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Army wants light CAML launcher with Australia, Breaking Defense reports

The Army plans to involve multiple vendors in the light variant, with early selections targeted for March to April, Breaking Defense reports.

The Army is looking to add a light variant to its Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML) program in partnership with the Australian military, Breaking Defense reported. The service had previously sought medium and heavy variants.1

Army is looking to expand CAML by adding a third, light variant

Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML)

light variantmore than one vendorplanned

Lozano emphasized that there will be more than one vendor working on the light variant

medium variantmodular acquisition strategyplanned

Georgia Tech will lead the integration of the autonomous mobility platform and the modular munitions pallets

Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fires

Reported by Breaking Defense, Sept. 1 and Oct. 15, 2026. As of Oct. 15, 2026.

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More than one vendor would work on the light variant, Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, the Army’s Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fires, said at the Association of the United States Army conference Oct. 14. Lozano said he had been asked to run a CAML-light sprint with the Australians to help them meet some of their capability requirements, but did not detail the Australian military’s role.1

Lozano said a request for information would come in the near future, with early selections targeted for March to April. Those selections could lead to a potential live-fire demonstration in June or July, followed later by a downselect.1

For the medium variant, the Army awarded Georgia Tech Research Institute up to $33.4 million to serve as lead weapons systems integrator, Breaking Defense reported. Lozano said awards for a munitions pallet provider and an autonomous platform provider should follow within 30 days of his remarks. For the heavy launcher, he said his office was beginning to consider the 2028–2029 timeframe.1

Lozano said committing entirely to one vendor creates a sole-source environment and a manufacturing constraint, Breaking Defense reported.1 The medium program already uses a modular acquisition strategy, with Georgia Tech leading integration of the autonomous mobility platform and modular munitions pallets, the outlet reported.2

Sources (2)
  1. Breaking Defense, “Army looks to add third CAML system, Lozano says” (Oct. 15, 2026) breakingdefense.com
  2. Breaking Defense, “Army awards Georgia Tech $33M to be lead weapons integrator for CAML program” (Sept. 1, 2026) breakingdefense.com
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Contracts · Cyber infrastructure

DISA seeks cloud identity and access prototype for Department of War

Responses are due Nov. 30 for a commercial identity-management prototype. It would operate across IL5 and IL6 environments.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking a commercial, cloud-hosted identity and access management prototype to modernize the Department of War’s legacy identity infrastructure.1

DISA seeks solutions to prototype a Next Generation E-ICAM capability

Enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (E-ICAM)

modernize legacy identity infrastructuremodular, cloud-hostedplanned

This effort will modernize legacy identity infrastructure with a modular, cloud-hosted commercial off-the-shelf/software-as-a-service solution operating across IL5 and IL6 environments.

The prototype must address the Federated Identity Provider, Automated Account Provisioning, Master Entitlement Record, and Federation Hub core capabilities.

Response deadline is Nov. 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. America/Chicago (Monday)

Source: SAM.gov. As of Nov. 7, 2026.

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DISA is seeking the capability through a prototype Other Transaction opportunity linked to its competitive Commercial Solutions Opening.1–3

The Next Generation Enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (E-ICAM) effort calls for a modular commercial off-the-shelf or software-as-a-service solution. The solution would operate across Impact Level 5 (IL5) and Impact Level 6 (IL6) environments. The prototype must address four core capabilities: Federated Identity Provider, Automated Account Provisioning, Master Entitlement Record and Federation Hub.1

Responses to the Area of Interest are due Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. Central.1

DISA’s Commercial Solutions Opening and any Other Transactions awarded through it are not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation or its supplements.3

Sources (3)
  1. SAM.gov notice record sam.gov
  2. SAM.gov notice history sam.gov
  3. SAM.gov: DISA Commercial Solutions Opening (HC108425S0001) sam.gov
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Contracts · Space

Viasat wins contract for Space Data Network’s mission operations hub

The award includes a $115 million initial task order to design, field and scale the center, under a contract with a $450 million ceiling.

Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Viasat a competitive indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Space Data Network Backbone’s Mission Operations Center, the command announced Nov. 5, 2026. The contract carries a $450 million maximum ceiling and a $115 million initial task order to design, field and scale the center.1

Viasat, Inc. will serve as the network and mission system integration partner

Mission Operations Center (MOC) for the Space Data Network Backbone

maximum ceiling$450 millionactual

contract to Viasat, Inc., with a maximum ceiling of $450 million

initial task order$115 millionactual

to design, field, and scale the MOC

Source: Space Systems Command, Nov. 5, 2026

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Viasat will serve as the network and mission system integration partner as SSC expands its open-architecture ecosystem across multiple space-segment providers. SSC plans to bring mission integration, network operations and data transport management together through the center.1

The effort builds on the multi-vendor acquisition strategy demonstrated in the Space-Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio’s earlier Delivery Order 2 and Delivery Order 3 work. That work involved Amazon LEO for Government, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space Systems.1

Breaking Defense reported that the center will serve as the network orchestration hub for the backbone, a low Earth orbit constellation being built by SpaceX. The network’s near-term focus will be supporting the Golden Dome missile defense initiative, the outlet reported.2

DefenseScoop reported that earlier this year the Department of War awarded SpaceX a $2.3 billion contract to deliver a fully operational backbone prototype by the end of 2027.3

The center is intended to integrate mission systems across multiple constellations and providers.1 Breaking Defense described network orchestration as autonomously shifting data among satellite constellations and ground stations when congestion or jamming slows transmission.2

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  1. SSC release, Nov. 5, 2026 www.ssc.spaceforce.mil
  2. Breaking Defense breakingdefense.com
  3. DefenseScoop defensescoop.com
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