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"U.S. Army xTech Edge Strike Ground Competition for Autonomous Ground Systems and Launched Effects" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
xTech Edge Strike: Ground is the Army FUZE xTech program's push to find deployable autonomous ground systems and launched effects, run with U.S. Army Europe and Africa and the Global Tactical Edge Directorate.
The defining requirement is maturity, not novelty: submissions must be at technology readiness level 6 or higher, which rules out most university autonomy research and targets companies with hardware that already works in a relevant environment.
Target capabilities are threat detection, identification and tracking, precision fires delivery, emplacing defenses, carrying supplies, and casualty evacuation - all framed around minimizing soldier exposure. The competition runs in two parts against a USD 2,000,000 pool: up to 15 Part One winners at USD 25,000 each, then up to 5 Part Two winners at up to USD 275,000 each with remaining finalists receiving USD 25,000.
Concept white papers were accepted from 19 December 2025 to 7 January 2026, with a live experimentation event in March 2026 at Grafenwöhr, Germany. Two structural details matter for planning. First, the competition is open to international as well as domestic firms, which is unusual for Army AI funding, but it requires a CAGE or NATO CAGE code - a registration that takes weeks and has sunk more than one otherwise-qualified submission.
Second, the evaluation is a live field experiment in Europe, so travel, shipping and field-support costs fall on the participant and are not covered by the prize.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to for-profit and nonprofit organizations, both domestic and international. Applicants must obtain a CAGE code or NATO CAGE code, which should be started well ahead of the deadline. U.S. and foreign government entities are ineligible, as are entities employing federal employees acting within the scope of their employment or holding existing government contracts for substantially similar capabilities. Submissions must be at technology readiness level 6 or higher and address autonomous ground systems or launched effects that detect, identify and track threats, deliver precision fires, emplace defenses, carry supplies or evacuate casualties. The application is a four-page concept white paper plus a five-minute pre-recorded video submitted through xtech.army.mil. The concept white paper window ran 19 December 2025 to 7 January 2026, with a live experimentation event in March 2026 in Grafenwöhr, Germany. Total prize pool is USD 2,000,000: up to 15 Part One winners at USD 25,000 each and up to 5 Part Two winners at up to USD 275,000 each, with remaining finalists at USD 25,000. Prizes are cash awards, not contracts. Travel, shipping and field support for the European experimentation event are the participant's responsibility. Contact is usarmy.xtech@army.mil. This window has closed; verify future competition rules at xtech.army.mil. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows the xTech Edge Strike Ground competition carries a total cash prize pool of USD 2,000,000. Part One awards up to 15 winners USD 25,000 each. Part Two awards up to 5 winners up to USD 275,000 each, with remaining finalists receiving USD 25,000. amount_min of 25,000 is the Part One prize and amount_max of 275,000 is the Part Two ceiling. These are cash prizes rather than contracts; participants also bear the cost of shipping and operating hardware at the live experimentation event in Germany, which is a material unreimbursed expense for a hardware autonomy team. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was January 7, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
U.S. Army xTech Edge Strike Ground Competition for Autonomous Ground Systems and Launched Effects is funded by U.S. Army FUZE xTech Program, in partnership with U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) and the Global Tactical Edge Directorate (G-TEAD). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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