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FY24 Archive

1. OE-I FY24 OECIF and OEPF Call for Proposals
2. OECIF and OEPF FY24 Proposal Whitepaper Template
3. OECIF and OEPF FY24 Quad Chart Template
4. OE-I FY24 Letter of Support Template
5. OE-I FY24 Scoring Criteria

 

FY24 OECIF Ground Vehicle Hybridization and Electrification Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy - Innovation is pleased to announce this year's list of awardees for the FY24 Ground Vehicle Hybridization and Electrification Call for Proposals:

1. Power Inverter, Compact and High Operational Temperature, PICHOT, Dean McGrew, DEVCOM GVSC
2. Strategic Preplanned Resupply using Elevated Airship Drones, SPREADs, Terence Rose, US Army DEVCOM Soldier Center
3. Tracked Hub Drive Study, THD, Maroune El-Hosni, DEVCOM GVSC
4. Ground Vehicle Electrification Business Case Analysis, BCA, David Mortin, DEVCOM Analysis Center
5. Fuel Cell Zodiac (FUZO), FUZO, Eric Kubina, NSWC Carderock - Detachment Norfolk
6. Electrified Munitions Loader (MHU-83), EML, Michael Black, Air Force Global Strike Command
7. High Energy Low Multispectral Signature – Light Tactical Vehicle, HELMS-LTV, Kawakahi Amina, United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) J4
8. *OEPF Funding – electrical Power Export and Expansion Kit (ePEEK) for Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, ePEEK, John Putrus, JPO JLTV
9. Safe Containment for EV Module Integration (SCEMI), SCEMI, Jessica Schwartz, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Award amounts may not match funding requests and are contingent on agreement of scope and deliverables between the PM and the project.

Currently Unfunded

Should additional funding become available, projects will be funded based on ranked order (provided the funding source aligns with the proposal topic):

1. Low-Profile RF Wireless Power RECEIVE ARRAY for Vehicular Charging of Unattended Ground Sensors, UGS-Rx, Christopher Depuma, Naval Research Laboratory
2. Advanced Materiel-Handling and Power Logistics, AMPL, Michael Black, Air Force Global Strike  Command, Munitions Division, Munitions Modernization Branch
3. ATHENA, ATHENA, Jeth Fogg, NORAD and U.S. NORTHCOM
4. Agile Wireless Power TRANSMIT ARRAY for Powering and Interrogating Unattended Ground Sensors from Mobile Vehicles, UGS-Tx, Christopher Depuma, Naval Research Laboratory
5. Next Battery Management Unit for Military High Voltage Batteries, Next BMU, David Skalny, US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center
6. 1 MW Bidirectional Wireless Charging System, 1 MW Wireless, Laurence Toomey, DEVCOM GVSC
7. Expeditionary Teaching Factory (EFT): Forward Produced Watercraft from Locally Sourced Hull and Fuel Materials, EFT-FPW, Garry  Shields, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock Division, Disruptive Technologies Lab
8. Soft Lithium and Molten Sulfur Portable Energy Packs, SLAMS-PEP, Christopher Weston, AFSOC
9. Mobile Modular Expeditionary Power / Recharge System, MMEPRS, Tyler Wagler, NSWC Crane
10. Cold Ready All Temperature Fast Rechargeable EV Batteries, CRATE, Kurt Hauk, Fort Drum
11. Power Buffering Directed Energy Weapons using a Hybrid Energy Storage Module (HESM), DE - HESM, Joseph Grobmyer, US Army RCCTO

FY24 OECIF Ground Vehicle Hybridization and Electrification – Nuclear Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy - Innovation is pleased to announce this year's list of awardees for the FY24 Ground Vehicle Hybridization and Electrification Call for Proposals:

1. Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Logistic, Safety, and Transport (MNMR-LSaT) Study, MNMR-LSaT, Jeth Fogg, NORAD and U.S. NORTHCOM, J4, Logistics and Engineering Directorate
2. Sustainable Microgrid with Advanced Reactor Technology, SMART, Ann Kammerer, HQDA Office of the Chief of Engineers, Nuclear Power Branch
3. Micro-Reactor and Aeroshell Development, MRAD, Talbot Thrasher, AFRL/RVS
4. Reactor for Emerging Fuel & Electrification, REFUEL, Ann Kammerer, HQDA, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Nuclear Power Branch
5. Synthetic Fuels for Contested Environments - FY24 Ground Hybridization, SynCE FY24-GVHE, Nicole Pearl, HQ Air Force A5/7

Award amounts may not match funding requests and are contingent on agreement of scope and deliverables between the PM and the project.

FY24 OECIF Aviation and Space Efficiencies Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy - Innovation is pleased to announce this year's list of awardees for the FY24 Aviation and Space Efficiencies Call for Proposals:

1. Hybrid Energy Delivery and Receipt, HEDAR resubmit, Andrew Sinclair, Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate
2. Laser-Enabled Power Transmission Orbital Network (LEPTON), LEPT0N, Chris Depuma, OE-I
3. Enabling Nonstop Drones Utilizing Remote Energy, ENDURE, Trevor Reiss, AFSOC/A4
4. Efficient X-band RF Technology for Scalable Power Beaming (EFFX), EFFX, Alan Cook, Naval Research Laboratory
5. Aviation Electrical Power Management Capability, AEPMC, Arlene Wadkins, DEVCOM C5ISR
6. Aviation Universal Charger, AUC, Lloyd Zilch, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
7. X-57 Demonstrating Electric Flight Inspiring Acceleration of New Technologies, DEFIANT, Daniel Pike, SAF/IEN

Award amounts may not match funding requests and are contingent on agreement of scope and deliverables between the PM and the project.

Currently Unfunded

The remaining proposals are listed in rank order from the PEB and will be funded based on availability of prior year (FY 2023) funding.  Of note, any project funded from this list will need to obligate funds on contract within 60 days.

1. Electra Hybrid-Electric Short Takeoff & Landing (eSTOL), Electra, John Tekell, AFWERX Agility Prime
2. High Efficiency Next-gen UAS Electrification, HENUE, Mike Kweon, DEVCOM ARL
3. Signature Reducing Fuel Cell Aircraft Propulsor, SRFCAP, Daniel Pike, SAF/IEN
4. Portable, Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing System to Accelerate Fuel Cell Hybrid Propulsion System Development for Light Group 3 UAS to Meet INDOPACOM Mission Needs, UAS HIL, Kawakahi Amina, USINDOPACOM J46
5. Highly Efficient Autonomous Tactical Target Recognition, HEATTR, Douglas Carssow, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
6. Air Logistics Optimization, ALO, Thomas Horan, Defense Innovation Unit
7. Prototyping Operational and Waypoint Energy Routing (POWER), POWER, Juan Vasquez, Air Force Research Lab
8. Beta Hybrid-Electric Cargo eCTOL/eVTOL, Beta Hybrid, John Tekell, AFWERX Agility Prime
9. Joby Hydrogen-Electric Passenger eVTOL, Joby SHY4, John Tekell, AFWERX Agility Prime
10. Additive Manufacturing Study, ADD-MANS, Alec Jackson, Air Force Research Laboratory
11. Joint Space Energy Command Center, JSpECC, Joyce Bulson, USSF Space Systems Command S3
12. Operational Outpost Fuel Depot, OUTPOST, Joyce Bulson, USSF SSC S3
13. Aviation Fuel Economy Maximization, AFEM, Joe Nash, AFLCMC/HBAW
14. Thermoelectric Device Artificial Intelligence Design Tool, TAD1, Sherif Michael, Naval Postgraduate School
15. Harvesting of Incident-energy in DoD Environment, HIDE, Curtis Eckhardt, Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
16. Easily Manufacturable Molten Metal Aircraft Batteries (EMMMA-B), EMMMA-B, Anthony Bunker, AFMC/AFRL/AFWERX
17. In-Space Refueling Technology Advancement, ISRTA, Thomas Nix, Air Force Research Laboratory
18. Hybrid Electric Aircraft Technologies for Reduced Operational Energy Footprints, HEAT ROPE, David Friedmann, DEVCOM AVMC
19. Lithium Ion Not Dead Yet, LINDY, Lloyd Zilch, NSWC Crane

FY24 OECIF Aviation and Space Efficiencies – Nuclear Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy - Innovation is pleased to announce this year's list of awardees for the FY24 Aviation and Space Efficiencies Call for Proposals:

1. Black Bison, Black Bison, Celeste Brown, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
2. Nuclear Micropower Imaging Sensor for Satellites, bVoltaic Power, Robert Walters, AFRL/RVSV
3. Versatile Autonomous Lightweight Kilowatt-class Reactor Experiment, VALKRE, Jeth Fogg, US Northern Command
4. Nuclear Space Reactor Shielding Design Optimization, SRSO, Thomas Nix, Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate
5. SUBsystem for Inadvertent CRITicality Avoidance for Space Reactors, SUBCRIT, Tabitha Dodson, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
6. Shipping Container for Reactor Assembly Mobilization, SCRAM, Tabitha Dodson, DARPA
7. Fully Remote Operating Strategic Transformer (FROST), FROST, Samuel Bays, Idaho National Laboratory
8. ASCENT-Compatible Multimode Efficient (ACME) Thrusters, ACME Thrusters, Michael McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Award amounts may not match funding requests and are contingent on agreement of scope and deliverables between the PM and the project.

Currently Unfunded

The remaining proposals are listed in rank order from the PEB and will be funded based on availability of prior year (FY 2023) funding.  Of note, any project funded from this list will need to obligate funds on contract within 60 days.

1. Extreme Radiation Environment Monitoring for Space Reactors, X-REM, Tabitha Dodson, DARPA
2. Space Nuclear Material Handling, SPANMATH, Joyce Bulson, USSF Space Systems Command S3
3. High Temperature Heat Rejection System for Space Nuclear Power Systems, HRS-SNP, Thomas Nix, Air Force Research Laboratory
4. Hybrid Modular Electric Power System, HYM-POSY, Joyce Bulson, USSF SSC/S3

Additional Rankings

The following proposals will be considered under OEPF, OECIF Commanding Energy, or OECIF Ground Vehicle Hybridization and Electrification and will be awarded based on available funding within each portfolio.

• Long Range Precision Aerial Delivery System (LRPADS) 10,000 lbs. (10K), LRPADS 10K, John Gildea, DEVCOM SC
• Multi-Modal Autonomous Resupply Vehicle for Energy Logistics, MARVEL, John Gildea, DEVCOM SC
• Silver Bison, Silver Bison, Celeste Brown, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
• Electric Forward Aerial Refueling Point, eFARP, Trevor Reiss, AFSOC A4R
• DoD Aviation Integration with Army Aviation Common Lithium-Ion Battery, DODAACLIB, Patrick Taylor, US Amy DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center
• Strategic Preplanned Resupply using Elevated Airship Drones, SPREAD, Eric Campagna, DEVCOM SC

FY24 OECIF Commanding Energy Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy – Innovation is pleased to announce this year’s list of awardees for the FY24 OECIF Commanding Energy Call for Proposals:

1. Enabling Land-based Nuclear Energy, ELANE, Robert Prins, US Army Nuclear and CWMD Agency (Army Reactor Office)
2. Tactical Fuel Data NOW (Needs and Operational impact analysis for Warfighting), TFD NOW, Jesse Swanzy, US Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM), Sustainment Center of Excellence
3. Guidance of UxS: Intelligent, Energy-aware Routing, GUIDER, Richard Stroman, US Naval Research Laboratory
4. SWIFT-STORM Operational Wargaming Suite (SSOWS), SWIFT-STORM OWS, Harvey Gilbert, OSD-CAPE/IMAG
5. Expeditionary Next Generation Autonomous Gyroplane Electric Demonstrator (ENGAGED)​, NextG Gyroplane, Todd Moe, USSOUTHCOM
6. Non-intrusive Load Monitoring Pattern-of-life Analysis , NILM-PLAN, Brandon Parks, Army Research Laboratory
7. Modeling Operational Design for Effective Learning and Training (MODEL-T), MODEL-T, Glenn Hodges, Mile Two LLC.
8. Real-time Operational Energy Situational Awareness and Energy Informed Planning, RESAP, Maria Posada, DASN (Energy) and OPNAV N94
9. Software Platform for Agile Wireless-power Networks, SPAWN, Jonathan Soeun, Air Force Special Operations Command/A4
10. Storage to Reduce Radar Load, Fuel and Carbon, STRR-C, John Heinzel, Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division
11. Joint Force Operational Energy Data Model , JFOEDM, Peter McCauley, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 05Z11
12. Roadmapping of Tactical Energy Generation Technologies, RTEGT, Adrian Parker, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division
13. MOLTEN SALT REACTOR REGULATORY PATH DEVELOPMENT, MSR Reg. Path, John Benson, AlphaTech Research Corp
14. Sensors for Power and Electrical Energy Resilience, SPEER, Douglas Tucker, Secretary of the Air Force Energy, Installations, and Environment
15. Hyper Efficient Personal Communicators & Kits, PicoBadge, Paul Hausgen, Air Force Global Strike Command

Award amounts may not match funding requests and are contingent on agreement of scope and deliverables between the PM and the project.

Currently Unfunded

Should additional funding become available, projects will be funded based on ranked order (provided the funding source aligns with the proposal topic):

1. Space Processing of Energy Data, SPEED, Eric Bradley, Naval Research Laboratory
2. Digital Overwatch for Commanding Energy” and SAF CDM, SAF/CDM-CTI, Thomas Ford, SAF/CDM
3. Hydrogen Electricity for Logistically Independent Operational Supply (HELIOS)​, Hydro Electric, Todd Moe, USSOUTHCOM
4. Hybrid Tiger Maritime Spectrum Warfare, HT MarSpec, Stearns Heinzen, Naval Research Laboratory
5. Project Commanding Energy Pallet , Project CEP , Jonathan Soeun, Air Force Special Operations Command/A4
6. Hybrid Encapsulated Graphene Supercapacitor, Arctic Supercap, Joel McMillan, NORAD / US NORTHCOM
7. Intelligent Hybrid Microgrid Controller, IHMC, Frank Bohn, US Army Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR)
8. Adaptive Simulations for Power-Beaming Energy (ASPEN), ASPEN, Paul Jaffe, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - Tactical Technology Office
9. Commanding Energy Portfolio for Unmanned Surface Vessels , CEP USV, Eric Hahn, Naval Postgraduate School
10. Arcturus: Fires, Maneuver, and Contested Logistics, Arcturus, David Phillips, Office of Naval Research
11. Enabling Significant Process Improvements in Commercial Coated Particle Fuel Production A BWXT-INL Joint Proposal, Advanced Fuel, Jeffrey Phillips, Idaho National Laboratory
12. Smart Base Monitoring System (SBMS), SBMS, Jeffrey Gladney, Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems (PdM FSS)
13. Kratos Power System Networked Lightweight High Output (LHO) Generators and ATAK Integrated Logistics Software, KPS, Jonathan Soeun, Air Force Special Operations Command
14. All Domain Network (ADN), All Domain Netw, Lemuel Alvarez, AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (AFSOC)
15. Hybrid Energy Delivery and Receipt, HEDAR, Andrew Sinclair, Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate
16. Johnson Controls Central Utility Plant Optimization (CUP), CUP, Albert (Chip) Marin, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville
17. Fairy Dust Fighter: AI-Enabled OE Simulation and Analysis , FDF OE, Eric Hahn, Naval Postgraduate School
18. Realtime Energy Analytics & Logistics, REALAI, Douglas Dudis, Air Force Research Laboratory
19. Real-Time Logistics Sensors, REAL-LOGS, James Winter, AFRL
20. Battlespace Insight using Fuel Automated Reporting System (BIFARS) , BIFARS, Alan Williams, Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific
21. Energy Prediction for Intelligent and efficient Command and Control, EPICC, Thomas Mead, Army Applications Laboratory
22. Global D-DIL Energy COP, Energy COP, Edward DeVilliers, Air Force Research Laboratory
23. Synergistic Predictive Analytical Control Environment using Sensible Programmable Analyzable Control Envelopes, (SPACE)**2, Thomas Peng, AFRL/RVSV Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR)
24. Operational Energy Doctrine , OPED, Daniel  Nussbaum, Naval Post Graduate School (Energy Academic Group)
25. Assessment of Energy Requirements on the Modern Battlefield, ERMB, Marissa Brand, NIWC-Pac
26. Educating and Training for Resilient Operational Energy Systems , ET ROS, Marissa Brand, NIWC-Pacific
27. Digital Twin for Training and Operation on Power Systems (DT-TOPS), DT-TOPS, Benjamin Masters, US Army Corps of Engineers - Engineer Research and Development Center (USACE-ERDC)
28. Expeditionary Waste Disposal and Energy Production in the Tactical Battlespace, IRG, Stephen Cosper, US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Lab
29. Shapeshifter: Automated Reconfigurable Microgrids to Ensure Operational Energy Resilience, Shapeshifter, Colin Ponce, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
30. Standardized Operational Load Data (SOLD) Study, SOLD, Bradley Stanley, DEVCOM C5ISR
31. Modular Power Bus Booster (MPBB), MPBB, Joseph Grobmyer, US Army RCCTO
32. Cyber Security for Operational Energy Data, COED, Candice Mitchell, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
33. COM-ENERGY: Commanding Energy with an All-Domain Secure Network, COM-ENERGY, Mohan Sanghadasa, DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center, Army Futures Command

FY24 OEPF Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy – Innovation is pleased to announce this year’s list of awardees for the FY24 OEPF Call for Proposals:

1. Software for Energy Needs in Contested Environments, SENCE, Evelyn Dahm, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center
2. Autonomous and Robotic Remote Refueling Point, AR3P, Dan McCambridge, Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
3. Scalable Photovoltaics Enabled by Enhanced Deposition Systems, SPEEDS, Alec Jackson, Air Force Research Laboratory
4. On Board Vehicle Power, OBVP, Valerie Brumm, PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support (CS&CSS) PM Transportation Systems (TS)
5. Lithium-ion Early Fault Predictive Monitor, LEAP-M2, Michael Jones, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
6. Space Power and Energy Advanced Recon, SPEAR 1, Susie LaCava, Naval Research Laboratory
7. Prototype Passive Propagation Resistant Li-ion Battery for Seal Delivery Vehicle, Batlatl, Kyle Crompton, NSWC Crane
8. Hydrogen Fuel-Cell UAS, H2FU Flight, Seth Green, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Aviation Integration Directorate
9. Gen 3 6T Alliance, 6T Alliance, David Skalny, US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
10. NATICK (Classified)
11. Mobile Utility and Power System, MUPS, David Pogue, Engineer Research and Development Center - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
12. Ultra UAS - ECU for Enhanced Endurance (High Altitude), Ultra UAS ECU 3 (High Altitude), Paul Litke, Air Force Research Laboratory Center for Rapid Innovation
13. Hybrid Electric Large-scale Power Systems, HELPS, Bjorn Oberg, USACE ERDC CERL

The following OEPF projects have been selected to receive FY23 funding:

1. Warfighter Extended Demonstration and Development of Mobile Microgrid Requirements, WED2M2R, Stephen Peterson, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center (CCDC-GVSC)
2. Tactical Vehicle Hybridization Operational Enhancement, TVH-OE, Valerie Brumm, PM Transportation Systems (TS)
3. Ultra UAS - ECU for Enhanced Endurance, Ultra UAS ECU 3 (640), Paul Litke, Air Force Research Laboratory Center for Rapid Innovation
4. Data Integration for Ground Systems, DIGS, Gerardo Sotomayor, Project Manager Transportation Systems

Award amounts may not match funding requests and are contingent on agreement of scope and deliverables between the PM and the project.

Currently Unfunded

Should additional funding become available, projects will be funded based on ranked order (provided the funding source aligns with the proposal topic):

1. COTS Battery Cell Standard Accelerated Testing, CAST1, Dan Romm, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles AFB
2. Compact Hydrogen Storage System for stationary and mobile application, HyCS, Benjamin Stoeber, IMCOM-E G4
3. Army Aviation Common Lithium Ion Battery Integration Program, AACLIBIP, Patrick Taylor, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (DEVCOM AvMC)
4. Advanced Propulsion Oblique wing Low Observable (APOLLO) UAS Prototype, APOLLO, Dan Pike, SAF/IEN
5. WiGL eNERGY: Uninterrupted and Reliable Power, WiGL EG OEPF Randall McIntyre, Air Force

FY23 Ground Vehicle Electrification and Hybridization Rankings Announcement 

The Director of Operational Energy – Innovation is pleased to announce this year’s list of awardees for the FY23 funding for the Ground Vehicle Electrification and Hybridization call for proposals. Based on FY23 NDAA funding, the following projects will receive awards

1. NanoElectroFuel (NEF) Flow Battery for Distributed Operations (Influit OECIF), Brian Cook, Army Applications Laboratory
2. Hybrid Electric Microgridding and Directed Energy Networking (HEMDEN), Amanda Osborne, Ground Vehicle System Center
3. Next Generation Medium Tactical Truck Hybrid Technology Demonstrator (NG-MTT), Jeff Bradel, Office of Naval Research
4. Retrofit Alteration of Vehicles with Integration Of Li-Ion (RAVIOLI), Matthew Huffman, NSWC Carderock
5. Evaluation of Electric Vehicle Batteries to Enable DE (EVEBEDE), John Heinzel, Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division
6. Safe Li-ion (SALION) 6T Battery Development (SALION 6T), Joseph Parker, Office of Naval Research
7. Hybrid Electric Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle Fuel Economy Optimization and Test (Hybrid ARV), Jeff Bradel, Office of Naval Research
8. 6T Lithium Transition – Lessons Learned : Study to Explore 6T Ground Vehicle Battery for Aviation Application (6TGVAV), Patrick Taylor, US Army DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center
9. Analysis of Charging and Energy Storage (ACES) for the Electrified Battlefield (ACES), Greg Dogum, DEVCOM Analysis Center
10. STAMP Vehicle-to-Vehicle Vehicle-to-Grid Optimization, Licensing, and Demonstration (SV3GOLD), Joseph Heuvers, DEVCOM GVSC
11. Tactical Range Extender - Enhanced (TREE), Amanda Osborne, Ground Vehicle System Center
12. RRALiE: Reliably Rapid Arctic Lithium-ion Energy (RRALiE), Joel McMillan, NORAD and U.S. NORTHCOM
13. Operational Energy Simulation (OESIM) Framework Development (OESIM), Bradley Frounfelker, DEVCOM Analysis Center (DAC)
14. Fabrication and Validation of Radioactive Moderator Particles (FAVOR-MP), James Winter, Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate
15. Auxiliary eXportable Locomotive Energy Source (AXLES), Nathan Peterson, USACE ERDC-CERL (Engineer Research and Development Center) (Construction Engineering Research Laboratory)
16. Advanced Operational Energy Research Toolkit (AOER Toolkit), Marissa Brand, NIWC Pacific

Award amounts may not match funding requests and are contingent on agreement of scope and deliverables between the PM and the project.

Currently Unfunded

Should additional funding become available, projects will be funded based on ranked order (provided the funding source aligns with the proposal topic):

1. Compact CO2 Cycle Turbine-Alternator-Compressor (C-TAC), Douglas Bernauer, Radiant Industries, Inc
2. Next Generation JP-8 Fuel Cell Vehicle (JP-8 FCEV), Maura  Rylander, DEVCOM GVSC
3. Grinergy Warfighter LTO Li-ion 6T Cell Sub-module (Energy module), Jonathan Ko, US Navy Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
4. Future of Tactical Battlefield Recharging (FTBR), Frank Bohn, C5ISR Center
5. Mobile Electric Power and Charging Station (MEPACS), Lemuel Alvarez, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
6. Tactical Recharger for large Car Transport (TRACT), Marissa Brand, NIWC-Pac
7. Resilient, Portable and Configurable Charging Infrastructure for Non-Tactical and Tactical Defense Electric Vehicles (RPCC 4 Defense), Tarek Abdallah, US Army ERDC-CERL
8. High Power Density Motor (HPDM), Lemuel Alvarez, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
9. Deployable Electric Nuclear Vehicle Reactor (DENVR), James Winter, Air Force Research Lab Space Vehicles Directorate
10. Electric Maritime Autonomous Vehicles (EMAV), Marissa Brand, NIWC-Pac
11. Lightweight Hybrid Electric Marine Propulsion for WIG Seaglider (HEMP-WIG), Alan Williams, Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific
12. Electric Vehicle (EV) Tow Tractor Demonstration (EV Tow Tractor), Matthew Morgan, NAVAIR PMA260
13. Extreme Power Internal Combustion Engine for OECIF Ground Vehicle Electrification and Hybridization (EPIC Engine), William Buchanan, NSWC Dahlgren H64
14. Operational Energy Integration & Deployment Platform (OE PLATFORM), Lemuel Alvarez, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
15. 10K AT RE-POWER: Path to Vehicle Electrification (10K AT RE-POWER), Lemuel Alvarez, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
16. Green Hydrogen Generation and Storage in Contested Log Environment (GreenStorage), Marissa Brand, NIWC Pacific
17. Modular Equipment, Tactical and Logistics Vehicle (METAL-V), Marissa Brand, NIWC-Pac
18. Connected, Autonomous, Multi-use, all-Electric, Logistics Delivery Vehicle (CAMEL- DV), Marissa Brand, NIWC-PAC
19. Autonomous Recharge Point for Electrified Tactical Vehicles (TBAR), Brian Cook, Army Applications Laboratory
20. Development of Versatile Modular Thermoelectric Generators (VMTEG) for Vehicle Electrification (VMTEG), Hsin Wang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
21. Vehicle to Microgrid (V2-MG), Marissa Brand, NIWC-Pac
22. Advanced Modular Power System (AMPS), Aric Haynes, DEVCOM GVSC
23. Energy Dense All Solid State Battery (SSB), Lemuel Alvarez, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
24. Biochar Energy for Enduring Carbon Neutral Ground Vehicle Operations (OECIF Biochar), Justin Shumaker, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
25. Beaming Energy using Advanced integrated Multifunctional Surfaces (BEAMS), Paul Calhoun, DARPA
26. On-the-move Wireless Energy Node (OWEN_), Curtis Eckhardt, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center
27. High Energy Lithium Air Battery (Lithium Air), Lemuel Alvarez, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
28. Self Deploying Generator (SDG), Marissa Brand, NIWC-Pac
29. D6XE Dozer Hybrid Electric Drive Technology (D6XE DOZER), Nancy Hansen, US Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center
30. Automated Intelligent Refueling System (AIRS), Lemuel Alvarez, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

FY23 OEPF Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy – Innovation is pleased to announce this year’s list of awardees for the FY23 funding for the OEPF call for proposals. Based on FY23 NDAA funding, the following projects will receive awards:

1. Congressional Add funding only — Airborne Expeditionary Renewable Energy System (AERES), Dr. Stearns Heinzen, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
2. Small Tactical Universal Battery for Warfighter Lethality (STUB for WL), Dr. Nathan Sharpes, DEVCOM C5ISR
3. HVPE Lower Cost III-V Photovoltaics (D-HVPE), Mr. Alec Jackson, Air Force Research Laboratory
4. Remote Installation Grid Optimization & Resilience (RIGOR), Mr. Scott Olson, U.S. Air Force 611th Civil Engineering Squadron
5. Medium Tactical Vehicles / Heavy Tactical Vehicles On Board Vehicle Power (MTV / HTV OBVP), Erin Tromley, Program Manager Transportation Systems
6. GPS-Denied Kit for Aerial Delivery of Operational Energy (GPS-denied OE), Ryan Buckley, Program Executive Office Combat Support & Combat Service Support / Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems
7. electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle (eLRV), Mr. Eric McDonald, Product Director Ground Mobility Vehicles (PD GMV)
8. Tactical Microgrid Standard Compliant AMMPS Digital Control System (TMS-ADCS), Ms. Cynthia Robbins, DEVCOM C5ISR
9. Optical Recharging for Contested Arenas (ORCAs), Mr. Eric Follstad, US Central Command
10. Solar Panel Inspection and Test Cost Reduction (SPIT), Mr. Daniel Romm, Space Systems Command
11. Low-Cost Helicopter Sling Load Sling Sets (LC HSL), Mr. Andrew Meloni, DEVCOM Soldier Center
12. Balance of Systems-Edge Compute (BoSEC), Ms. Marissa Brand, Naval Information Warfare Center

Currently Unfunded

Should additional funding become available, projects will be funded based on ranked order (provided the funding source aligns with the proposal topic):

1. Predictive Logistics (PL), Erin Tromley, Program Manager Transportation Systems
2. Space Power and Advanced Energy Recon (SPEAR), Mr. Daniel Romm, Space Systems Command 
3. Connected, Autonomous, Multi-use, all-Electric, Logistics Delivery Vehicle (CAMEL DV), Ms. Marissa Brand, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
4. Portable Fluid Analyzer Plus (PFA+), Mr. John Tucker, NRL
5. Low-Cost Solar Cell Coverglass (LoCS), Mr. Daniel Romm, Space Systems Command
6. Mjolnir – Prototype Space Maneuver & Hypersonic Engine (Mjolnir), Nils Sedano, AFRL/RQR
7. Electric Yard Tractor (Yard Tractor), Erin Tromley, Program Manager Transportation Systems 
8. Modular Scalable Renewable Energy Microgrids (MS_REM), Ms. Marissa Brand, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
9. COTS Battery Cell Accelerated Standard Testing (CAST), Mr. Daniel Romm, Space Systems Command
10. OHANA™ Power Poles™ (Power Poles™), Mr. Douglas Mochrie, OHANA Federal DoD

FY23 OECIF Contested Logistics Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy – Innovation is pleased to announce this year’s list of awardees for the FY23 funding for the Contested Logistics call for proposals. Based on FY23 NDAA funding, the following projects will receive awards:

1. Congressional Add funding only — Contested Logistics Energy Beaming Readiness Advancements (CLEBRA), Mr. Michael Wardlaw, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
2. Operational and Installation Energy Resilience Capability- and Scenario-Driven Frameworks for Contested Environments (ER Frameworks), Mr. Douglas Tucker, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment’s (SAF/IE)
3. Intelligent Power Management System - Energy Storage Unit (IPMS-ESU), Mr. Todd McMahon, Marine Corps Systems Command
4. Optical Beaming of Energy via Laser Irradiation over Several Kilometers (OBELISK), Dr. Kenneth Schmieder, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
5. Small Unit Resupply for the Contested Logistics Battlefield (SUR-CLB), Mr. Eric Campagna, DEVCOM Soldier Center
6. Blue Bison, Ms. Celeste Brown, NRL
7. Cyber Energy Convergence (CEC), Mr. Ryan Craven, ONR
8. Low Temperature Batteries for Arctic Missions (Arctic Battery), Ms. Alexandra Karalekas, DEVCOM C5ISR Center
9. Accelerated Cost Reduction for All GaAs Substrates (ACRAG), Mr. Daniel Romm, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command
10. Synthetic Fuels for Contested Environments (SynCoE), Maj Nicole Pearl, Air Force Futures
11. Rugged and Efficient RF Wireless Power Receivers for Energy on Demand (RUFF-Rx), Dr. Christopher Rodenbeck, NRL
12. Family of Tactical Solid Waste Elimination Systems (TSWES), Mr. Ryan Eckert, Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS)
13. Microgrid Augmentation with Kilowatt Energy Relay (MAKER), Col Paul Calhoun, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
14. Configurable Energy Receiver & Transmitter (CER&T), Col Paul Calhoun, DARPA
15. Arctic Operational Energy and Power Technology Landscape (ATLAS), Dr. Jeth Fogg, N&NC
16. Project Green Lantern, Col Darrin Husmann, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
17. Graphene Manufacturing Advancements for Energy Storage Applications (GMA-ESA), Dr. Kyle Grew, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
18. Hydrogen Enabling Logistics Platform (HELP), Mr. Eric Wasiloff, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
19. Persistent Untethered UUV Port Security and Mine Neutralization Operations for Contested Logistics (PUPS), Mr. Ben Wilcox, Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC)
20. Long Range Precision Aerial Delivery System (LRPADS), Mr. John Gildea, DEVCOM Soldier Center

Currently Unfunded

Should additional funding become available, projects will be funded based on ranked order (provided the funding source aligns with the proposal topic):

1. Eliminating Open Burn Pits and Improving Energy Resiliency with the Pur-Gen System
2. Convective Arctic Space Heater (CASH)
3. Radioisotope Supply Chain for Large-Power 
4. Transportable Energy 6T
5. Spatial Power and Optical Communications Kit
6. Hydrogen Upward Lift Kit (HULK)-Maritime
7. Next Generation JP-8 Fuel Cell Vehicle
8. Joint Operational Converter
9. Underwater Power Independent Launch and Recovery System (UW PILAR System)
10. Tactical Mobile Pyrolizer (TAMP) System
11. Conducting Warfighting with Agile Sustainment and Efficiency
12. Vehicle to Microgrid
13. Atmospheric Water Generation - On the Move
14. 5G As a Wireless Power Grid
15. Grinergy Warfighter LTO Li-ion 6T Cell Sub-module
16. Hydrogen at the Tactical Edge for Contested Logistics 
17. Battlefield Expeditionary Energy for Distributed Logistics Employment 
18. Photovoltaic Receiver for Laser Power Beaming System
19. Conducting Warfighting with Agile Sustainment and Effectiveness
20. Novel Operational Regimes Enabled by Nuclear-powered Space-based Beamed Power
21. Reactor On-orbit Simulated Interactive Environment
22. Solid State Squad Power Generation (SSSPG) for Dismounted Warfighter Operational Energy
23. Hydrogen Power & Propellant for the Close Combat Force
24. Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) for On-site Fuel Production
25. Battery Chemistry Technology Transfer Vehicle
26. Compact Ionic Gasification System (CIGS) for Burn Pit Replacement & Waste-to-Energy Applications
27. Optical Recharging for Contested Arenas 
28. Agile Mirror Pointing for Energy Web Dominance
29. Hybrid Airships for Contested Logistics
30. Digital Twin for Training and Operation on Power Systems (DT-TOPS)
31. Lean, Lethal and Logical Logistics
32. On-The-Move Wireless Energy Node
33. On-The-Move Wireless Energy Node
34. Power Electronics Signature Analysis and Mitigation
35. Laser Power Beaming to small UAS for the Warfighter (LPBSU-W) Study
36. Ambient Water and Energy Generator (AWEG)
37. High Efficiency Waste Heat to Power for Mobile Deployment
38. Operational Energy Doctrine
39. Advanced Operational Energy Research Toolkit
40. electric Distributed Ops & Logistics 5G Integrated Network
41. Diesel and Hydrogen Dual Fuel Engine in Military Truck 
42. Portable Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) for the Warfighter
43. Secure, Peer-to-Peer, and Immutable Data Resilience 
44. Protection of Operational Energy Infrastructure from sUAS Threats
45. Collapsible Fabric Tank Study
46. D6XE Electric Drive Dozer 
47. Oxygen On Demand at Field Hospital for the Warfighter
48. Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Dog
49. Space Solar Demonstration
50. Power Generation for Contested Logistics: Extreme Power Internal Combustion (EPIC) Engine Generator
51. Power on Demand
52. EV Power on Demand
53. OHANA™ POWER POLES™

FY23 OECIF Aviation and Space Efficiencies Rankings Announcement

The Director of Operational Energy – Innovation is pleased to announce this year’s list of awardees for the FY23 funding for Aviation and Space Efficiencies call for proposals. Based on FY23 NDAA funding, the following projects will receive awards:

Aviation Efficiencies

1. EB through Smart Aircraft Power - Intelligent, expandable Point of Load Electrical System (IPoLES), Mr. Vincent Vanoss, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
2. CoBIRD: Collaborative power-Beaming Intelligent Rectenna Design (CoBIRD), Mr. Lemuel Alvarez, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
3. Wireless Aerial Swarm Power (WASP), Mr. Lemuel Alvarez, AFSOC
4. Energy Web Aircraft Flight Demonstrator (EWA), Col Paul Calhoun, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
5. Small Scale Power for Expeditionary Capabilities (SSPEC), Dr. Charles Kessler, Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
6. Retrofittable Energy Harvesting System for Drag Reduction and Improved Range (Vortex Harvest), Col Paul Calhoun, DARPA
7. Resilient and Efficient Fuel Cell UAS (REFC-UAS), Mr. Kawakahi Amina, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
8. Hybrid Electric Rotorcraft Technology Study (HERTS), Mr. David Friedman, U.S. Army Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Aviation & Missle Center (AVMC)
9. Hydrogen Fuel-Cell UAS (H2FU), Dr. Steven Smith, DEVCOM AVMC
10. DARPA Energy Well Power Generation Utilizing Intelligent Power Management System (AEW IPMS), Col Paul Calhoun, DARPA
11. Reliable Efficient Tactical UAS Power Supply Cost Reduction and Beta Testing (RETUP_CRBT), Dr. Charles Kessler, AFRL
12. Zero-Carbon Logistics Support via Hybrid Airships (Hybrid Airships), Capt Benjamin Cohen, Naval Information Warfare Pacific (NIWC-PAC)

13. Solar Aerial Vehicle for Intelligence & Operational Reconnaissance (SAVIOR), Mr. Ruddie Ibanez, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)

1. Little Bison, Mr. Eric Bradley, NRL
2. Space Domain Energy Strategy Phase 2 (SDES 2), Mr. James Winter, AFRL
3. Advanced Metallization and Processing for Space Photovoltaics (AMPSPV), Mr. Christopher Kerestes, AFRL
4. Americium Radioisotope Power Systems (ARPS), Mr. Chris DePuma, NRL
5. Low Cost High Efficiency Solar Arrays (LCHESA), Mr. Christopher Kerestes, AFRL
6. Sustained Power Access via Radio-energy  Transmission And Nuclear-Generation (SPARTAN-G), Mr. James Winter, AFRL
7. Lithium Sulfur Specific Energy Improvements (LiSS), Mr. Daniel Romm, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command
8. Low-Cost PV Substrate Maturation (LCPVSM), Mr. Christopher Kerestes, AFRL
9. Space Energy and DARPA Power Beaming Web (SYNDROME), Mr. Chris DePuma, AFRL
10. Space Wireless On-demand Optical Power (SWOOP), Mr. Chris DePuma, NRL
11. Tactical Microgrid Standard - Space (TMS-Space), Mr. Frank Bohn, U.S. Army CCDC C5ISR Center
12. Space-to-Earth LasEr ConcepT for a Global Energy System (SELECT GES) Study, Dr. Paul Jaffe, NRL

Currently Unfunded

Should additional funding become available, projects will be funded based on ranked order (provided the funding source aligns with the proposal topic):

Aviation Efficiencies

1. Breakthrough Wireless Power (RF Beaming), Col Paul Calhoun, DARPA
2. Theater Air Logistics Optimization Network (TALON), Maj Thomas Horan, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
3. Airpiercer III, Dr. Mark Fernelius, AFRL
4. Extreme Power Internal Combustion (EPIC) Engine, Mr. Greg Buchanan, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division
5. Wireless Assisted Sustained Power Wafer Scale Amplifier (WASP-WSA), Mr. Curtis Eckhardt, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
6. SWIFTSTAR, Dr. Corey Cergsrud, NSWC Crane Division
7. Leveraged In-situ Orography for Sustained Aviation (LEVIOSA), Dr. Stearns Heinzen, NRL
8. Texturized Stratospheric Solar Array Capability Demonstrator (TxSAC_Demo), Mr. Eric Follstad, Combatant Command
9. Synthetic Fuels for Contested Environments (SynCE), Maj Nicole Pearl, Air Force Futures
10. Aviation Power Management and Electrification Study (Aviation PM&E), Mr. Ami Shah, U.S. Army CCDC C5ISR Center
11. Laser Power Beaming to small UAS for the Warfighter (LPBSU-W) Study, Dr. Richard Osgood, DEVCOM Soldier Center
12. Naval Aviation Training Next (NATN), Mr. Michael Natali, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
13. Mixed Place Mixed Reality (MPMR), Mr. Alex Horn, DIU
14. Low Cost, Long Endurance Persistent Stratospheric Platform  for Precise Weather Sensing and Forecasting (HAB Wx Sensing), Maj Mike Greene, AFLCMC

Space Efficiencies

1. Improve Solar Cell Efficiency (Imps), Mr. Daniel Romm, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command
2. High power, high brightness 1550 nm diode laser arrays for eye-safer power beaming (Bright-Eye), Mr. Michael Wardlaw, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
3. Metrology-Enabled RF Integration Technology Phase 2 (MERIT 2), Mr. Andrew Sinclair, AFRL
4. Ascent Compatible Multimode ECR-thrusters (ACME), Dr. Michael McDonald, NRL
5. A Megawatt-Class Orbital Nuclear Power Platform (BARGE), Mr. Chris DePuma, NRL
6. High-Endurance and High-Agility Small Satellite (HMMPSS), Mr. James Winter, AFRL
7. On-Orbit Servicing Nuclear-Powered Micro-Satellite (LENS-A), Mr. James Winter, AFRL
8. Thermoradiatives for Improved Power on Satellites (TIPS), Mr. Daniel Romm, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command
9. Synchronous Rectifications Switching Topology for Space Applications (SELEC), Mr. Tuan Duong, NRL
10. Zero-Volt Battery Cost Reduction (ZERO-V), Mr. Daniel Romm, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command
11. UV to Visible Downshifting Coatings Exploration for Enhanced  Space Based Solar Panel Performance (UV-Viz), Mr. Thomas Peng, AFRL
12. Low Cost High Efficiency Solar Arrays (LCHESA) Remainder, Mr. Christopher Kerestes, AFRL
13. Solar Array Cost Reduction (SoCR), Mr. Daniel Romm, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command
14. Wireless Assisted Sustained Power Panel Array (WASP-PA), Mr. Curtis Eckhardt, U.S. Army CCDC Armaments Center
15. Cost Reduction for All GaAs Substrates (CRAG), Mr. Daniel Romm, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command
16. Compact Radioisotope And Fusion Technologies (CRAFT), Dr. Barry Kirkendall, DIU
17. Prototype Fuel/Moderator in Reactor Testing for Small Modular Reactor (PTFM), Mr. James Winter, AFRL
18. Small Modular Reactor for Space Force Applications (SMR), Mr. James Winter, AFRL
19. High Acceleration Radioisotope Thermal Thruster (HARTT), Mr. Chris DePuma, NRL
20. Remote Installation Grid Optimization & Resilience (RIGOR), Mr. Scott Olson, U.S. Air Force 611th Civil Engineering Squadron
21. Nano Engineered Thin Film Thermoelectrics (NETT), Mr. Daniel Romm, U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command
22. DOD Operational Energy (OE) Roadmap and Strategy (ROAST), Mr. Chris DePuma, NRL

FY22 Projects

Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF)

The Director of Operational Energy – Innovation is pleased to announce this year’s OECIF proposal ranking for FY22 Funding:

1. DoD-Wide Operational Energy Management System (OEMS) Expansion, Dr. Paul Jaffe, OSD
2. Metrology-Enabled RF Integration Technology (MERIT), Lt Col Brian Hans, AFRL/RXSC
3. Li-Ion Early Fault Predictive Monitor (LEAP-M), Mr. Justin Lewis, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
4. Naval Power Network Monitoring (NPNM), Mr. Milton Ridgeway, Naval Secure Power PMO
5. Tactical Energy Converter (TEC) Application & MIL-STD Testing, Ms. Cynthia Robbins, DEVCOM C5ISR
6. High Speed Rotating Machine (HSRM) Prototyping & Test, Dr. John Heinzel, Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division
7. DoD Space Domain Energy Strategy & Space Nuclear Power (SNUP) Study, Lt Col Brian Hans, AFRL/RXSC
8. Small Tactical Universal Battery Integration, Dr. Nathan Sharpes, DEVCOM C5ISR
9. Efficient Microwave Array for Scalable Wireless Power Transfer, Dr. Colin Joye, NRL
10. 2026-2030 DOD Battery Supply Risk Assessment and Aggregation, Mr. Eric Shields, NSWC Carderock
11. Forward Deployed Refueling and Support Package to Enable COMMS and Situational Awareness (RASP-CASA), Ms. Maria Medeiros, ONR/NRL
12. Space Qualifiable, Low-Cost, Perovskite Solar Cells for DoD Applications (SLPD), Lt Col Brian Hans, AFRL/RXSC
13. Airpiercer, Dr. Mark Fernelius, AFRL/RQTC
14. Resilient Operational Power and Energy Sensing (ROPES), Mr. David Hull, DEVCOM ARL
15. Electric Tactical Humanitarian Operations Recovery (eTHOR), Ms. Marissa Brand, NIWC-Pacific
16. Power Extender – Grid Source (PEGS), Mr. Daniel Masters, Army PM E2S2
17. Arctic Grid Energy Storage (AGES), CDR Jason Wood, NORAD & USNORTHCOM
18. Dual-use DE Laser Solution, Mr. Michael Wardlaw, ONR
19. Light Expeditionary Energy Agile Platform (LEEAP), Mr. Kawakahi Amina, USINDOPACOM J4
20. Solar-Powered Phased Array Optimized for Thermal Performance and Mass-Specific Power (PRAM-2), Dr. Brian Tierney, NRL
21. Low-Profile Electric-Propulsion Nuclear Satellite (LENS), Mr. Jeffrey Todd, USSPACECOM
22. Warfighter Alternative Energy Study (WAES), Ms. Julianne Douglas, DEVCOM C5ISR
23. Impact of Vehicle Electrification Configurations on Energy-Related Sustainment and Performance, Mr. Bill Fisher, DEVCOM DAC
24. Solar Technologies to Prevent Premature Replacement of Tactical Vehicle and Generator Batteries, Mr. Kevin Guite, DEVCOM DAC
25. High Speed Logistics, Mr. Ian Sieker, NAVFAC EXWC

This year’s competition for OECIF funding was extremely competitive. The above projects were selected based on OECIF's proposed FY22 funding level. When OECIF received additional funding, the following projects were also selected:

26. Generation 3 Li-ion 6T Batteries with Open-source BMS and Case (“Gen 3 Li-ion 6T”), Mr. David Skalny, DEVCOM GVSC
27. Rectenna Integrated onto UAV, Mr. Curtis Eckhardt, DEVCOM AC
28. Distributed Energy Provided Throughout the Seas (DEPTHS), Mr. Michael Wardlaw, ONR
29. Optical Recharge Beam at Altitude (ORBA), Mr. Cameron Stanley, GCC USSOUTHCOM
30. Small Unit Power, Electrification and Resilience (SUPER), Ms. Cindy Milholland, NIWC-PAC

The following projects advanced to Round Two but are not likely to be funded. Should UFR/additional funding become available, these proposals would be funded in the following order (provided the funding aligns with the proposal topic):

31. Blended Wing Body (BWB) Tanker, Mr. Daniel Pike, Air Force
32. Resilient + Redundant Expeditionary Energy (R2E2), Mr. Bjorn Oberg, ERDC-CERL
33. High Power DE Mild Hybrid System, Mr. Joseph Grobmyer, Army Directed Energy Project Office
34. Span Wire Over The Shore (SWOTS), Mr. Matthew Young, NSWCCD
35. Additive-Enabled Power & Cooling (AEPC), Dr. Harold Coombe, ONR
36. FMTV Hybrid Integration into Tactical Cyber Secure Microgrid, Mr. Dean McGrew, DEVCOM GVSC
37. Hybrid Energy Storage Module Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) Active Rectifier for DoD Platforms, Mr. Donald Hoffman, ONR
38. Optical Beaming of Energy via Laser Irradiation over Several Kilometers (OBELISK), Dr. Kenneth Schmieder, NRL
39. Battlespace Energy Management (BEM), Mr. Brandon Hencey, AFRL
40. Expeditionary Portable Power Unit – Microgrid (EPPU-MG), Mr. Frank Bohn, DEVCOM C5ISR
41. Ruggedized, All-Weather, Modular Rectenna Power Plant for the 21st Century (RAMP21) , Lt Col Brian Hans, AFRL
42. Operational Wireless Power System (O-WiPS), Dr. Corey Bergsrud, NSWC Crane
43. Cold Operations Logistical Dependence on Battery Technologies for Energy Assurance during Missions (COLD Battery TEAM), Dr. Giuseppe Di Benedetto, DEVCOM Armaments
44. JP-8 Range Extender Power System (REPS) for Tactical Vehicles, Mr. Dean McGrew, DEVCOM GVSC
45. Hydrogen Energy Architecture at the Tactical Edge (HEATE), Mr. Wayne Jordheim, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
46. Spatial and Temporal Thermal Diffusion Hardware – SpaceTime, Mr. Jonathan Allison, AFRL
47. Maturation of low-cost substrates for PV, Mr. David Wilt, AFRL/RV
48. H2-TUAS Phase 2 Thermionic Electric Generator (TEGs) for Silent Flight and Fast Recharge Range Extension, Mr. William Nikonchuk, DEVCOM AVMC
49. Ultra Lightweight 400kw-2MW Generator, Mr. Paul Litke, AFRL Center for Rapid Innovation
50. Advancement of Thermal for Laser Addition and Saving Energy (ATLAS-Energy), Dr. Kevin Woods, NSWC Philadelphia
51. Power and Thermal Technologies for Advanced Hybrid Electric Propulsion (HEP), Mr. Brian Donovan, AFRL/RQQI
52. Actively Managed Power for Enduring Rotorcraft Electrical Systems (AMPERES), Mr. Brad Stanley, DEVCOM C5ISR
53. Power Beaming to Small UAS Demonstration (PBSU-D), Dr. Richard Osgood, DEVCOM SC
54. Efficient Logistic EleCTRIfication Technology (ELECTRIT), Mr. Allan Hartong, AFRL/RXSC

Questions on OECIF rankings may be directed to Dr. Paul Jaffe (OECIF Deputy / Chief Scientist), jaffe@nrl.navy.mil, or Ms. RuthAnne Darling (OECIF Director), ruthanne.s.darling.civ@mail.mil. We are happy to provide you feedback and the information from OEMS as well.

Thanks one and all for your interest and all your efforts.

Operational Energy Prototyping Fund (OEPF)

The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment and Energy Resilience (ODASD(E&ER)), Operational Energy – Innovation (OE-I) is pleased to announce the FY22 proposal rankings under the new Operational Energy Prototyping Fund (OEPF). The caliber of proposals was tremendous, which made the down select process very competitive.

The following projects were initially selected for funding based on OEPF's proposed FY22 funding levels:

1. TMS – Advanced, Mr. Frank Bohn, Army DEVCOM C5ISR
2. Space-To-Space Power Beaming (S2SPB), Ms. James Winter, Air Force AFRL/RV
3. Tactical Vehicle Hybridization (TVH), Mr. Jeff Davis, DIU PM Transportation Systems
4. HVPE Lower-Cost III-V Photovoltaics, Mr. David Wilt, Air Force AFRL/RV
5. DMMS and JOESF Integrated Prototype for Mobile Power Demonstration, Ms. Cindy Milholland, Navy NIWC-PAC
6. Sensors for Collaborative Operational Power & Energy (SCOPE), Mr. David Hull, Army DEVCOM ARL
7. Ultra UAS - ECU for Enhanced Endurance, Mr. Paul Litke, Air Force AFRL Center for Rapid Innovation

When OEPF received additional funding, the following projects were also selected:

8. Hybrid Tiger Ultra-Persistent ISR, Dr. Stearns Heinzen, Naval Research Laboratory
9. Micro Blade, Mr. Daniel Pike, Air Force Research Laboratory (Pending)

The following projects advanced to Round Two but are not likely to be funded due to limited FY22 appropriations. OEPF intends to give away all funding we receive after taxes and operating costs, so if additional funding becomes available, projects ranked 10-13 will be funded in the order below (provided funding aligns with the proposal topic). The project office will coordinate with the team PI if partial funding becomes available:

10. POTION: Maximizing UAV Energy Performance, Dr. Richard Stroman, Naval Research Laboratory
11. Ultra Energy Efficient UAS, Mr. Paul Litke, Air Force AFRL Center for Rapid Innovation
12. FMTV/MTVR/HEMTT Anti-idle System Integration, Mr. Dean McGrew, Army DEVCOM GVSC
13. FMTV High Power Variant for Vehicle Centric Microgrids and High Power Users, Mr. Janie Hancock, Army DEVCOM GVSC

Projects 10-13 also fit within the POM 23 issue paper submissions. As such, we hope all will be re-submitted in FY23. Thank you once again to all who submitted proposals in response to the FY22 OEPF solicitation.

FY22 Archive

1. OECIF and OEPF Call for Proposals FY2022
2. A1_OECIF and OEPF Proposal Whitepaper
3. A2_OECIF and OEPF Quad Chart Template