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TACFI CYBERSPAN
AFWERX · AFWERX TACFI · AFWERX
AI-Readiness Score
19/25
Pathway Speed
5/5
Timeline Realism
3/5
Problem Framing
4/5
AI / ML Fit
4/5
Award + Transition
3/5
Award
$1,899,869
Award ceiling
INTELLIGENESIS LLC
Awardee
Posted June 21, 2024
Description
Through this Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) effort for the 187th Fighter Wing Mission Support, IntelliGenesis LLC will deploy CYBERSPAN into the HWK-i which will provide (1) AI-based cybersecurity that operates on diverse networks and learns from its environment; (2) real-time alerts of anomalies on the HWK-i’s network (3) the ability to counter and mitigate detected cyber threats. The IntelliGenesis team shall work with the end-users at the 187th Fighter Wing to integrate the CYBERSPAN product on to the HWK-i, KRAYT solution.
Score Rationale
TACFI is a top-tier fast-track instrument scoring a clean 5 on pathway speed, and the problem framing is concrete — a named product (CYBERSPAN), named platform (HWK-i/KRAYT), named end-user (187th Fighter Wing), and clear functional requirements around anomaly detection and threat mitigation. AI/ML fit is genuine: adaptive cybersecurity and network anomaly detection are authentically AI-shaped problems, not grafted-on ML. The award ceiling of ~$1.9M is modest and sits in the lower range for a production-grade deployment, and while TACFI implies a transition pathway by design, no explicit follow-on production contract or program of record is named in the description, keeping award/transition at a 3. Timeline realism is scored cautiously at 3 because the response deadline is unknown, making it impossible to confirm the window is adequate despite the pathway being favorable.