Operational Energy Management System

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OECIF / OEPF

The modern battlespace requires power and energy to maintain our military advantage, including areas like directed energy, electronic warfare, proliferated drones, and artificial intelligence at the tactical edge.

The Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF) is the Department’s dedicated investment in Operational Energy Advanced Technology Development for the joint force. OECIF matures and demonstrates first-of-a-kind advanced OE technologies across warfighting platforms and domains. OE technology is a critical enabler for current and next generation weapon systems, platforms, and agile and integrated operations. OECIF receives BA 6.3 S&T funding – Advanced Technology Development and has four lines of effort/portfolios:

  • Operational Energy Dominance (including Joint Operational Energy Layer and Sensor Integration): Integrating power and energy information in CJADC2 for shaping and decision making at all echelons
  • Advanced Operational Energy Mobility (including Energy Integration, Land & Maritime, and Aviation): Next generation propulsion for crewed/uncrewed/optionally-crewed platforms, power and thermal management in support of directed energy and high-power platforms, and power and energy mission planning/in-route visibility for next generation platforms
  • Combat Power: Implementation of ground and space-based power beaming and in-space refueling and robotics
  • Nuclear Power: Advancing kW-class nuclear reactors for military operations, sMR components, and maturation of radioisotope power systems (RPS) for spaceflight and terrestrial sensors.

The Operational Energy Prototyping Fund (OEPF) addresses joint operational energy needs and requirements that enhance warfighter lethality and survivability in the modern battlespace.

OEPF investments accelerate transition of critical power and energy enablers through an emphasis on purposeful demonstrations, testing, and validations of prototypes in operationally relevant environments. These events collect warfighter feedback, operational performance data, and focused analyses, supporting data-driven decision-making by acquisition and programming senior leaders.

WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH OE-I?

Four intake paths:

  • Government Proposal Submission (for government personnel only)

    OEPF FY27 Call for Proposals is open from June 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026.
    Details can be found here: OEPF Call for Proposals

  • Targeted request for proposals

    By invitation only.

  • Have a concept but not sure if it's applicable? You can submit your concept for OE-I consideration.

    • Government Consultation

      for government personnel only

    • Industry Market Analysis

      for industry personnel only.

Getting Started:

  1. You will need access to the SAFiRE™ portal
  2. Once you have a SAFiRE™ account, email us at support@pavconllc.com to let us know which intake path you would like to access.

Supplemental Documents:

  1. FY27 OEPF Call for Proposals
  2. SAFiRE User Guide
  3. Enterprise-wide Energy Visibility and Decision Making (EWEV&DM) supplemental information
  4. Transition maturity framework (TMaF) supplemental information
  5. Letter of intent to POM and transition instructions/template

Support

Instructions for registering an account and setting up multi-factor authentication

For assistance registering, or for any other questions related to the OEMS application.

This is an official United States Government System for authorized, unclassified use only. Do not discuss, enter, transfer, process, or transmit classified/sensitive national security information of greater sensitivity than this system is authorized to contain.

Resources

Past call for proposals documentation and proposal rankings


Operational Energy Management System (OEMS)

Security Authorization Status

OEMS is operational in Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud, managed by the Office of the Under Secretary of War (OUWD) Acquisition & Sustainment (A&S)/Energy Resilience and Optimization (ER&O)/Operational Energy-Innovation (OE-I). OEMS operates in accordance with Department of War (DoW) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG) Impact Level 4 (IL4) requirements under the purview of an Authorizing Official (AO) as it progresses through the full Authority to Operate (ATO) process.

 

IL4 allows hosting of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) up to moderate confidentiality and moderate integrity, including export-controlled (ITAR/EAR) information. Under this posture, OE-I authorizes 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 support at support@oecif.org

For more information, please refer to the DoW Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (see Cloud Computing SRG)