xTech|Apex Intercept
Awards up to $8 million in cash prizes for low-cost missile interceptor technology.
The competition operates under the Army's prize-competition authority (10 U.S.C. Section 4025), which lets the government treat it as a competitive down-select mechanism: finalists and winners can be pursued for follow-on awards through mechanisms such as Other Transaction Authority, prototype-project authorities, SBIR/STTR, and direct research-and-development contracts, without a separate competi…
Open to small, medium and large businesses based in the U.S. or an allied foreign country, offering low-cost interceptor technology (All-Up Rounds, seekers, solid rocket motors, or fire control/flight guidance) to counter cruise missiles and ballistic missile threats. Applicants must not be based in, funded by, or under the influence of a Foreign Country of Concern.
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