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Marine Forces Reserve seeks small-business Maven field support

An updated sources-sought notice changes the set-aside from HUBZone to total small business and extends the response date to Oct. 30.

Marine Forces Reserve is seeking a Maven field service representative through a sources-sought notice from its Regional Contracting Office in New Orleans. The Oct. 22 update changed the notice's set-aside from HUBZone to total small business.1

Marine Forces Reserve broadens Maven field support search to total small business

Sources-sought notice M67861-27-SS-0001. Updated Oct. 22, 2026.

HUBZoneOriginal set-aside
Total small businessUpdated set-aside
Oct. 30, 2026Responses due, noon Central

Source: SAM.gov. As of Oct. 23, 2026.

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Responses are due at noon Central on Oct. 30, replacing the original Oct. 26 response date. Respondents are asked to provide a rough order of magnitude estimate and a capabilities statement. The notice lists New Orleans as the place of performance and refers to an attached performance work statement for details.1

The search follows an Oct. 16 Marine Corps message adding Marine Forces Reserve Command to the units covered by its Maven Smart System enterprise license. The message says that, effective Oct. 1, the Marine Corps is licensed for unlimited access across all applicable networks for all commands and organizations. It addresses field service representative support through a separate addendum.2

The revised notice opens the sources-sought effort to small businesses beyond the HUBZone category.1 It identifies demand for Maven field support at a command newly included in the enterprise license, although the posted description does not explicitly connect the two developments.1–2

Sources (2)
  1. SAM.gov: MAVEN FSR, sources sought M67861-27-SS-0001 (posted Oct. 19, 2026, updated Oct. 22, 2026) sam.gov
  2. Marine Corps: MARADMIN 505/26, Maven Smart System available to Marine Corps across all networks (Oct. 16, 2026) www.marines.mil
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Marine Corps expands Maven Smart System licensing beyond SIPRnet

The enterprise license now covers all applicable networks and adds Marine Forces Reserve Command. Personnel can obtain accounts only in domains they are authorized to access.

The Marine Corps has expanded its enterprise licensing for unlimited Maven Smart System (MSS) access to all applicable networks, effective Oct. 1, 2026. The change is set out in MARADMIN 505/26, dated Oct. 16.1

Marine Corps expands Maven Smart System licensing beyond SIPRnet

Enterprise license coverage, August 2025 to October 2026

August 2025Unlimited Maven Smart System access via SIPRnet (IL-6 cloud) for specified commands and organizations
1 October 2026Unlimited Maven Smart System access via all applicable networks

Assigned and attached personnel within covered commands can obtain accounts only in domains they are authorized to access.

Source: Marine Corps licensing messages, September 2025 and October 2026. As of Oct. 21, 2026.

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The Corps acquired an enterprise license for unlimited access through SIPRnet (IL-6 cloud) in August 2025 for specified commands and organizations.2 The expanded coverage adds Marine Forces Reserve Command, which the earlier guidance had left for a subsequent iteration.1–2

Commands are encouraged to designate MSS implementation leads, and an updated implementation plan will be published separately.1

Assigned and attached personnel at any echelon within covered commands can obtain MSS accounts in domains where they have authorized access. Fleet Marine Force headquarters and functional and geographic Marine Forces Command headquarters receive accounts through their associated combatant command headquarters.1

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  1. MARADMIN 505/26, Maven Smart System available to Marine Corps across all networks (Marine Corps) www.marines.mil
  2. MARADMIN, Announcement of Maven Smart System licensing for Marine Corps, Sept. 2025 (Marine Corps) www.marines.mil
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Japanese partners use Maven on Pacific mission network, Breaking Defense reports

Japanese partners are using the AI-enabled planning and targeting platform to contribute to joint strikes, a US Indo-Pacific Command official said, Breaking Defense reported.

A US Indo-Pacific Command official cited Japanese partners’ first use of the Maven Smart System as an example of partners using shared warfighting applications, Breaking Defense reported.1

Japanese partners used the Maven Smart System

PACOM Mission Network

Maven Smart Systemplanning and targetingStated scope

an artificial intelligence-enabled platform used for planning and targeting, which is embedded into the mission network

Breaking Defense describes the PACOM Mission Network, as officials called it, as a system that lets US forces and partners share data and mission planning tools securely across classification to jointly conduct operations or prosecute targets

Reported by Breaking Defense, October 30, 2026

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Maven is embedded in the PACOM Mission Network, which lets US forces and partners share data and mission planning tools securely across classification to jointly conduct operations or prosecute targets, the outlet reported.1

Brig. Gen. Michael Smith, the command’s director for command, control, communications, computers and cyber, described the Japanese use at the TechNet Indo-Pacific Conference on Oct. 29. Japanese users are contributing to joint strikes through Maven, he said. Breaking Defense did not report whether the Japanese use came during exercises or operations.1

Lt. Gen. George Rowell, the command’s deputy commander, said the mission network was used in several exercises over the past year, without specifying how many.1

Smith described 2026 as the first year all the command’s capabilities were in a multilateral environment where partners used warfighting applications and tools with US forces and shared a common operational picture, Breaking Defense reported. That shared environment still coexists with some legacy bilateral systems and networks, he said.1

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  1. Breaking Defense, “Bilateral no more: PACOM officials highlight multi-national data sharing network,” Oct. 30, 2026 breakingdefense.com
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