaissance capabilities forward of maneuver elements.
Fires: Drone swarm or sensor-to-soldier systems that aid in target acquisition, fire adjustment, massing of fires, and attack capabilities. Loitering systems that engage autonomously with predefined rules of engagement. Autonomous tank or infantry support platforms that provide direct fire.
Sustainment: Autonomous CASEVAC, convoy, & aerial/ground resupply capabilities. Predictive maintenance & fleet (equipment) health tools. Automation of warehouse/port operations.
Protection: Systems that augment security/defense operations, screen (hide) troop movements. Automated/Augmented tools for Counter-UAS (identification, classification, jamming, intercept, neutralization). Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) sensor/alert systems.
Information: Tools that scan for and detect network vulnerabilities. Penetration testing. Automated monitoring of disinformation and counter-narrative generation.
Responses are due 5 September 2025 by email to opencallsolutions@aal.army
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