The United States and the Portfolio Acquisition Executive-Layered Protection &Integration (PAE-LPI) is engaged in a critical, persistent innovation race against strategic competitors, most notably the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which leverages Military-Civil Fusion to mandate the immediate transfer of commercial breakthroughs to military applications. Traditional Department of War (DoW) acquisition models operating on 7-to-15-year timelines are structurally incapable of pacing the threat in rapidly evolving domains like biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI).

To maintain technological overmatch and secure the United States’ biotechnology ecosystem (projected to exceed $1.5 trillion), the Government requires an asymmetric response that harnesses the dynamic, free-market ecosystem of private capital, academia, and commercial enterprise. Drawing inspiration from venture-backed intelligence community models, this Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) establishes a public-private nexus.

The objective of this OTA is to establish a technology accelerator with a 501(c)(3) partner. Supported by Government investment, this accelerator will speed the prototyping of new technologies; specifically medical countermeasures (MCMs), by bridging the private sector, elite national High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources, and the Government.

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USMC is seeking information from interested organizations on capabilities in the marketplace for the maintenance, enhancement, and expansion of the Insider Threat Program Monitoring Tool.

As part of the Marine Corps Insider Threat Program, there is a Monitoring Tool used to detect insider threats on the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN). The information compiled from these sources, integrated with information from various other sources (e.g., human resources, law enforcement, and counterintelligence) supports analysis and response to counter insider threats on the MCEN. This effort is specific to the monitoring tool application maintenance, capability enhancement, and expansion.

The Marine Corps Insider Threat Program’s Monitoring Tool is mostly fielded. The platform includes the following capabilities:

1. User Activity Monitoring (UAM)
2. Behavioral Analytics Platform (User Behavior)
3. Case Management System

To support the USMC Insider Threat Program, the contractor shall field the Behavioral Analytics Platform, operate, enhance, expand, and sustain a comprehensive Insider Threat Monitoring System.

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The HATTERAS RFI is posted on the classified Intelligence Community Acquisition Research Center (ARC) website at https://acq-ui.ace.proj.nro.ic.gov.

How to access the classified ARC website

Interested parties must have a TS/SCI clearance as this effort is being posted on the classified ARC website. You must also have a classified ARC account, to access the classified ARC website. To obtain a classified ARC account, interested parties must contact the ACE IT Helpdesk which can be reached at (703) 230-6300 or acehelpdesk@westfields.net. Be sure to include your classified email address as you will not be able to access your classified account without it.

To log into the classified ARC, visit https://acq.nro.ic.gov/ from a TS network such as NMIS, NSAnet, CWE, AWAN, CWAN, JWICS, etc. If you do not have access to a TS network but possess a TS/SCI clearance, you can arrange a visit to the reading room
by calling 703-230-6100.

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AFLCMC’s Command and Control Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C2ISR) Division requires site support functions and logistics sustainment necessary to maintain capabilities for Global Network Systems. Through this requirement, the Government is seeking individuals with strong background and experience with algorithm management.

These individuals must be able to perform higher integration and orchestration functions in the management and oversight of the architecture, its systems and programs. They must also possess an exceptional understanding of the fundamental principles of algorithm invocation and workflows for processing against geospatial imagery and integrating algorithm marketplace systems with existing complex geospatial processing capabilities.

Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI by providing a company capability statement pertaining to relevant areas of expertise, including (but not limited to:

• GEOINT AI/ML Algorithm Orchestration Framework
• GEOINT AI/ML Exploitation Applications
• GEOINT AI/ML Algorithm Storefront & Repository Integration

Only prime contractors shall complete a capability statement; however, prime contractors are able to include information provided by their subcontractors in their response.

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The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has issued an RFI to identify qualified vendors and gather input on potential solutions to support the ability of Allied Command Operations (ACO) to orchestrate ISR data procured or accessed on the unclassified network.

The Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) program represents NATO’s commitment to establish a persistent, federated space-based ISR capability through the Aquila virtual constellation, integrating national satellites, commercial providers, and publicly available data sources. As APSS transitions from Initial Operational Capability (IOC) toward Full Operational Capability (FOC), ACO requires a unified service to orchestrate collection tasking, manage data ingest, and ensure timely exploitation of ISR data on unclassified networks. NCIA seeks to provide collection managers within ACO with a capability to search, order, manage, process, view and task nationally, commercially, and publicly available Information on the unclassified network. The RFI seeks to elicit the view of industry partners on the scope of the envisioned services and facilitate NCIA’s insight into best-in-class industry solutions, including current market capabilities, and pricing models of services offered.

This RFI is issued for planning purposes only and is not a request for bids. It is part of NCIA’s effort to ensure it has a clear understanding of the marketplace, available capabilities, and potential acquisition strategies to deliver ACO capabilities as APSS moves towards FOC, supported through the Intel and ISR Functional Services Data Management Project.

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IARPA seeks information regarding the current state of the art (SOTA) in biologically derived materials suitable for controlled transience in propulsion systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). IARPA is interested in understanding how controlled material degradation can be extended beyond structural components to include turbines, engines, motors, and associated propulsion elements.

Of particular interest are approaches that move beyond ultraviolet (UV)-initiated or water (H2O)-initiated transience mechanisms and subsequently enable more diverse triggering modalities that are stable in a range of environmental conditions.  This RFI is issued for planning purposes only and does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or suggest the procurement of any materials, components, or systems.

The proliferation of UAV operations across military, intelligence, and civilian domains has raised growing concerns about the environmental footprint of aerospace materials, particularly in scenarios where systems may be lost. Conventional propulsion components, and their controls, fabricated from persistent materials—metal alloys, engineering plastics, and advanced composites—can remain in ecosystems for decades or centuries. DARPA’s ICARUS (Inbound, Controlled, Air-Releasable, Unrecoverable Systems) program pioneered a solution for airframe structures by demonstrating transient materials that maintain operational performance before undergoing controlled degradation, thereby minimizing persistent environmental residue.

The ICARUS approach employed primarily UV-triggered photopolymers that undergo programmable degradation of structural components, establishing proof-of-concept. However, extending these achievements beyond airframes to propulsion systems and their controls reveals critical limitations: propulsion components operate under extreme thermal, mechanical, and chemical stresses; contain a mixture of material types; must maintain structural integrity throughout dynamic mission profiles; require materials compatible with combustion environments or electromagnetic fields; and face significant challenges when UV initiation serves as the primary degradation trigger within enclosed or shielded propulsion assemblies where UV exposure may be limited or absent.

Moreover, there may be operational parameters where natural UV exposure is present.  Environmental conditions that naturally degrade materials—humidity, microbial activity, thermal cycling, oxidation—are often more readily available than UV exposure, suggesting opportunities for bio-derived materials that leverage natural decomposition pathways to control degradation of an airborne system.

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This is a special notice of The Virginia Contracting Activity (VACA) release of a DIA SCIF Lifecycle Support Services RFI on NRO and NSA ARCs. All qualified entities wishing to respond to the RFI must comply with the instructions outlined in the NRO and NSA ARC postings. Access to the NRO and NSA ARC is a prerequisite for RFI submissions.

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NGA in support of the Office of Counterintelligence (SIC) is seeking information on how an interested contractor could provide security support services to integrate, enhance, and optimize technical security and signals countermeasures programs in support of the protection of national intelligence, sources, and methods, including sensitive compartmented information, and the facilities, systems, and networks that house them.

The purpose of this sources sought is to determine if adequate competition exists in the commercial marketplace to meet the requirements outlined in the NGA TSCM Draft Statement of Work (SOW) dated 25 March 2026.

NGA has a mission-critical need for technical security support services to the Office of Counterintelligence necessary to complete associated tasks and responsibilities in the following functional areas outlined below:

• Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM): Pre-Construction Surveys, Emergency Surveys, Routine Surveys, In-Place Monitoring
• Data Engineering: Database design, implementation, and management
• Software Development: Application design, coding, testing, and maintenance
• Front-End Development: User interface design and implementation
• Back-End Development: Server-side logic and API development
• Technical Security and Signals

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This is a special notice of The Virginia Contracting Activity (VACA) release of a DIA SCIF Lifecycle Support Services RFI on NRO and NSA ARCs.

Please take note of the following:

• RFI submission deadline: April 09, 2026, at 23:59 PM (EST).
• ll qualified entities wishing to respond to the Request for Information (RFI) must comply with the instructions outlined in the NRO and NSA ARC postings.
• Additionally, access to the NRO and NSA ARC is a prerequisite for RFI submissions.

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NGA, in support of the Information Technology Security Services Office, is seeking information on how an interested contractor could provide for the lifecycle management of NGA’s Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) Privileged Access Management (PAM) (currently referred to as Shield) application services, to include operations, sustainment, and future development of the services.

See the RFI for more details, to include required response contents, formats, and questions. Submissions are due no later than 5:00pm ET on April 10, 2026. Responses must be submitted electronically through the classified Acquisition Resource Center (ARC) website, in accordance with the specifications of the Shield 2.0 Request for Information (posted on the classified ARC).

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