The Pentagon’s year-old Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is giving all comers until July 26th to submit proposals for cyber and information warfare.
Companies whose ideas catch JAIC’s eye might get invited to make “short technical presentations” at an industry day — excuse us, a “Solutions Meeting” — on a date-to-be-determined late summer or early fall. If your presentation goes well, you might “be selected for pilot projects or experimentation.” But there’s a gauntlet to run first.
While anyone can apply via email, each company is allowed one — and only one — proposal, and they have to make their case in “less than 100 words.” That suggests JAIC is casting the widest possible net, but also expecting it’ll have to throw out a lot of the fish and wants to waste as little time on that winnowing process as possible.
The Department of Defense is “casting a wide net in support of this National Mission Initiative, [because it] is particularly suitable for off-the-shelf solutions,” said Larry Lewis, director of the Center for Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence at CNA.
That was from a Breaking Defense article, “Tell Joint AI Center Your Cyber Defense Idea — In 99 Words Or Less“. Submissions are due July 26! What wasn’t clear was the type of contract or grant that will be awarded. Presumably, since this is targeting small companies and new ideas, it will use Other Transactions Authorities (OTAs).
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