Overview

• On August 7 the Navy issued a solicitation via the CEED Consortium under an Other Transaction Authority seeking execution-ready energy prototypes for Navy and Marine Corps installations.
• The initiative demands systems capable of delivering 99.9% uptime independently of the public grid to maintain warfighting readiness despite natural disasters or cyberattacks.
• Prototype requirements include integration of small modular nuclear reactors, geothermal generation, battery storage and other dispatchable technologies.
• The Other Transaction Authority framework grants the Navy accelerated procurement and direct collaboration with non-traditional industry and academic innovators.
• Proposals must be rapid-deployment ready, require minimal permitting and support advanced AI-enabled data centers on military bases.