USSOCOM Open Call for Technical Experimentation 27-1: Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Diving (Diver Communications, Diver Propulsion, Underwater Interfaces) and Maritime Domain Situational Awareness Sensing Integration on USVs

Description: USSOCOM invites industry, academic, and government-lab nominations for a technical demonstration focused on SOF combat-diving technologies and maritime situational-awareness sensing integrated on unmanned surface vehicles. Selected participants are expected to demonstrate technologies at the U.S. Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School in Key West, Florida, December 7–11, 2026, with selections made through peer review and possible later agreements or contracts. This is a technology-demonstration nomination call rather than a grant program; no funding is disclosed, and submitters bear travel, demonstration, and risk-assessment costs.