Take on the spectrum challenges shaping operations on the Eastern Flank. G-TEAD USAREUR-AF ACE 27-01: Spectrum Enabled Warfare powered by xTech is seeking mature capabilities to help Soldiers sense, exploit, attack, and protect across contested electromagnetic and connected cyberspace. Concept white papers will be due by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 30, 2026. Full Accelerated Capability Event (ACE) details and application link will be posted here soon. Get ready to put your technology to the test. 

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The U.S. Army is seeking innovative electromagnetic spectrum operations solutions from eligible small businesses across the globe through the G-TEAD USAREUR-AF ACE 27-02 Spectrum Enabled Warfare powered by xTech. This platform offers participants the opportunity to engage with the U.S. Department of War (DoW), earn prize money and submit a proposal for follow on contract opportunities.   

The Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD), in partnership with the U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) and powered by xTech, is executing the G-TEAD USAREUR-AF ACE 27-02 Spectrum Enabled Warfare powered by xTech competition as part of the G-TEAD Accelerated Capability Event (ACE) series.  

This initiative supports the U.S. Army’s broader effort to (1) identify and understand the spectrum of ‘world-class’ technologies being developed commercially that benefit the U.S. military; (2) integrate non-traditional innovators into the U.S. DoW Science and Technology (S&T) ecosystem; (3) provide expertise and feedback to accelerate, mature, and transition technologies to support operational forces; and (4) deliver attritable, scalable capabilities. 

The G-TEAD USAREUR-AF competition will consist of three (3) phases:  

(1) Application, including the following:  

• • Four (4)-page white paper; 
  • Required five (5)-minute video; 
  • Self-certification of minimum requirements; and
  • Information on prior demonstrations with DoW or allied/partner nations

(2) Soldier exercise; and 

(3) Opportunity to submit follow-on contract proposal. 

Problem Statement 

The operational challenge on the Eastern Flank is the enablement of U.S. Army forces, operating within a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and joint coalition framework, to sense, understand, exploit, attack, and protect across a contested electromagnetic environment and connected cyberspace. To deter peer aggression and preserve freedom of maneuver, V Corps must protect tactical command and control networks while delivering synchronized, non-lethal and lethal effects at depth against adversary command, control, communications, and targeting architectures. 

Gaining and maintaining spectrum superiority against dense anti-access / area denial systems requires a modular, coalition-interoperable architecture that operates in congested radio frequency (RF) environments, executes multi-echelon precision effects, and hardens friendly formations against persistent electromagnetic and cyber disruption during competition, crisis, and conflict. The Army requires capabilities that are scalable, upgradeable, intuitive for Soldiers across military occupational specialties, and maintainable at the tactical edge without routine reliance on field service representatives for minor repairs or adjustments.