# Prototype OTA for XVIII Airborne Corps 5G Center of Gravity Testbed

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- Solicitation number: W51H72-26-9-A001
- Notice type: Award notice
- Status: Awarded to DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P Round Rock for $14,887,615.00
- Department: Department of the Army
- Agency: Department of the Army
- Contracting office: 0419 Aq HQ Contracting Sup (W51H72)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC13 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Experimental Development
- Place of performance: Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- First posted: August 18, 2026
- Last posted: August 18, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/52dd73df600d4fd386ed54c04957d086/view

## Description

The 419th Contracting Support Brigade, on behalf of the XVIII Airborne Corps, has awarded a sole-source Prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 4022 to Dell Federal Systems L.P. and its primary partner, T-Mobile USA, Inc. The purpose of this Prototype OTA is to establish an experimental, secure, and resilient 100-square-mile 5G Center of Gravity Testbed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

This research and development effort will integrate proprietary commercial carrier capabilities (T-Mobile's 5G Standalone Core) with a highly secure, experimental Private Land Mobile Network (PLMN) utilizing Dell tactical edge-compute infrastructure.

The prototype focuses on validating the operational feasibility of 5G technology-as-a-service (TaaS) to support advanced mission applications for the Immediate Reaction Force (IRF), including Counter-UAS (C-UAS), real-time ISR video feeds via mandatory network slicing, and secure logistical tracking.

This award was executed as a sole-source action to leverage over $31.9 million in prior joint public-private investment made under a six-year USSOCOM Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), thereby avoiding substantial duplication of cost to the Government and preventing unacceptable operational schedule delays.

## Publications

- August 18, 2026: Award notice. Notice 52dd73df600d4fd386ed54c04957d086. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/52dd73df600d4fd386ed54c04957d086/view

## Points of contact

- Cameron Wade, cameron.r.wade.mil@army.mil, 9109084674

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