Prototype OTA for XVIII Airborne Corps 5G Center of Gravity Testbed
Army · 0419 AQ HQ CONTRACTING SUP
No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation W51H72-26-9-A001 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 18, 2026 · this noticeAward NoticeDELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P Round Rock TX 78682 USA · $14.9M
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What the notice says
The 419th Contracting Support Brigade, on behalf of the XVIII Airborne Corps, has awarded a sole-source Prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the authority of 10 U.S.C. � 4022 to Dell Federal Systems L.P. and its primary partner, T-Mobile USA, Inc. The purpose of this Prototype OTA is to establish an experimental, secure, and resilient 100-square-mile 5G Center of Gravity Testbed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This research and development effort will integrate proprietary commercial carrier capabilities (T-Mobile's 5G Standalone Core) with a highly secure, experimental Private Lan… (show all)
d Mobile Network (PLMN) utilizing Dell tactical edge-compute infrastructure. The prototype focuses on validating the operational feasibility of 5G technology-as-a-service (TaaS) to support advanced mission applications for the Immediate Reaction Force (IRF), including Counter-UAS (C-UAS), real-time ISR video feeds via mandatory network slicing, and secure logistical tracking. This award was executed as a sole-source action to leverage over $31.9 million in prior joint public-private investment made under a six-year USSOCOM Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), thereby avoiding substantial duplication of cost to the Government and preventing unacceptable operational schedule delays.
Who won similar work
199 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Army), same NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (199): middle half $585K to $2.1M, median $1.1M; range $24K to $467.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL Summerville SC 29486 USA | 5 | $45.1M | Jan 8, 2026 |
| GSI ENVIRONMENTAL INC. | 5 | $6.0M | Aug 20, 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Urbana IL 61801 USA | 4 | $3.6M | Jun 4, 2026 |
| APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC | 4 | $3.5M | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Applied Research Associates, Inc. | 3 | $214.3M | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80521 USA | 3 | $7.6M | Oct 23, 2025 |
| FRAUNHOFER USA INC | 3 | $6.0M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY Blacksburg VA 24060 USA | 3 | $5.6M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY Des Plaines IL 60018 USA | 3 | $5.1M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Seattle WA 98195 USA | 3 | $4.2M | Sep 10, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 19, 2026OREFINE LLC$1.9MDemonstration and Validation of an Installation-Relevant Prototype System for Niobium and Tantalum RecoveryNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 14, 2026BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Provo UT 84602 USA$1.1MDemonstration of QUIETBASE: Quantitative Investigation & Evaluation Tool for Base Acoustics & Surrounding EnvironmentsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 13, 2026LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN Munchen 80539 DEU$1.1MReplacements of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Infrared Decoy FlaresNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026FRAUNHOFER USA INC$1.4M�Veridify DOME: Adding Zero-Trust Security to Microgrids�No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026THE EARTH GENOME Los Altos CA 94022 USA$78KNational Managed Aquifer Recharge Assessment Tool - Enhancement, Expansion and SustainmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.$1.1MESTCP Thermal Energy Network Feasibility StudiesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY Blacksburg VA 24060 USA$2.0MProcess-Based Models for Multi-Species Management: Incorporating Demography, Connectivity, and Species InteractionsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY Des Plaines IL 60018 USA$2.0MDigital Tools-assisted Holistic Envelope RetrofitsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2026JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.$1.4MApplication of Natural Infrastructure in Dryland Streams Flood Risk Reduction and Multi-benefit MonitoringNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2026Michigan State University East Lansing MI 48824 USA$1.1MCoupling Long-Term Endangered Butterfly and Bird Monitoring with Rare Plant Surveys and Reintroductions to Evaluate Umbrella Species Management Across DoD InstallationsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.