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Funding energy innovation that improves DoD’s operational effectiveness via targeted investments aligned with DoD’s Operational Energy Strategy

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TMaF Overview/Training

See the video from our virtual overview/training TMaF session on 17 November 2025: TMaF Video

FY26 OEPF Rankings Announcement

OEPF intends to initiate SOW negotiations starting at the top of the list and fund as many as we are able to, pending final appropriated budget.

  1. Series Hybrid TGMS/CGMS, SH TGMS/CGMS, Timothy Woodall, SOCOM
  2. OVEA Fleet Production Solution USSOCOM, OVEA USSOCOM, Michael Sroka, SOCOM
  3. KC-135 Finlet Drag Reduction Design & Development, KC-135 Finlets, Jacqueline Burns, Air Force
  4. KC-135 Engine Pylon Fairings, KC-135 EPF, Jacqueline Burns, Air Force
  5. Azure Bison, Azure Bison, Celeste Brown, Navy
  6. HELIX Maturation Project, HELIX-MAP, Nicholas Rinaldi, Army
  7. Seal Delivery Vehicle PPR Li-ion Battery, Batlatl, Kyle Crompton, Navy
  8. C-130J Finlet Drag Reduction & Structural Analysis, C-130J Finlets, Jacqueline Burns, Air Force
  9. C-17 Engine Pylon Fairings, C-17 EPF, Jacqueline Burns, Air Force
  10. Counter-UAS Enhanced Lethality Vehicles, CELV, Erich Meier, Army
  11. Joint Interagency Field Experimentation, JIFX, Nora O'Conner, Navy
  12. Dynamo Lightweight Start Cart and Generator, Dynamo, Christopher Nicolay, Air Force
  13. Light Expeditionary Energy Agile Platform+, LEEAP+, Jessica Hiraoka, USMC/ INDOPACOM
  14. Polar Batteries for Enhanced Arctic Readiness, Polar BEAR, Alexandra Karalekas, Army
  15. OE SME Dynamis Unmanned Energy (DUE), OE SME DUE, Jonathan Goebel, AFRICOM
  16. Operational Power for Autonomous Legions, OPAL, Brandon Parks, OSW
  17. Gauss High Voltage Distributed Microgrid, GAUSS, Ami Shah, Army
  18. Rapid Energy for Autonomous Arctic Drones, READ 2, Tori Sweet, NORTHCOM
  19. Compact Expeditionary Energy Arctic Box, CEEAB, Timothy Cooke, NORTHCOM
  20. Fully Burdened Costs-System Power for OE Dominance, SPCOE, Stephen Rapp, Army
  21. Hybrid Electric UUV Power System, HEUUVPS, Todd Storley, Navy
  22. Distributed Energy Provided Throughout the Seas 3., DEPTHS 3.0, Michael Wardlaw, Navy
  23. Gen3 0V Long Duty Extreme-cold Nuclear-hardened 6T, G0LDEN 6T, David Skalny, DLA
  24. Mobile Energy Storage Assessment, MESA, Kevin Brown, Army
  25. Power Immutable Secure Control System, PISCeS, Douglas Brown, CENTCOM
  26. Li-S Specific Energy Improvements 1, LISS1, Timothy Locke, Space Force
  27. Solar Power Inspection Test Terrestrial/Array, SPITTA, Susie LaCava, Space Force
  28. AIAA S-112 Space Qual Combined Effects Chamber, ASQEC, Susie Lacava, Space Force

FY26 OECIF Rankings Announcement

OECIF intends to initiate SOW negotiations starting at the top of the list and fund as many as we are able to, pending final appropriated budget.

  1. Aviation Electrical Power Management Capability, AEPMC, Frank Bohn, Army
  2. Special Access Program investment, P&E SAPCO
  3. Onyx Bison, Onyx Bison, Sean Bagnall, Navy
  4. Scalable Wireless Autonomous Recharging Matrix, SWARM, Patrick Ford, Air Force
  5. Aviation Universal Charger, AUC, Lloyd Zilch, Navy
  6. RESUPPLY: Robotic Expansion and Supply, RESUPPLY, Alexandra Schroer, Space Force
  7. Operational Energy Data Layer, Aero Club, Thomas Johnson, Marine Corps
  8. OE in Austere Environments Media Feed, OE Pod/Seminar, Michael Davis, Marine Corps
  9. Experimental CUAS Interdiction with Tx Energy, XCITE, Patrick Ford, Air Force
  10. Adaptable Battery-Hazard Mitigation System, Battery Shield, Roland Rosario, Navy
  11. Space Wireless Optical On-demand Power 2, SWOOP 2, Christopher McKinney, Navy
  12. Lumberjack, Lumberjack, Patrick Ford, Air Force
  13. Warfighter Anti-Aerial Defense, WAAD (collaborate with DEEVBPE), Erich Meier, Army
  14. Defended Unifying Grid Interconnection Node, DUG-IN, Melanie Johnson, Navy
  15. Magnetically Geared Actuators for Space Readiness, FluxSense, Brian Roberts, Other DoD
  16. Classified Proposal, ARMOR BEARER, Christopher Rodenbeck, INDOPACOM
  17. Tactical Edge Robotic Energy Resupply for UxS, Volthound, Dustin Nottage, EUCOM
  18. Hybrid Yield Diesel-Electric Resilient ALPV, HYDRA, Sanjay Malkani, SOUTHCOM
  19. Tactical High-Voltage Energy System, THVES, Jessica Hiraoka, INDOPACOM
  20. Battery Transformation for the THeMIS UGV, BaTH, Timothy Cooke, N&NC
  21. Exploiting Host Nation Power in Remote Location, ExHNP, Thomas Bozada, Army
  22. Grid Informed Vigilance for Homeland Defense, GRID-VIGIL-HD, Arthur Rubio, Marine Corps
  23. Directed Energy/Electric Vehicle Battery Prototype, DEEVBPE, Christopher Hacker, Navy
  24. Air BEaming via Novel Distribution Energized Relay, AirBENDER, Douglas Brown, CENTCOM
  25. PitStop, PitStop, Terence Rose, Army
  26. High Efficiency SOFC/TG Electric Propulsion/Power, MORFEUS, Dr. Joseph Fellner, Air Force
  27. Optimized laser power Receivers from Cell to Array, ORCA 2, Ryan France, Other DoD
  28. Mission-Ready Data Center Optimization, DROP, Joseph Augustine, OSD
  29. ProtoMBESS, ProtoMBESS, Marissa Brand, Navy
  30. Power & Info Transfer for Surv/Strike Ops Platfrms, PIT STOP, Sanjay Malkani, SOUTHCOM
  31. Space Power for Agile Resilient Combat, SPARC 3, Myles Steiner, Other DoD
  32. Volume III-V Arrays for Space Solar, VIVAS, Jacob Cordell, other DoD
  33. Harnessing Agentic AI for Resilient Power, HAARP, Sarwat Chappell, Navy
  34. Synthetic Training Environment Energy Logistics, STEEL, Christopher McGroarty, Army
  35. Space Capacity gAin with Low-signature Energy, SCALE-PV, Alex Grede, Space Force
  36. ZERO TRUST OE Energy System for Mission Success, ZENTRUM, Douglas Brown, CENTCOM
  37. Solar Array Protection, SAP, Susie Lacava, Space Force
  38. SLEGO Smart Connector, Space Lego, Timothy Locke, Space Force

FY26 Proposal Evaluation UPDATE

  1. OECIF Proposal Evaluation Board (PEB) scheduled 21-24 October 2025 is cancelled
  2. OEPF PEB scheduled 27-30 October 2025 IS CANCELLED.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown and the resulting furlough of critical personnel, the OECIF PEB (21-24 October 2025) and the OEPF PEB (27-30 October 2025) are canceled. OECIF and OEPF Project selections will be made by the Operational Energy – Innovation (OE-I) Director based on consideration from the Service Energy Offices, SAFiRE scoring, and OE-I portfolio lead and tranche lead input.

This alternative approach represents the most effective strategy to maintain forward momentum under these unique circumstances. Executing timely decisions on project selections will allow us to meet our collective goals of rapidly delivering cutting-edge OE-I innovations to the Warfighter. Your designated OE-I Point of Contact (Portfolio Lead or Tranche Lead) will provide updated guidance and information as it becomes available. We are committed to communicating proactively and transparently throughout this period. Please note however, the overall timeline for the proposal evaluation remains uncertain and is contingent on the resolution of the government shutdown.

Thank you for your understanding and commitment to the OE-I mission. Please direct any questions to your OE-I Point of Contact.

FY26 Call For Proposals

Past Call for Proposals

The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy Resilience and Optimization (ODASD(ER&O)), Operational Energy – Innovation (OE-I) is now soliciting Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 proposals for the Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF) and Operational Energy Prototyping Fund (OEPF). The FY26 OEPF and OECIF proposal submission process will be executed in two stages:

  • Stage 1:  proposers will ONLY submit an initial proposal Quad Chart in the format prescribed in the SAFiRE™ online submission portal
    • Development and submission of the Proposal Quad Chart only, via SAFiRE™, commences on 9 June 2025 and closes at 1700 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 20 Jun 2025
    • OE-I will inform Stage 1 proposers of their down select for Stage 2 by 1700 (5:00 PM EST) on 28 Jul 2025
  • Stage 2:  proposers will be asked to submit a full proposal using the SAFiRE™ online submission portal. All Stage 2 proposals will be presented and reviewed at the OE-I PEB
    • Development and submission of a full proposal, via SAFiRE™, commences 1 Aug 25 and closes at 1700 (5:00 PM EST) on 30 Aug 2025
  • OE-I Proposal Evaluation Board (PEB)
    • OECIF: 22-24 Oct 2025
    • OEPF: 27-29 Oct 2025

Call for Proposals and Supplemental Documents

  1. FY26 OECIF and OEPF Call for Proposals
  2. Executive summary of process changes for the FY 26 call for proposals
  3. SAFiRE User Guide: quad chart questions, example quad, and full proposal questions
  4. Enterprise-wide Energy Visibility and Decision Making (EWEV&DM) supplemental information
  5. Transition maturity framework (TMaF) supplemental information
  6. Letter of intent to POM and transition instructions/template
  7. FY26 OE-I proposal scoring criteria and definitions
  8. Government Proposer Checklist
  9. OPTIONAL Template - Expanded Project Proposal Spend Plan
  10. SAFiRE User Guide 2025


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Operational Energy Management System (OEMS)
Interim Authority to Test and Train (IATT)

As of May 2021, OEMS is operational in Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud, managed by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) Acquisition & Sustainment (A&S)/Energy Resilience and Optimization (ER&O)/Operational Energy-Innovation (OE-I). OEMS is operating under an Interim Authority to Test and Train (IATT) following Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) requirements as it progresses through a full Authority to Operate (ATO) process determination.

The IATT, as well as the ATO, achieve DoD Impact Level 4 (IL4). The IL4 allows hosting of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) information up to moderate confidentiality and moderate integrity, including export-controlled (ITAR/EAR) and privacy (PII) information. Through the IATT, OE-I is allowing OEMS to process and store unclassified information to include CUI for all Distribution levels except Distro B and E. If you have any questions, please contact the OE-I representative, Lauren Bowler, at lauren.bowler@noblis.org

For more information, please refer to Section 3.7 of the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide.

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