Next Generation Undersea Security Initiative (NG-USI)

SAM.gov (U.S. federal contract opportunities) · the publisher calls it «Sources Sought»

The US Navy's Strategic Systems Programs is seeking industry, non-profit and not-for-profit participants for the NG-USI, including counter-unmanned systems (Focus Area #2) and autonomous security platforms such as USVs and UGVs (Focus Area #9). Interested entities must email the primary point of contact demonstrating technical relevance, and participation is under a Participant Basic Agreement; the listed deadline is 1 July 2031. (machine-written summary)

Deadline

1 Jul 2031 (time: see source)

Source text: «Response deadline (SAM.gov data field): 1 July 2031 17:00 EDT»

Need owner

Strategic Systems Programs (SSP)

Programme

Next Generation Undersea Security Initiative (NG-USI)

References

SSP_NG-USI

Maturity

Prototype technologies

How to respond

Entities wishing to participate shall submit an email to the Primary Point of Contact identified below demonstrating technical relevancy/recency in the desired "Focus Areas of Interest."

Access

Norwegian suppliers: not stated — check the access terms

Source text: «The NG-USI will be carried out under the terms of a Participant Basic Agreement (PBA). The PBA is available for qualified entities interested in participating in the NG-USI.»

Membership required

Not stated

Funding

Not stated

Possible follow-on

Other Transaction Authority in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 4022 will be used in support of NG-USI.

Commitment

This notification is for planning purposes only. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government

Published by the source

2026-07-02

Last checked against the source 2026-10-10.