Defense Innovation Unit Commercial Solutions Opening
DIU Commercial Solutions Opening
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Prototype agreements awarded under Other Transaction authority (10 USC 4022). Award sizes are not published as a range; typical prototype projects run 12 to 24 months and can lead to a follow-on production contract without further competition.
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), U.S. Department of Defense
public · national
Deadline: cutoff — DIU posts individual solicitations addressing specific DoD problems, each with its own submission deadline. Awards can be made in as few as 60-90 days.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, ai, space, manufacturing
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- Locally registered entity required
Commercial companies, including those with no prior government contracting experience; non-traditional defence contractors are explicitly targeted.
How to apply
- Review open solicitations on diu.mil
- Submit a short solution brief against a specific problem statement
- If selected, pitch to the DIU team and the military end user
- Negotiate an Other Transaction prototype agreement
Source. https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us — checked 2026-08-14
"DIU leverages Other Transaction authority (10 USC 4022) to award prototype agreements in as few as 60-90 days."