14 days: the open counter-drone ladder after FA4484 closed
14 days. That is the shortest clock on the open counter-drone and unmanned stack as of Sep 29. DIU Bridge CLASS ACT, the maritime counter-UAS pathway, closes Oct 13 at 23:59 ET. Its SAM record (HQ084526SC002) carries set-aside NONE and runs through the DIU Bridge Program.
The rest of the ladder, ranked by days left:
- 15 days: DIU Low Cost ISR (PROJ00711) closes Oct 14. It runs as a Prize Challenge, and DIU lists prize amounts as subject to Government refinement.
- 16 days: Air Force Small UAS & Asymmetric Capabilities CSO Call-001 (FA8629-26-S-C001) closes Oct 15 at 17:00 ET. Set-aside NONE, so the door is unrestricted.
- 17 days: Project FLYTRAP 6.0 (WHSDIUFLYTRAP), a Sources Sought, closes Oct 16 at 17:00 ET.
- 22 days: CBP Controlled UAS platform (70B06C26R00000185) closes Oct 21 at 17:00 ET under an SDVOSBC set-aside, reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
The rung that dropped: FA448426Q0048, the Total Small Business C-UAS buy, closed Sep 28 at 13:00 ET.
Read the ladder by gate. Bridge and prize doors come first, then the unrestricted CSO, then open Sources Sought, then veteran-owned CBP. The Kinetic C-sUAS RFI (FA8629-26-R-5018) stays open to Oct 28 at 29 days as market research. A vendor sizing the next 30 days should sort by who can bid before sorting by date: the gate decides whether the clock matters at all.
- DIU open solicitations (CLASS ACT, LC-ISR PROJ00711): https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us/open-solicitations
- SAM FA8629-26-S-C001 (Call-001): https://sam.gov/opp/f92426ff2a3241dc913530562677597a/view
- SAM WHSDIUFLYTRAP: https://sam.gov/opp/155440222dcc4b78aefb0f9ecbd9e0cd/view
- SAM 70B06C26R00000185 (SDVOSBC): https://sam.gov/opp/3523cb83ef6541428f962c0a8c882ac1/view
That's the tape.