Active DIU Projects

Project: Improved Mobile Electric Power Distribution System

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks to develop and test a robust, scalable distribution system that seamlessly interconnects and distributes power from current tactical generators and energy storage systems.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Specular Maritime Integrated Sensor Technology (MIST) Prize Challenge

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: DIU, in collaboration with the Department of the Navy Rapid Capabilities Office (DONRCO) and Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, seeks to identify innovative, scalable, and cost-effective solutions to address modern maritime training and operational challenges.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Project Spectrum Strike Prize Challenge

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks a "ready-now" automated, software-driven spectrum deconfliction and authorization ecosystem.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: All Players - Modular & Scalable Architectures for Joint Simulation and Wargaming

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks modular and scalable simulation and training architectures for military platforms that enable 100+ players to exercise and rehearse within a shared synthetic battlespace.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Endpoint Accuracy 2: CUAS Close-In Kinetic Defeat Enhancement

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW is seeking innovative technologies to enhance the lethality of integrated weapons and fire control systems, with a focus on improving effectiveness of Remote Weapons Systems (RWS) against Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in support of the Counter-UAS (C-UAS) mission.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Open Mission Engine (OMEN)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks prototype solutions for a modular, open mission engine (OMEN) that powers a suite of new mission applications and plugins for aircrew operating in contested environments.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Portable Resilient Integrated Storage Module (PRISM)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks a flexible, scalable, easily-portable energy storage and power conversion and distribution system, sized between 1kWh GOTS lightweight systems and heavy applications serviced by current 90kWh GOTS energy storage units.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: AI Assisted Triage & Treatment Challenge

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks innovative, deployable solutions to monitor and assess hemodynamic status in forward combat medical environments.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Janus

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks to prototype Microreactor Power Plant(s) (MPPs) capable of developing a suite of advanced nuclear power plant energy solutions to meet the needs of the U.S. Department of War (DoW).

Companies awarded: Antares Nuclear, Inc., BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, Inc., and Westinghouse Government Services.

Project: Barracks Resilience Through Industrialized Construction (BR-IC)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks to prototype and scale advanced manufacturing and industrialized construction (IC) solutions capable of delivering high-quality, energy-efficient, and resilient facilities at accelerated timelines and reduced lifecycle costs.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Adaptive Manufacturing and Integration at Scale (10^n)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks commercial solutions to address production rate and capacity challenges in the U.S. space supply chain. This initiative aims to leverage digital design, AI-enabled software, adaptive manufacturing, and agile testing to rapidly produce dual- use space systems on demand and at commercial scale.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Advanced Marine Propulsion and Energy for Revolutionary Efficiency (AMPERE)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The U.S. Navy seeks to enhance the warfighting capabilities of its next-generation surface destroyers. These vessels must remain adaptable and lethal against both conventional and asymmetric threats. 

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: FORGE - Foundry for Operational Readiness and Global Effects

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks solutions to boost production capacity and remove production bottlenecks for cast metal parts used in high-performance aeronautical systems.

Companies awarded: Nikon AM Synergy Inc., Velo3d

Project: Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (ANPI)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoW seeks to design and build fixed on-site microreactor nuclear power systems on select military installations to support global operations across land, air, sea, space, and cyberspace.

Companies awarded: Antares Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Kairos Power, Oklo, Radiant Industries Incorporated, Westinghouse Government Services and X-Energy.

Project: Antidote

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: This project is focused on identifying pathogens using wastewater and extending lessons learned from advanced developers, demonstrating a commercial system capable of finding any biothreat, whether known or unknown, or even novel or engineered.

Companies awarded: Embleema, the Public Health Company, and RTX-BBN.

Project: Biosurveillance Information Platform

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The threat of biological hazards—whether natural, accidental, or deliberate—continues to evolve, demanding a more adaptive and responsive approach to biosurveillance. Current detection methods rely heavily on predefined pathogen lists and manual data processing, which limit the ability to detect novel or engineered threats. This initiative aims to overcome these constraints by leveraging commercial technology to create a real-time, data-driven intelligence capability for biosurveillance analysts.

Companies awarded: Bana Solutions, Booz Allen Hamilton and Cyberhill Partners

Project: Digital Front Door Plus (DFD+)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: This program seeks to integrate or replace existing systems, support a value-based, integrated healthcare model, and facilitate direct healthcare through telehealth and digital enhancements.

Companies awarded: BDR Solutions, Bluestaq, Clearstep and Ernst & Young

Project: Electrified Ground Support Equipment (eGSE)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercially-proven hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric systems capable of performing aircraft handling in support of Navy and Marine Corps missions.

Companies awarded: TLD America, TLD Wollard, and TowFLEXX Technologies.

Project: Expeditionary Hydrogen on Ship and Shore (EHOSS)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: DIU, in close collaboration with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office, Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Undersea Warfare Command, U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center, and Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, are addressing operational requirements to improve energy resilience and extend capabilities at the tactical edge.

Companies awarded: Pratt Miller

Project: FastBat Unmanned

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks fully commercialized, rechargeable battery cells that meet the performance needs of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) to include Group 1 and 2, with diverse mission requirements.

Companies awarded: Amprius

Project: Finance First 2.0

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: Across the Department of Defense (DoD), military installations and facilities are being asked to deploy resilient and reliable energy systems more quickly and cost-effectively. Finance First is seeking industry solutions that will deliver completed projects in a timeline consistent with best-in-class commercial practices (2-3 years), and which will deliver electrons at an acceptable $/kwH with little or no up-front capital investment.

Companies awarded: ECC Energy Solutions, FESCO Energy, and Ionic Blue Management

Project: Long Operation Combatant-Naval Energy Storage System (LOC-NESS)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The U.S. Navy seeks large-scale commercial solutions to provide improved energy resilience and a superior cost structure for the government.

Companies awarded: Siemens Energy

Project: Mobile Electric Generation for Austere Environments (MEGA)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions to disseminate energy, on-demand, from tactical vehicles to supported tactical equipment and systems, bypassing the need for supplementary generators.

Companies awarded: MEGA Track 1 - Michigan Technological University, MEGA Track 2 - Rebel Systems

Project: Modular Spectrum Characterization

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks autonomous solutions capable of passively detecting and gathering data primarily against wideband, high bandwidth, electromagnetic spectrum while also storing this data securely.

Companies awarded: Distributed Spectrum, IoT/AI, Epiq

Project: Net Zero Buildings (Vesta - Barracks Restoration)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: DoD seeks to prototype innovative design and construction techniques and materials in order to improve the energy and water efficiency of its existing building infrastructure. Therefore, the DoD is seeking new approaches, potentially turnkey, for the net zero design and renovation of existing buildings.

Companies awarded: Haskell Company, Layton Construction

Project: Drag Reduction for Legacy Aircraft

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks mature, commercially-viable technologies to reduce fuel costs and fuel supply chain risks while improving operational capability and on-station times for the current fleet of airborne logistic aircraft.

Companies awarded: Vortex Control Technologies, Metro Aerospace, and MicroTau

Project: FAStBat

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks high-capacity, commercially-relevant, and rechargeable battery cells that meet the performance needs of a variety of military battery packs.

Companies awarded: Bren-Tronics, Enersys, EXO Charge (a division of Xentris Wireless), NanoGraf, Pale Blue Earth, SAFT Aerospace, Defense & Performance (a division of SAFT America), Stryten Energy, Sunlight Group Energy Systems, Teledyne Technologies, and Thales Defense and Security

Project: Geothermal Energy for Mission Assurance

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a novel approach using the power of the earth through geothermal energy which is carbon-free and can provide continuous/reliable power regardless of weather conditions to 1) maintain military mission continuity and 2) comply with Congressional mandate under the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to provide its critical missions with 99.9 percent reliable energy by 2030.

Companies awarded: Eavor Inc., Teverra, Zanskar Geothermal and Minerals, Fervo Energy, GreenFire Energy, and Sage Geosystems

Project: Hydrogen at the Tactical Edge for Contested Logistics [HyTEC]

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks to prototype an integrated electrolysis-based H2 production and storage system capable of producing and dispensing 1kg (threshold) / 3 kg (objective) of 350 bar (threshold) / 700 bar (objective) H2 in 24 hours.

Companies awarded: NovaSpark Energy and Zepher Flight Labs

Project: Polygraph+

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions to optimize credibility assessments through a blend of user experience and automation upgrades.

Companies awarded: Altec and Presage Security

Project: Tactical Augemented Reality

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a tactical augmented reality (TAR) solution that will improve operational efficiency and increase user knowledge and skills without triggering cognitive overload.

Companies awarded: Syzygy, Teleidoscope, and Quasistatics

Project: Tactical Range Extender - Enhancer (TREE)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a commercial solution that would extend the range of its future fleet of ground vehicles that use a single all-electric powertrain.

Companies awarded: Great Lakes Sound & Vibration and Northrop Grumman

Project: Virtual Training for Air Dominance (VTRAD)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks best-in-class commercial immersive training solutions for synthetic training environments and extended-reality training devices to produce the next generation of fast-jet pilots.

Companies awarded: Metrea Simulations and Vertex Solutions

Project: Extended Duration Storage for Installations (EDSI)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks to prototype an energy storage system (or systems) capable of delivering between 50kW and 10MW for more than eight hours for a DoD installation or critical facility.

Companies awarded: CellCube and DD Dannar

Project: Endpoint Accuracy

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: Individual warfighter effectiveness or lethality will depend on accuracy to decision. This may require the skilled application of effective fire to engage targets. The DoD is seeking improvements in this area at the individual warfighter level. Specifically, the DoD is seeking technology that will deflect or self-aim a standard issue round to its target.

Companies awarded: Teleidoscope, Radius Precision

Project: Environmental Remediation & Restoration from PFAS

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD is looking for commercially-viable technologies for the on-site destruction and remediation of PFAS tied to AFFF usage. A preferred solution incorporates technologies capable of treating impacted materials of concern, including soils, sediments, biosolids, investigation derived wastes (IDW), storm waters, and groundwater.

Companies awarded: General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Aquagga, Arcadis, Cyclopure, and ASRC Consulting and Environmental Services

Project: Exhaled Breath Diagnostics (EXHALE)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks submissions for a hand-held device capable of non-invasively detecting pre-symptomatic early infection of a human subject through an analysis of volatile organic components (VOC) and/or exhaled aerosols present in the subject’s exhaled breath.

Companies awarded: Detec-Ion and Owlstone Medical Limited

Project: Multi-Place Mixed Reality Flight Simulator (MPMR)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a solution to enable effective crew resource management (CRM) and flight procedures training in multi-place aircraft. The system must draw upon and make maximum use of the government’s PTT platform as the basis for providing the flight simulation environment and associated hardware.

Companies awarded: Vertex Solutions

Project: Night Haunter

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks new technologies that will improve the U.S. military’s ability to track a path in GPS and network-denied environments (e.g., subterranean, dense structures, under water, etc.) using commercial and/or internet of things (IoT) devices.

Companies awarded: Astra Navigation

Project: Readily Available Propellant in Diverse Orbits (RAPID)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions to conduct responsive, in-space refueling. As space operations expand beyond low-Earth-orbit (LEO), maneuver is a critical capability employed during commercial, civil and national security space operations.

Companies awarded: SpaceX and Orbit Fab

Project: Smart Wearable Fatigue Tracking (SWiFT)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks solutions for developing an algorithm that uses readily available commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) wearables to track and predict cognitive fatigue.

Companies awarded: Pulsar Infomatics

Project: Stable Tactical Expeditionary Electric Power (STEEP)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD (DoD) is seeking commercially-proven hardware and software options that work with existing generators to provide enhanced energy storage and an intelligent power system.

Companies awarded: Cummins Power Generation and GM Defense

Project: Advanced Nuclear Propulsion and Power

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD is seeking commercial solutions for lightweight, portable, and long-duration power sources that can support propulsion and on-station power for sensing and communication on small- and medium-sized spacecraft.

Companies awarded: Avalanche Energy Designs

Project: Tactical Vehicle Hybridization (TVH)

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a commercial solution to hybridize its fleet of light, medium, and heavy ground vehicles to reduce fuel consumption (for example, by reducing engine idle time) while ensuring the continued operability of onboard and connected electrical systems.

Companies awarded: XL Fleet, Stealth Power and Blackburn Energy

Project: Multi-Orbit Logistics Services [M-OLV]

Portfolio: 10x

Problem statement: In anticipation of future missions, the DoD seeks logistics services enabling low cost, responsive access to geostationary (GEO) and other exotic orbits beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). 

Companies awarded: Space Logistics, LLC, Skycorp Incorported and Blue Origin

Project: Low-Cost ISR (LC-ISR)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks both medium and long-endurance Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or other platforms that can collect and transmit multi-intelligence (multi-int) sensor data to support real-time operational and targeting decisions over expansive land, littoral, and maritime regions. The Government seeks mature solutions, not concepts.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Suitable Warfighting Adaptive Payloads (SWAP-USV)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks to partner with established maritime manufacturers, autonomy developers, sensor manufacturers, and UAS developers to execute a multi-phase Prize Challenge under 10 USC 4025 with up to $100M in available funding.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Ground-Based Affordable Mass Prize Challenge (G-BAM)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: Through Ground-Based Affordable Mass (G-BAM), the Department of War (DOW) is seeking mature, affordable, long-range precision strike systems that can be demonstrated within 60-90 days, certified, and scaled into production within 12-18 months.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Massed Modular Aircraft

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks a cost-effective, theater-range, massed, and modular Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to provide a flexible, operationally-responsive, risk-tolerant option in the air domain.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Autonomous Resupply Vessel (ARV)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks solutions for a small, Autonomous Resupply Vehicle (ARV-S). The ARV-S’ primary job will be regularly resupplying containerized cargo to forward-deployed units in the form of Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs).

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Robotic Operation for Autonomous Delivery and Sustainment (ROADS)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW is seeking scalable, commercially derived solutions that integrate modern fleet management and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Level 2+ through Level 4 autonomous vehicle technologies.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Robotic Exclusion & Engagement Framework (REEF)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: This program seeks a suite of systems approach to address the REEF challenge. By leveraging commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) sensors, edge processing, sensor fusion, software, and interdiction methods, this program aims to create a flexible, stand-alone system adaptable to various environments and integrable with existing USG systems.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Autonomous Low Profile Vessel (ALPV)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW requires the ability to resupply units spread over wide distances in contested littoral environments.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Counter UAS Sensing for Homeland and Mobile Defense (CUSH-MD)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks to leverage mature and emerging commercial sensing technologies to deliver scalable, survivable, and life‑saving counter‑sUAS (C‑sUAS) sensing capabilities to the warfighter.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Runway Independent Maritime & Expeditionary Strike (RIMES)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) capable of supporting Naval surface combatants through executing long range strikes with standard munition payloads while providing tactical flexibility by operating from expeditionary locations with minimal infrastructure, or from ships without large flight decks.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Containerized Autonomous Drone Delivery System (CADDS)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks innovative solutions that enable the storage, rapid deployment, and management of multi-agent systems to provide either persistent UAS coverage over extended periods or massed effects within a single geographic region and time.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Autonomous Vehicle Orchestrator Prize Challenge

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The Department of War seeks innovative, market-ready solutions to establish a robust, scalable, and vehicle-agnostic capability for understanding, tasking, and coordinating autonomous systems at the fleet level.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Show Stopper: Non-Kinetic Disablement of Non-Compliant, Small Watercraft

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: DHS and the DoW seek solutions capable of reliably stopping non-compliant small watercraft without placing undue risk to the DHS/DoW personnel conducting these interdictions, operators/passengers onboard the non-compliant vessel (NCV), and nearby innocent civilians on the water.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Low Cost Undersea Effectors (LCUE)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks 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.

Companies awarded: Saronic Technologies, Vatn Systems

Project: CUAS Low Cost Sensing Challenge

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: DIU, in collaboration with the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), seeks to identify innovative solutions for scalable, cost-effective unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection, identification, and tracking.

Companies awarded: MatrixSpace Inc. (overall winner), Guardian RF, Hidden Level, Inc., and Teledyne FLIR Defense.

Project: LCD - Low Collateral Defeat

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks Low Collateral Defeat (LCD) solutions to counter group one and two small UAS in situations where friendly forces and/or civilians are in close proximity to the threat, or where local regulation does not allow for solutions that have broad range impact.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: CAMP – Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoW seeks commercially available, demonstration-ready uncrewed systems that address these limitations, offering a scalable and cost-effective solution for long-range, high-capacity payload deployment.

Companies awarded: Anduril, Submergence Group (partnered with MSubs), Metron (partnered with Cellula Robotics and others), and Oceaneering Inc. (partnered with Kongsberg Discovery).

Project: Project G.I.

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: DIU and its DoW partners seek “ready-now” uncrewed systems (UxS) solutions to enhance the speed and lethality for small, dispersed targeting-strike cells operating under Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Low-Bandwidth (DDIL) conditions.

Companies awarded: Auterion, Kraken Kinetics, ModalAI, Neros, and Nokturnal

Project: Autonomous Collaborative Teaming (ACT)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Portfolio: The DoD seeks the ability to coordinate hundreds or thousands of unmanned assets in a shared environment, particularly when navigation and communications are disrupted or denied.

Companies awarded: Swarm Aero, Anduril Industries, and L3Harris Technologies.

Project: Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems - NEXT (Counter NEXT)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The Navy seeks a kinetic defeat solution for group 3+ UAS. The proposed solution must demonstrate a high probability of kinetic defeat on adversarial group 3+ UAS and be more cost effective than the current traditional air defense solutions being used against UAS and available to Naval operational commanders.

Companies awarded: Anduril Industries and Zone 5 Technologies

Project: FCUAS-C2

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a tactical edge based C2 system that enables a single operator to manage multiple targets and is capable of fire control providing the ability to rapidly adapt to counter swarms of unmanned systems along with other potential manned or unmanned system threats.

Companies awarded: Anduril Industries

Project: Production Ready, Inexpensive, Maritime Expeditionary sUSV (PRIME sUSV)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The Department intends to swiftly prototype and demonstrate one or more sUSV interceptors, aligned with robust commercial capacity to manufacture and deliver these sUSVs at scale. Additionally, to enable sUSV interceptors to seamlessly cooperate in groups, this Area of Interest seeks solutions for dynamic multi-agent optimization and unmanned systems collaboration through software and/or hardware, allowing a group of sUSV interceptors to coordinate their individual movements and behaviors during execution of a shared task or mission.

Companies awarded: Galliano Marine Services, HII, Saronic

Project: Digital Engineering and Manufacturing of Composite Structures

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions that leverage interoperable digital twin technologies to rapidly design, manufacture, and monitor the health of large, molded composite structures.

Companies awarded: Karem Aircraft

Project: Ground Expeditionary Autonomy Retrofit System GEARS (ATV-S)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions to convert existing military vehicles into uncrewed vehicles. These systems should be designed to deploy onto the Army’s Palletized Load System (PLS), with the ability to be adapted to other vehicles within the family of Tactical Wheeled Vehicles and other vehicles within the DoD’s fleet.

Companies awarded: Carnegie Robotics and Robotic Research

Project: Large Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LD UUV)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The Navy seeks to take advantage of industry advances in underwater autonomous technology to quickly evaluate, experiment with, and iterate on commercially available large diameter platforms.

Companies awarded: Anduril Industries, Oceaneering International, and Kongsberg Underwater Technologies

Project: Autonomous Perimeter Security (APS)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoD is seeking to prototype an automated system of networked, collaborative sensors that can detect, track and identify potential intruders for perimeters in environments including forests, urban areas, coastlines, rivers and harbors.

Companies awarded: Scale AI, Digital Force Technologies and ThayerMahan.

Project: Expeditionary Small Craft (ESC)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial small boat solutions that can meet initial needs for distance, speed, displacement, and maneuverability, while simultaneously limiting signature, detection, and logistical footprint. Solution(s) must be ready for a series of concept sprints, and capable of demonstrating diverse capabilities throughout contract award via limited technical prototyping and iterative updates.

Companies awarded: The Whiskey Project Group and Swiftships

Project: Ground Vehicle Autonomous Pathways (GVAP I)

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions to advance autonomous vehicle operations for U.S. Army ground robotics, such as the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light.

Companies awarded: Kodiak Robotics

Project: Advanced Tactical Communication (ATC)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a real-time emergency response ground-based drop-in, private 5G communications solution that avoids integration complexity and carrier dependency.

Companies awarded: Somewear Labs and Nokia Federal Solutions

Project: Hybrid Space Architecture

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a hybrid space architecture to integrate emergent commercial space sensor and communications capabilities with U.S. Government space systems while incorporating best-in-class commercial practices to secure and defend the network across multiple domains.

Companies awarded: Aalyria, Amazon Web Services, Anduril, Astranis Space Technologies, Atlas, Enveil, Google, Microsoft Corporation, Planet Labs, SpiderOAK Mission Systems, Amazon-Kuiper, Ursa

Project: Modularity for Space Systems (M4SS)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD is seeking solutions for an integrated space-based robotic manipulation system that includes robotic arms, an interface to capture and move a modular component, and a modular component with an additional interface to connect to a spacecraft.

Companies awarded: Tethers Unlimited and Motiv Space Systems

Project: Autonomous FOD Mitigation

Portfolio: Autonomous Warfare

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a sensor or suite of sensors and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) algorithms that can detect, locate, and classify potentially hazardous objects or conditions on surfaces based on sensor-generated data.

Companies awarded: Oreyeon

Project: United States - Singapore Bilateral Prize Challenge Area of Interest: Deep Blue Observer

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The Department of War and its partners seek proven cost-effective advanced maritime intelligence solutions that can be seamlessly incorporated into our current suite of domain awareness tools.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Space Threat Intelligence Synthesis Engine

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The Department of War seeks AI-based software tools to turn fragmented sensor data into a continuously updated understanding of space and missile threats fast enough to drive operational decisions.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: TitanCore - Modular Data Centers for AI Compute

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The DoW seeks to prototype a Modular Data Center product family delivered along two parallel solution paths sharing a common architectural baseline.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Mystic Depot: Vendor-Agnostic AI Evaluation Infrastructure

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The DoW seeks an evaluation harness and government-specific benchmarks that together enable rigorous, reproducible, vendor-agnostic assessment of any AI system against government-defined criteria.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Joint Sustainment Decision Tool (JSDT)

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The DoW seeks a logistics support tool that can generate realistic courses of action (CoA) options for commanders in dynamic, contested, and degraded environments, preferably utilizing artificial intelligence and/or machine learning.

Companies awarded: Air Space Intelligence, Watchtower Labs, Inc.

Project: Chipweave

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The DoW and U.S. Government seek a digital engineering platform to accelerate the design and validation of integrated circuits (ICs).

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Artificial Intelligence-enabled Diligence Evaluation - AIDE

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: DIU seeks solutions that leverage AI to streamline industrial foreign influence analysis, business intelligence, and due diligence by developing a platform and/or service that can efficiently process financial, business intelligence, and workflow data from multiple sources, providing detailed analysis, risk assessments, and summary reports which enhance the speed, quality, and effectiveness of due diligence processes.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Enterprise Workflow and Reporting Platform (eWARP)

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The Department seeks a solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to coordinate budget planning efforts; map incoming funding, contract modifications and real-time execution status updates; and provide a faster and more intelligent way of program management and leadership visibility.

Companies awarded: CORAS, GovSignals, and Pryzm

Project: Thunderforge

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The Department seeks innovative solutions to leverage generative AI to enhance the speed, quality, and effectiveness of joint planning while addressing these challenges.

Companies awarded: Scale AI

Project: Frontier Nodes (Tactical Compute Kits)

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions that can deliver operationally-ready, ruggedized hardware nodes with appropriate compute, storage, and network readiness to operate in distributed environments.

Companies awarded: Hewlett Packard Enterprises

Project: Improving the Analysis, Research, Collection, and Engagement of PAI (ARCHER)

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The increasing volume, velocity, and variety of publicly and commercially available information challenge the military’s ability to track and make sense of the information environment. The DoD seeks solutions that will provide significant advantages to personnel conducting operations in the information environment.

Companies awarded: Vannevar Labs and Rhombus Power

Project: Air Logistics Optimization (ALO)

Portfolio: SI/ML

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a commercially-proven solution for optimized scheduling and resource allocation decision support for the management of logistics assets, such as military air transports.

Companies awarded: Amazon Web Services

Project: Space Power Beaming

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: Space Power Beaming (SPB) provides an innovative approach to remove the power ceiling and improve the duty cycle for on-orbit systems. SPB could also provide a means to reduce or eliminate the need for extended infrastructure and reduce the logistics burden throughout the spectrum of conflict. The Joint Force seeks a demonstration traceable to a future operational capability that will inform architecture decisions.

Companies awarded: Star Catcher and Volta Space Technologies

Project: Farseer: Quantum Sensing for ISR

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The Farseer program is a multi-phase DoW initiative designed to rapidly transition mature quantum sensor and clock technologies into operational ISR capabilities. The DoW seeks innovative commercial solutions to prototype and demonstrate these advanced, quantum-enabled sensing and timing platforms to address warfighter needs.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Hydra: Collaborative, Real-Time, Cross-System USSF Tactical Command and Control

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: DIU seeks comprehensive, end-to-end prototype software solutions that integrate existing hardware and software systems to provide a common data fabric. This data fabric must empower tactical users to collaborate, orchestrate, and execute real-time effects from any authorized node.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Point Break

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoWo seeks solutions for two lines of effort (LOEs). LOE 1 is the development and demonstration of multi-waveform lasercom optical communication terminals (OCTs) and orchestration capable of enabling seamless data transport across different waveform and network boundaries. LOE 2 is the demonstration of a reliable and high throughput optical communications between a commercially owned and operated proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) constellation and an airborne lasercom terminal in flight.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Emulation Module for Unmanned Systems (EMU)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoW seeks a remotely operated, modular signal-generation and control capability that can be integrated across diverse unmanned vehicles.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance (GHOST-R)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoW seeks commercial advancements to create affordable and scalable GEO reconnaissance systems. These solutions, which include space vehicles (SVs), satellite buses, and payloads, are intended to provide high-resolution space-to-space imagery and accurate object characterization.

Companies awarded: True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman

Project: Deorbit as a Service

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoW seeks solutions that enable the rapid, safe, and reliable deorbit of unprepared satellites.

Companies awarded: D-Orbit, Firefly Aerospace, and Katalyst Space

Project: Geomagnetic Airborne Unmanned Survey System (GAUSS)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The Department of War seeks solutions to prototype magnetic data collection platforms that address warfighter needs for precision navigation capabilities beyond GPS.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Transparent Ocean

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoW seeks to fill knowledge gaps on a wide range of illegal activities, to include: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing; illicit drug trafficking; piracy; human trafficking; shipment of counterfeit contraband goods; and related activities.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge 2025 - Undersea Communications and Autonomy

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: AUKUS partners are seeking to research and develop innovations to enable the synchronization and teaming of multiple undersea systems.

Companies awarded: BAE Systems Australia, L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems Australia Pty Ltd, and Mission Systems Pty Ltd.

Project: Automated Retrainable Cyber Adversaries for Defensive Exercises (ARCADE)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The Department's 6,000-plus person Cyber Mission Force (CMF) needs a way to deploy realistic, automated cyber adversaries on its training platform to develop and practice the skills required to execute defensive cyber operations missions.

Companies awarded: Scythe

Project: Deepfake Detection

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: As synthetic multimedia content proliferates, the DoD needs detection and attribution capabilities that can keep pace with the rapidly evolving tools, techniques, and models used to create highly convincing and challenging-to-detect manipulated multimedia.

Companies awarded: Hive AI

Project: Joint Cyber Hunt Kit

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD conducts hunt operations on Department and international or domestic partner networks in order to discover advanced persistent threats (APT), and analyze their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP). These hunt operations require a next-generation deployable Joint Cyber Hunt Kit (JCHK) with cutting edge commercial off the shelf (COTS) and free and open source software (FOSS) capabilities.

Companies awarded: Omni Federal, Sealing Technologies, and World Wide Technology (WWT)

Project: Modular Space Electro-Spray for Efficient and Responsive Thrust (MSERFT)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The Department seeks proposals for advanced electrospray propulsion technology that demonstrates superior performance in both thrust and specific impulse.

Companies awarded: TBD

Project: Opportunistic, Resilient & Innovative Expeditionary Network Topology (ORIENT)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The Navy’s Pacific Fleet units need an effective means to ensure connectivity for a large number of unmanned vehicles to extend the Fleet’s capability to project effects into a contested environment and reduce the risk to Sailors and Marines in response to adversary escalations.

Companies awarded: Viasat, Aalyria, Higher Ground, and IoT/AI

Project: Transition of Quantum Sensing

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks solutions to prototype and operationally demonstrate quantum sensors to address several warfighter needs. The intent is to have mid-course functional demonstrations of end-to-end solutions, followed by operational demonstrations within the next five years for relevant military applications and mission sets to conclude the prototyping program.

Companies awarded: Alare Technologies, Anduril, AOSense, Beacon Photonics, Freedom Photonics, Frequency Electronics Inc., Honeywell, Leidos, Nexus Photonics, Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp., Princeton Innotech, Q-CTRL, QuSpin, SubUAS, Twinleaf LLC, Vector Atomic, and White River Technologies.

Project: Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks solutions to develop, demonstrate, and fly a modular open architecture vehicle that will accelerate capability development and fielding across all weapons programs by enabling the integration, testing, and qualification of different subsystems, capabilities, and materials.

Companies awarded: Zone 5 Technologies and Anduril Inc.

Project: Hybrid Space Architecture II

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a hybrid space architecture to integrate emergent commercial space sensor and communications capabilities with bespoke U.S. Government space systems while incorporating best-in-class commercial practices to secure and defend the network across multiple domains.

Companies awarded: Capella Space Corporation, EdgeCortix, Eutelsat America Corp. + OneWeb Technologies, Fairwinds Technologies - AST Space Mobile, Illumina Computing Group, Lockheed Martin Space, MapLarge, SES Space & Defense, Skycorp Incorporated, SkyFi, Ursa Space Systems, Viasat, Aalyria Technologies, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Kuiper, Anduril, Astranis Space, ATLAS Space Operations, Enveil, Google, Palantir, Planet Labs Federal, Microsoft, and SpiderOak.

Project: HyCAT II

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions for new and emerging hypersonic technologies with performance and cost benefits.

Companies awarded: NXTRAC

Project: Novel Response Space Delivery

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks novel commercial solutions that enable responsive and precise point-to-point delivery of cargo to, from, and through space. Doing so in a cost effective manner at scale requires solutions that leverage reusable or serviceable technologies to move a wide variety of cargo where it is needed, when it is needed.

Companies awarded: The Spaceport Company, Stoke Space, and Astra

Project: Small Form Factor HF DF Antenna

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks small form factor HF DF antennas that can meet specified physical and accuracy requirements for use on various DoD collection platforms.

Companies awarded: XONE Technologies

Project: TacRS

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions to prototype and operationally demonstrate on-orbit Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) systems. This includes the end-to-end capability to rapidly launch within 24 hours of notice (RAAN dependent), match orbital plane, conduct rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO), and inspect and characterize a simulated threat on an operationally relevant timeline.

Companies awarded: RocketLab USA

Project: Airborne Hypersonics (HyCAT)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions for novel hypersonic vehicles to support high-cadence testing and evaluation of new and emerging hypersonic technologies.

Companies awarded: Hermeus Corporation, Hypersonix Launch Systems, Rocket Lab USA and Innoveering.

Project: PNT for Army CMOSS Chassis

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks an assured Position, Navigation, & Timing (PNT) solution for mounted platforms and other DoD systems using M-Code Encryption, and multi sensor fusion to counter the denied utilization of GPS services for DOD forces.

Companies awarded: ANELLO Photonics and Pacific Defense

Project: Sinequone

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions for implementing responsive access to xGEO and demonstrating timely and precise delivery of a space vehicle (SV) to a predetermined orbit in xGEO.

Companies awarded: Firefly Aerospace

Project: Quantum Space Sensor

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks a compact, high-performance quantum sensor for precision inertial measurement in deep space and other GPS-denied environments.

Companies awarded: Vector Atomic

Project: Responsive Launch II

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions for low-cost, responsive access to space ‘as a Service’ using launch systems with capacity between 450-1,200 kg to LEO.

Companies awarded: Relativity Space

Project: Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN)

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks commercial solutions for deployable ground stations capable of rapidly and semi-autonomously tasking, receiving, processing, exploiting, fusing, and disseminating space based sensor data to provide networked situational awareness and direct tactical support to Army commanders at echelon.

Companies awarded: Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Project: Orbital Outpost

Portfolio: Kill Web

Problem statement: The DoD seeks solutions for a self-contained and free flying orbital outpost.  The solution must be capable of supporting space assembly, microgravity experimentation, logistics and storage, manufacturing, training, test and evaluation, hosting payloads, and other functions. 

Companies awarded: Nanoracks