DIU CSO — Prototype Contract
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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) is the U.S. Department of Defense's primary continuously-open contracting mechanism for engaging commercial industry on national security technology challenges. Established under Other Transaction Authority (10 USC 4022), the CSO operates across seven technology portfolios — Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cyber and Telecom, E…
Prototype contracts for commercially mature technologies across AI, autonomy, cyber, energy, human systems, and space that address documented Department of Defense mission needs.
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