Applications for Cyber Warfare: Genesis

The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting white papers to research, design, develop, implement, and refine next-generation cyber warfare capabilities. The scope of this project includes developing cyber operations prototypes for transition into operational DoD platforms to facilitate superiority in the Cyber Domain. Key areas of interest include platforms and architectures, command and control capabilities, effects-based capabilities, predictive analysis capabilities, cross-domain capabilities, intelligence gathering capabilities, and planning-based utilities. The project aims to support joint campaigns in and through cyberspace, enhance cyber resilience, and integrate state-of-the-art cyberspace operations platforms and weaponry. • The project will focus on developing capabilities to prepare and fight wars, as well as build enduring advantages in Cyberspace. • The scope of this project includes both cyber platforms and cyber weaponry. • The project will prioritize the development of high-assurance architectures, advanced endpoint monitoring capabilities, tailored data collection strategies, automated data analytics, and systems that enable network automation, network restoration, and network deception. • The project will also focus on disrupting and degrading malicious cyber actors through forward defense and by disrupting their activities and degrading their supporting ecosystems.