The DoD is seeking the next generation of small and medium UUVs.

New Solicitation Announcement

There is a new solicitation posted on our website. It is easy to respond with a 5-page paper or 15-slide slide deck. These limits are not requirements but are strongly recommended. Additional guidance about what we look for in a proposal is available here ( https://www.diu.mil/solution-brief-guidance?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com ). Our goal is to award an initial contract within 60-90 days of solicitation closure. Solicitation details and a link to the submission page are available below.

Low Cost Undersea Effectors

The United States Military faces a critical need for affordable small and medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) to enhance its operational capabilities in subsea and seabed warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and expeditionary warfare domains. Current and legacy systems are designed to be multi-mission, exquisite systems requiring long production timelines, significant training, reconfiguration prior to mission, and technical experts to process data. However, there are situations where a single use, mission specific UUV can be more desirable to the end user in the kinetic, ISR, and expeditionary domains.

The DoD is seeking the next generation of small and medium UUVs. Proposed UUVs addressing any of these problem sets should be low cost, mission specific assets. Desired mission sets include but are not limited to delivering kinetic effects, ISR, and expeditionary. *Learn more* ( https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us/submit-solution/PROJ00595?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com ) *.*

*Submission Deadline:*
24 July 2025
23:59:59 U.S. Eastern Time

Learn more ( https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us/submit-solution/PROJ00595?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com )

Other open solicitations:

*Project G.I. Prize Challenge* ( https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us/submit-solution/PROJ00598?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com )
This solicitation closes on December 31, 2025 at 23:59:59 Eastern Time

*About DIU:* The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) strengthens our national security by accelerating the adoption of commercial technology throughout the military and growing the national security innovation base. DIU partners with organizations across the Department of Defense (DoD) and with nontraditional companies to facilitate prototype projects and field advanced commercial solutions that address national security challenges. DIU leverages Other Transaction (OT) authority to award Prototype agreements, which, if successful, may result in the direct award of a follow-on Production agreement without the use of further competitive procedures. (DIU is not an OT consortium; DIU executes direct award OTs).

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