Navy sUSV / Replicator (small Uncrewed Surface Vessels)
U.S. Navy / Department of Defense (Replicator initiative), executed with DIU
About this opportunity
Not a single tender but the DoD/Navy Replicator scaling program for thousands of small USVs (low-cost hulls, autonomy stacks, sensor payloads) in the Indo-Pacific, run with DIU. Vendors enter through DIU's rolling Commercial Solutions Openings.
Replicator is a U.S. Department of Defense / Navy initiative, executed with the Defense Innovation Unit, to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems — including small uncrewed surface vessels (sUSV, e.g. the production-ready 'PRIME' line) — across the Indo-Pacific this decade to counter China's mass. It is an ongoing, high-rate demand signal (roughly $1B across FY24–FY25) for USV hulls, autonomy stacks, and sensor/ISR payloads rather than a one-off solicitation; companies join via DIU's Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), which the first sUSV round drew over 100 applicants to. A Ukrainian company would realistically plug in as a subsystem or technology supplier to a selected U.S. prime, or via a U.S. entity, since production and contracting are U.S.-based.
Eligibility
Not a one-off tender but an ongoing scaling program; vendors enter through DIU's rolling Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO). U.S.-based production and contracting are required, so a Ukrainian company realistically plugs in as a subsystem/technology supplier to a selected U.S. prime or via a U.S. entity.
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