On September 5, the Department of the Air Force Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance & Special Operations Forces Directorate Special Operations Forces & Personnel Recovery Division & Capabilities Development Office posted a commercial solutions opening (CSO) for Small UAS & Asymmetric Capabilities. Responses are due by 4:00 p.m. Eastern on September 3, 2026.
The Special Operations Forces and Personnel Recovery Division’s (AFLCMC/WIS) mission is to: Deliver Dominance to Air Force Special Warfare and Special Operations Command warfighters worldwide. The division delivers support to Special Warfare operators across the spectrum, provides Asymmetric Operations support, and fields Tactical and Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems. Additionally, the Division holds a Rapid Development Integration Facility that performs engineering, design, manufacturing, and modifications across Air Force platforms.
The Capabilities Development Office (CDO) is responsible for the analysis, planning, and development of future Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) & Strike capabilities to satisfy the United States Air Force’s responsibility to meet joint military capability requirements. The CDO assesses current airborne capabilities, identifies capability gaps, evaluates potential non-materiel and materiel solutions, and conducts technology maturation activities. Additionally, the CDO represents the ISR & Special Operations Forces Directorate in support of all capability development and planning activities. Demand for ISR, Strike, and Special Operations capabilities are only growing, and the need to integrate best-of-breed commercial solutions has risen rapidly across the portfolio. Evaluations are done with the operator in mind, and the government may select vendors who show greatest potential to achieve the WIS & CDO mission.
This CSO is based on 10 U.S.C. 3458 authority. This CSO may use FAR part 12 award procedures or other Department of the Air Force authorities to award innovative solutions, including agreements under 10 U.S.C. 4022. The information provided in this CSO is intended to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, competitive procedures are used when entering into awards, agreements, and prototypes. The government is not seeking proposals from this posting and will not accept unsolicited proposals. No funding is available for this posting. All FAR-based contracts resulting from this CSO will be treated commercially, notwithstanding the definition under FAR 2.101.
This CSO is a competitive solicitation seeking proposals for innovative technologies that accelerate the attainment of defense and asymmetric capabilities. This CSO will result in the award of agreements or FAR-based contracts, which include not only commercially-available technologies fueled by commercial or strategic investment, but also concept demonstrations, pilots, and agile development activities that can incrementally improve commercial technologies, existing Government-owned capabilities, or concepts for defense application.
Review the Small UAS and Asymmetric Capabilities CSO.
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By Loren Blinde
September 8, 2025
