Overview

• The Air Force Test Center issued a solicitation in early August seeking two towable, battery-removed Cybertrucks among 33 vehicles for live missile testing at White Sands Missile Range.
• A formal sole-source justification points to February market research that found no comparable design or impact resistance to the Cybertruck’s stainless steel exoskeleton and 48-volt electrical architecture.
• The vehicles will support U.S. Special Operations Command’s Stand Off Precision Guided Munitions program, which tests Hellfire, Griffin, Small Glide, and Laser Small Diameter Bomb systems.
• Contract requirements specify that Cybertrucks be nonfunctional but towable with drained fluids and removed batteries to mirror realistic battlefield threats.
• The open procurement underscores the Air Force’s anticipation that adversaries may adopt similarly durable civilian EVs, driving the need for representative target platforms.