Defense Innovation OnRamp Hubs

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is seeking to establish additional OnRamp Hubs to support the identification, assessment, and transition of commercial technologies to deliver warfighting advantage. The OnRamp Hubs will provide a physical presence and infrastructure to support OnRamp Hub activities, including technology ecosystem intelligence, defense market education, mission-focused technology scouting, defense readiness assessment, mission and resource alignment, and technology validation. The selected organization will be responsible for leading and executing initiatives that improve the ways in which non-traditional companies and talent engage with the Department of War (DoW) and strengthen the regional defense innovation ecosystem. Key services include: • Technology ecosystem intelligence: maintaining awareness of the regional and national innovation ecosystem to identify and track commercial and dual-use technologies relevant to DoW priorities • Defense market education: delivering structured educational engagements to serve as a primary top-of-funnel mechanism for pipeline generation, insight development, and ecosystem alignment • Mission-focused technology scouting: executing targeted technology scouting efforts in response to defined DoW mission needs, operational problem sets, or demand signals • Defense readiness assessment: conducting structured assessments to evaluate a company's alignment with DoW mission needs, identify capability and readiness gaps, and define actionable pathways for transition into DoW applications • Mission and resource alignment: serving as the central coordination mechanism that aligns mission needs, available resources, and validated commercial capabilities to enable actionable transition pathways • Technology validation: delivering a structured Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) capability to generate independent, credible performance data that reduces acquisition risk and accelerates the delivery of tangible lethal capabilities to the warfighter at speed and scale