Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) CTA is sponsored by Department of Defense (DoD) - Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane. While not a traditional grant, S2MARTS is a Consortium that facilitates prototyping and production for advanced technologies, including those related to strategic missions and trusted systems.

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S²MARTS ashleyparker 2026-03-19T11:26:36-07:00 Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S ² MARTS) S²MARTS is the DoW’s premier rapid OT contracting vehicle for flexible acquisition in trusted microelectronics, strategic & spectrum missions, and other critical mission areas.

U.S. leadership in strategic missions, electronic warfare, and advanced microelectronics is critical to national defense and economic resilience. Losing our edge would weaken the nation’s ability to deter adversaries, respond to threats, and sustain industrial strength.

To confront these challenges, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and the Department of War established the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S²MARTS) Other Transaction Authority (OTA).

This flexible acquisition vehicle accelerates access to state-of-the-art EMS technologies, trusted microelectronics, radiation-hardened systems, and strategic hardware by engaging a broader base of commercial innovators. Through S²MARTS, the DoW can quickly adapt to evolving threats with advanced, resilient, and trusted solutions.

From bringing microelectronics to U.S. soil to enabling hypersonics testing capabilities, the S²MARTS OTA is reimagining what’s possible. The S²MARTS team offers unmatched service with 24/7 member support, project success, networking events, teaming opportunities such as Innovator NETWORX and Industry Days, and much more.

OTAs enable flexible teaming and rapid prototyping, allowing government and Industry to research, prototype, test, and scale solutions faster while reducing risk. S²MARTS creates pathways for non-traditional vendors and small businesses to participate in national defense projects. By combining research and prototyping efforts, S²MARTS accelerates the development of next-generation technologies.

S²MARTS fosters collaboration across government, industry, and academia to rapidly deliver innovative, cost-effective defense capabilities. Case Study: How MACH-TB is Transforming Hypersonic Testing to Equip the Warfighter of Tomorrow MACH-TB’s mission is to increase the testing speed for commercially available hypersonic systems.

The program, in partnership with the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC), called for the creation of an experimental glide body to validate the performance of hypersonic glide body components. The MACH-TB 2. 0 agreement, led by Kratos SRE, aims to transition the precursor MACH TB 1.

0 test bed from design and concept demonstration to full-flight test capacity by FY25. Awarded and completed in 2022 by Dynetics, Inc. 25 flight tests in Phase 1 $2B+ total obligated funding 200+ MACH-TB 2. 0 Industry Day attendees Strategic Superiority Starts with American Innovation S²MARTS fuels the nation’s defense advantage by accelerating access to next-generation technologies.

By uniting government, industry, and academia, S²MARTS ensures American innovation leads the way in securing strategic dominance across the electromagnetic spectrum and beyond. Development, demonstration, and exploitation of technologies, algorithms, and methods that expand the ability for innovative design, manufacturing, and assessment.

Development, application, and integration of technologies that enhance spectrum dominance, enable resilient communications, and disrupt or deny adversary capabilities. Public/private co-development of system-on-chip (SoC) that gives 1000x performance improvement for DoW and commercial applications.

Development, testing, and integration of technologies, materials, and methods that advance high-speed flight, enable resilient system design, and improve performance in extreme environments. Development, demonstration, and exploitation of technologies, algorithms, and methods that expand the ability and improve microelectronics test and verification. See the full list of technology areas that we support.

Powered by NSTXL, Built for Mission Success S²MARTS is managed by National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), a proven OTA consortium leader driving innovation, speed, and impact across the national security space. Interested in becoming a member? Connect With a Contracting Expert Mission Engineering Is Becoming the Bottleneck.

DoW’s New Mission Engineering Automation Testbed Aims to Fix That As the Department of War (DoW) confronts growing complexity across joint, multi-domain operations, mission engineering has emerged as a critical… S²MARTS OTA Partners with JHTO to Advance Next-Gen Hypersonics The Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), in partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, has awarded six Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) to six organizations that will support the JHTO Science & Technology… MACH-TB 2.

0 Program Award to Explore Reusable & Recoverable Hypersonics Testing The Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) have announced the award of a Task Area 3 under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability… S 2 MARTS hires the best from the commercial and government workplaces to provide clients and members with the tools necessary to thrive.

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