OTAs
Credence is a member of several consortia, through which the Government can use Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs) to enter into agreements with Credence.
For more information about Credence and OTAs, please contact: OTA@credence-llc.com
System of Systems Consortium (SOSSEC)
The SOSSEC Consortium provides technical performance of research and development as well as prototype development to address the needs of the C4ISR, Cyber, and Homeland Defense communities primarily within the Department of Defense through OTAs. Both C5 and SOSSEC provide its members and eligible Government agencies a flexible and user-friendly pathway for rapid acquisition, linking buyers and sellers of innovation, and broadening the technology base to include non-traditional defense contractors and small businesses.
- Border Security
- Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Protection Technologies
- Perimeter Security
- Port Security
- IED Detection and Neutralization
- Robotics
- Sensors
- Surveillance and Warning
- Architectural and Engineering Services
- C2/C3/C4i Technology Development and Prototyping Systems Integration
- Systems Integration
- Emergency Response
- Smart Building and Automation Systems
- Communications
- Integration of Communications and Data Systems
- Situational Awareness
- Cyber Defense
- Information Assurance
- Data Mining
- Analytic Modeling
- Business Analytics
- Collaboration Capabilities
- Computer Vision
- Data Capture
- Data Discovery, Visualization, and Analytics
- Intelligence Exposure
- Intelligence Production
- Reliability
- Search Capabilities
- Propulsion Technologies
For more information about the SOSSEC Consortium, please visit here.
Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium
The IWRP Consortium uses an OTA collaboration to engage industry and academia to develop and mature technologies in the field of information warfare that enhance Navy and Marine Corps mission effectiveness, focusing on underlying technologies that advance information warfare capabilities through a consortium that can support research, development, and prototyping.
- Cyber Warfare
- Data Science/Analytics Technologies
- Assured Communications
- Cloud Computing
- Enterprise Resource Tools
- Integrated Fires (IF)
- Battlespace Awareness (BA)
- DevSecOps
- Autonomy
- Mobility
- Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- On-Demand Manufacturing
- Assured Command and Control (C2)
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Elegant Design and User Experience
For more information about the IWRP Consortium, please visit here.
Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)
MTEC is a DoD-focused nonprofit that funds medical technology development. Operating under a government-awarded OTA, MTEC rapidly deploys funding and drive innovative medical technologies that improve military and civilian health globally.
- Military Infectious Diseases
- Combat Casualty Care
- Military Operational Medicine
- Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine
- Medical Training and Health Information Science
- Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Threats
For more information about the MTEC, please visit here.
Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5)
C5 helps Government program managers identify, acquire, demonstrate, and transition innovative Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), and cyber technologies to the Warfighter using OTAs.
- Situational Understanding
- C4ISR and Targeting
- System-of-Systems Architecture
- Tactical and Strategic Networks
- Enterprise Systems
- Artificial Intelligence
- Forensics
- Analytics
- Systems Integration
- Software and Hardware Technologies
- Offensive and Defensive Cyberspace Operations
- Electronic Warfare
- Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
- Information Operations
- Intelligence Analysis, Exploitation, and Dissemination
- Mobility and Autonomy
- Sensors
- Modeling and Simulation
- Enabling Technologies
- Training
For more information about the C5 Consortium, please visit here.
Training and Readiness Accelerator II (TReX II) Consortium
TReX II consortium is a collaboration executed under an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to address critical modeling, simulation, and training (MS&T) issues affecting national security.
- Modeling
- Simulation
- Education and Training
- Experimental Validation
- Readiness
- Information Operations
For more information about the TReX II Consortium, please visit here.