120mm Mortar Training Sytem
This notice seeks prototype solutions for a 120mm mortar training system for Army vehicles, funded through the TREX II consortium to improve military readiness and training realism.
⚑ Special Notice references a TREX II Request for Solutions issued by Advanced Technology International (consortium-based acquisition). · Primary purpose is prototype development/demonstration for military training, not research. · Applicant restrictions noted as federal contract; direct eligibility for universities is not explicit in the notice.
This is a military hardware/training-device procurement for mortar systems, centered on technical development of a weapon-training platform rather than social science, public opinion, risk perception, or policy evaluation. IPPRA’s defense-related work is on threat perception and security attitudes, not DoD prototype engineering or weapons training systems.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-10-20
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 45 partial | technical depth: central; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topic: national_security_defense (primary); social/behavioral work is minor; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); university can only partner, not lead; capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 30 weak | prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
This Special Notice is to advise intrested memeber of the Training and Readiness Accelerator II (TREX II), as well as other intrested members within the U.S technology base, that a Request for Solutions (RFS) has been issued by Advanced Technology International (ATI) to develop a training device of the 120mm Mortar Training Sytem. The purpose the Training Readiness and Aceelerator (TREX II) is to spur innovative development, demonstration, and expedited delivery of prototypes to increase Warefighter readiness via modeling, simulation, education/ training, expermental validation, and miltary readiness focued projects. A constorium has been establised to develop prototypes presonnel and the support the platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) or to improvement of platforms, systems, components of materials in use by the Armed Forces. Link for TREX II- https://www/trexii.org/ Objectives:STE LTS is seeking a training system for 120mm mortars in both the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) and Stryker M1129 Mortar Carrier that: 1. Mortar crews can install and de-install. 2. Time to install and de-install is less than five minutes each. 3. Allows the use of a training round between 25 and 35 pounds. 4. Does not pose a safety hazard to the crew. 5. Allows adjust fire and multi fire for effect replication. A 120mm mortar has a maximum rate of fire of 16 rounds a minute.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Special Notice. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY / W6QK ACC-APG-ORLANDO.
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