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Counter UAS Sensing for Homeland and Mobile Defense is sponsored by Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). Seeks commercial sensing solutions to detect, track, and classify small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for fixed homeland defense and mobile tactical use.
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DIU Presents: C-UAS Low-Cost Sensing Challenge Seeking solutions for scalable, cost-effective UAS detection, identification, and tracking to enhance DoD counter-UAS capabilities for up to $1,000,000 in awards. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in collaboration with the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), seeks to identify solutions for scalable, cost-effective unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection, identification, and tracking.
This challenge aims to enhance the DoD’s counter-UAS (CUAS) capabilities while addressing cost and scalability limitations associated with traditional radars, optical sensors, and radio frequency detection systems.
“We are proud to put all of the tools in our tool box – from our early onramp network of entrepreneurs to our deep commercial engagement and team of dual fluency experts – to work in support of NORTHCOM’s critical efforts to build DOD’s strategic C-UAS capabilities” said DIU Director, Doug Beck. “This work will significantly enhance our ability to detect and track threats, and will help our NORTHCOM teammates secure the homeland.
” DIU Lead for Counter UAS, Matthew Way, explained the pressing need for this capability in the joint force, “DoD needs more options for low cost cUAS sensors that can augment our more exquisite capabilities to provide earlier warnings and indicators,” said Way. “We understand there may be trade-offs in detection range and accuracy to drive down costs versus positively enabling a distributed sensing concept.
” “Establishing a layered domain awareness network from seabed to space to detect and track threats approaching North America is critical to immediate and future mission requirements, because you can’t defeat what you can’t see. ” - General Guillot at the Senate Hearing on the Posture of NORTHCOM and SOUTHCOM for FY 2026 A team of subject matter experts will evaluate applicants and select up to 10 finalists .
This group of finalists will receive a portion of the overall funding to help cover their participation in NORTHCOM's Falcon Peak exercise in September 2025. The top performing vendors at Falcon Peak will compete for the remaining prize funding.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Small businesses with expertise in counter-UAS sensing technologies. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was February 26, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Counter UAS Sensing for Homeland and Mobile Defense is funded by Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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