Project Sentinel: Joint-Service Offline Two-Person Integrity (J-SOTPI) for Tactical Systems
NIWC (Naval Information Warfare) · NIWC ATLANTIC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 26-A008 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 5, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
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What the notice says
In highly contested Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) environments, tactical systems cannot rely on external network reach-back or cellular signatures for authentication. Project Sentinel will validate an enterprise-grade software capability that enforces concurrent, hardware-validated dual-operator controls locally�ensuring that critical, single-point-of-failure actions cannot be executed single-handedly in disconnected space. The Department of the Navy requires a prototype to demonstrate and validate an enterprise-level software capability for Two-Person Integrity (TPI) combined w… (show all)
ith Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Privileged Access Management (PAM) within highly isolated, disconnected, and heterogeneous operational networks across Joint Force environments. We seek to prototype and scale a unified, non-cellular-reliant dual-authorization mechanisms to safeguard privileged functions�such as critical data deletion, privilege escalation, and network configuration changes�across diverse target systems (Windows, Linux, hypervisors, and network hardware). This effort seeks to evaluate a minimum viable product that enforces concurrent dual-operator authentication using dedicated physical hardware components (such as physical cryptographic tokens or smart cards, excluding mobile devices) in disconnected environments, ensuring critical system changes cannot be executed single-handedly. To ensure long-term supportability and integration, the technical response must explicitly define the physical hardware components required to support the solution, as well as the specific operating system and hypervisor versions supported (including legacy and modern Windows, Linux, VMware/vSphere, and Hyper-V distributions). Success will be measured by a 100% enforcement rate of concurrent, multi-factor dual-approvals under simulated disconnected-state operations, zero dependency on commercial cellular/internet networks, and documented cross-platform compatibility across all specified target systems.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NIWC (Naval Information Warfare)), same NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $7.3M to $33.4M, median $7.5M; range $7.1M to $59.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESCIENT EDGE CORPORATION | 1 | $59.3M | May 4, 2026 |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC · $BAH · $10.7B | 1 | $7.5M | Sep 24, 2026 |
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1 | $7.1M | Sep 24, 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.
- $BAH reported $10.7B revenue in FY2026. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $7.5M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 24, 2026BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$7.5MSynopsis of Task Order Award and Justification of Fair Opportunity Exception
- Sep 24, 2026SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION$7.1MN66001-21-D-0074_N66001-25-F-0984
- May 4, 2026PRESCIENT EDGE CORPORATION$59.3MAward Notice
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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 Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $76K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 1 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 1 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.
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