Status: Open. Closes November 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m. CST, on the GoColosseum marketplace.
Executive Summary
The Department of War, through One Nation Innovation (ONIX) on the GoColosseum marketplace, invites industry, academic and commercial partners to prototype and demonstrate an agile, telemetry-driven Human Systems Integration (HSI) framework that plugs into digital engineering.
The goal is to replace late, document-heavy human factors reviews with continuous, quantitative and predictive measures of how operators and AI or autonomous agents work together, from early design through fielding. The challenge closes November 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m. CST. The amount and submission format are visible only after you join the marketplace.
Solicitation at a Glance
- Sponsor: Department of War, via One Nation Innovation (ONIX)
- Opportunity: Next-Generation Human Systems Integration Framework and Toolset Prototype
- Platform: GoColosseum marketplace (account required to apply)
- Funding: Not shown on the public page
- Open: November 6, 2026, 3:17 p.m. CST
- Closes: November 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m. CST
Think your team qualifies? Talk with BW&CO before the November 27 deadline.
What Problem Is DoD Trying to Solve?
- Human-machine and human-AI teaming: autonomous agents and AI decision aids shift workload in ways that risk cognitive overload, complacency or mistrust in contested operations.
- Lagging feedback loops: human-in-the-loop testing happens late, on physical mockups, when fixes are expensive.
- Decoupling from digital engineering: hardware and software use model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and digital twins, but human physical and cognitive dynamics are rarely modeled.
- Training disconnect: poor usability drives extra training, in-flight fixes and larger crews.
What DoD Wants
A modular, scalable prototype that embeds continuous, real-time HSI evaluation into the digital engineering lifecycle. It should give a common, quantitative and repeatable way to model human capabilities and measure their effect on mission outcomes, treating the operator as a critical system component. The resulting framework will need verification, validation and analysis (VV&A) and an operational test recommendation.
Is This Opportunity a Good Fit for Your Company?
In BW&CO's view it fits teams building human-performance analytics, physiological and cognitive workload sensing, human-in-the-loop simulation and XR test environments, MBSE and digital-twin tools, and DevSecOps telemetry for defense systems. Teams without a working toolset to demonstrate may do better partnering.
How BW&CO Can Help
BW&CO has helped deep-tech and dual-use founders secure more than $350M in non-dilutive funding. For marketplace challenges like this one we help you:
- Read the full challenge with you and check fit.
- Frame your toolset against the four problem areas.
- Write the submission and prepare any follow-on pitch.
Plan Your HSI Prototype Submission
Frequently Asked Questions
When does it close?
November 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m. CST, on the GoColosseum marketplace.
How much money is available?
The amount is not on the public challenge page. It is visible only after you join the GoColosseum marketplace.
Who can apply?
The challenge invites industry, academic and commercial partners.
What is human systems integration?
It is the practice of designing weapons, command-and-control and autonomous systems around the people who operate them, covering workload, usability, training and safety.
Do I need a GoColosseum account?
Yes. You need to join the marketplace to see the full requirements and to submit.
Can BW&CO help with the submission?
Yes. We can read the full challenge with you, check fit and write the submission. Book a call with our team.
Source: GoColosseum: Next-Generation Human Systems Integration Framework and Toolset Prototype