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Defense Innovation Unit Commercial Solutions Opening

DIU Commercial Solutions Opening

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

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.

Funder

Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), U.S. Department of Defense

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — 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.

Your odds
Not published

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.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Commercial companies, including those with no prior government contracting experience; non-traditional defence contractors are explicitly targeted.

How to apply

  1. Review open solicitations on diu.mil
  2. Submit a short solution brief against a specific problem statement
  3. If selected, pitch to the DIU team and the military end user
  4. Negotiate an Other Transaction prototype agreement

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us

"DIU leverages Other Transaction authority (10 USC 4022) to award prototype agreements in as few as 60-90 days."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.diu.mil

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