NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE TRIDENT SPECTRE 25

A. INTRODUCTION: Trident Spectre Exercise

This Request for Information (RFI) is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit technology experimentation candidates from Research and Development (R&D) organizations, private industry, and academia for inclusion in the Trident Spectre 2025. This exercise is coordinated by Naval Special Warfare Group 8 (NSWG-8) and will be conducted from 31 March – 11 April 2025.  Trident Spectre is an annual government exercise that focuses on multi-agency collaboration and integration of operations, intelligence, and technology to share best practices, identify innovative technology, and improve tactical intelligence to meet current and future special operations intelligence technology challenges. 

NSWG-8 invites industry, academia, individuals, and Government labs to submit technology experimentation nominations addressing innovative technologies specified by NSWG-8. The intent is to provide participants with the opportunity to gain Special Operations Forces (SOF) insight/perspective and assessments by independent organizations on their particular technologies. Trident Spectre will explore emerging technologies, technical applications, and their potential to provide solutions for future NSW capabilities.

Trident Spectre is the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Innovation Proving Ground. Our core objective is the assessment of critical innovations that enable Special Operations Forces and our partners in the Defense and Intelligence communities to operate in a contested maritime domain. An area of interest are solutions that enable undersea data mesh network enabling near real time data collection and dissemination.

NSWC may determine that a Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) and/or other Broad Agency type Announcement may be necessary for this exercise.  In this event, the RFI announcement will be amended with such language and submissions received through the Vulcan submission site may be eligible for awards.

B. TS 25 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Technology experimentation nominations shall be submitted electronically by creating a Scout Card in the Vulcan system at: vulcan-sof.com by the respective open submission deadline (01 August – 30 August 2024). During Open submissions Scout Cards should be created and adhere to the submission guidance posted in Vulcan by clicking on the submit a project button located on the TRIDENT SPECTRE 25 scrolling banner. During this phase capability providers can submit without the required Government sponsorship. This allows for an early exposure of novel capabilities to Government Stakeholders the opportunity to identify or be identified by government sponsors for potential nomination. The Vulcan system is best accessed by using Firefox or Google Chrome browsers. Vendor technology experiments with distinctly different uses or applications should submit a separate Scout card per technology application. USSOCOM personnel will review submissions to determine whether an experiment submission will be accepted for invitation to attend the TRIDENT SPECTRE event.