SBIR DLA26BZ02-NV007 (Defense Logistics Agency): STRIKE AI - AI-Enabled Mission Planning for Defense of Operational Technology Critical Infrastructure
U.S. Department of Defense — Defense Logistics Agency
Who can apply
Small Business. Startup
About this opportunity
Defense Logistics Agency SBIR topic — under DoW SBIR 2026 BAA (Solicitation 26.BZ, Release 2) — Accepting submissions 2026-05-27 to 2026-06-24. Objective: U.S. critical infrastructure—including power grids, water treatment facilities, and transportation networks—is increasingly targeted by sophisticated adversaries using coordinated cyber and physical attacks. The Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) governing this infrastructure present a complex, vulnerable attack surface. The current process for planning and executing defensive and responsive actions is often manual, stove-piped between different agencies and asset owners, and too slow to counter machine-speed threats. There is a critical need to automate and accelerate the planning and coordination of defens...