During the week of 11-15 March 2019, the Crypto/Cyber Systems Division of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), intends to sponsor the 2019 Air Force (AF) Cyberspace Service Core Function (SCF) Independent Research and Development (IR&D) Technology Interchange Meeting (TIM) at Kelly Field in San Antonio, TX. The invitation is open to all industry IR&D participants, including large and small businesses, as well as academia. This engagement has broad goals to increase awareness, stimulate collaboration, and seek alignment between industry's IR&D innovation portfolios and AF's high-priority science and technology needs and corresponding acquisition sustainment roadmaps. Leading subject matter experts (SMEs) from Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) are expected to participate. The 2019 Cyberspace SCF IR&D TIM will address the following areas of significant interest to the Air Force: Cyberspace Defense and Resiliency o Technologies enabling predictive and automated cyber threat analysis (to include behavior-based detection) with goal of automating cyber analysis and defensive actions leveraging machine learning techniques o Weapon System defensive technologies that include a way to measure / assess their ability to be resilient to evolving threats (i.e. Mission assurance) o Capabilities for cyber resiliency through use of agile techniques to avoid or mitigate cyber threats Cyber Command & Control (C2) and Situational Awareness (SA): o Automated cyberspace terrain assessment and mapping capabilities, extensible via open architecture, that can integrate manual inputs o Capabilities for cyber event detection, analysis, reporting, and visualization o Augmented and/or virtual reality human interface technologies with demonstrated benefits in cognitive effectiveness for operators for enhanced decision support Full Spectrum Cyber Operations o Cyber deception capabilities, and cyber capabilities to affect adversary perceptions, reactions, and ability to conduct operations o Cyber capabilities to facilitate freedom of operation in cyberspace while denying adversaries the same ability o Platform, access, and payload capabilities across all networks, closed systems, and the electromagnetic spectrum (EM), as well as Cyber-EM convergence Crypto o Miniaturized cryptographic capability o Development of a new algorithm for space applications o Advanced Tactical Key Management o Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) Please note, after this FedBizOpps announcement, all subsequent updates will be posted only to the Defense Innovation Marketplace Cyberspace IR&D TIM webpage, https://defenseinnovationmarketplace.dtic.mil/technology-interchange-meetings/air-force-cyberspace-2019/ along with instructions on expressing interest and key documents important to this dialogue with industry. The following schedule is for planning purposes and is subject to change: • 17 September 2018: IR&D project nomination window opens • 11 November 2018: IR&D project nomination window closes • 11 January 2019: Invitations to present sent to selected companies • 11 February 2019: Selected companies provide read-ahead briefs • 11 -15 March 2019: Cyberspace IR&D TIM conducted Disclaimers The government is not obligated to enter into a contract with any entity as results of IR&D collaborations from our dialogue. Data exchanges, as a result of these dialogue activities, follow the International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR), including export controls and restrictions in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 5230.24, Department of Defense Directive 5230.25, the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et seq.), and/or the Export Administration Act of 1979 (Title 50, U.S.C., App. 2401 et seq.), as ammended. Some information we intend to share may be classified or unclassified and can only be released as Distribution C, D, or F material (see http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/submit/distribution_limitations_and_statements.html). Dates and locations listed for this event are subject to change. Refer other requests for additional documents and data to
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