ROME, N.Y. – U.S. Air Force researchers are asking industry to develop next-generation cyber systems and cyberspace weaponry for deterrence and warfighting.
Officials of the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y., has issued an advanced research announcement (FA8750-25-S-7006) for the Applications for Cyber Warfare: Genesis program. The objective is to develop cyber operations prototypes for blending eventually into operational U.S. military systems.
Genesis is asking industry to develop offensive and defensive cyber warfare capabilities, enhance cyber resilience to fight through contested and congested cyberspace, and high-assurance cyber hardware and software architectures to confound malicious cyber actors.
Experts are looking for ways to make U.S. adversaries doubt the efficacy of their military capabilities, and stop believing they can conduct unattributed coercive actions against the United States, Air Force cyber experts say.
Cyberspace intelligence
The Genesis program seeks to meet the intelligence needs of the cyberspace operations community with advanced endpoint monitoring capabilities, tailored data collection, automated data analytics, network automation, network restoration, and network deception. The goal is to disrupt the activities of malicious computer hackers and degrade their supporting ecosystems.
Technologies of interest are systems and architectures, command and control, effects-based cyber operations, predictive analysis, intelligence gathering and processing, stealth delivery capabilities, and planning-based utilities.
Available funding over the course of the Genesis program is about $999 million. Separate contracts generally will be for 60 months and will be worth between $10 million and $50 million.
Where to send white papers
Companies interested should email white papers no later than 30 Sept. 2030 to The Air Force's Thomas Parisi at [email protected].
The deadline for white papers for 2026 Genesis contracts is 30 Dec. 2025; 30 Sept. 2026 for 2027 contracts; 30 Sept. 2027 for 2028 contracts; 30 Sept. 2028 for 2029 contracts; 30 Sept. 2029 for 2030 contracts; and 30 Sept. 2030 for 2031 contracts. Companies submitting promising white papers may be invited to submit full proposals.
Email technical question or concerns to Thomas Parisi at [email protected]. Email business questions to Amber Buckley at [email protected]. More information is online at https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6f460a82fc884212b41edaac04f8643c/view.
