Strengthening Defensive Cybersecurity and Penetration Testing Through Agentic AI and Automation
SBIR Opportunity Analysis
The Defense Logistics Agency is seeking SBIR proposals for an agentic AI framework to strengthen defensive cybersecurity and automate penetration testing. The effort calls for a multi-agent system with specialized roles for project management, cyber analysis, code generation and execution, and vulnerability research, including a proof-of-concept workflow for automated network enumeration and a RAG-based researcher agent. The objective is to demonstrate a scalable cybersecurity capability for DLA’s complex global supply chain, with later phases expanding to vulnerability validation, simulated exploit attempts, and human-operator oversight; the technology is restricted under ITAR/EAR regulations. Phase I is limited to 12 months and $100,000, Phase II to 24 months and $1,000,000, proposals are due June 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC, and Phase III proposals are to be emailed to DLA SBIR2@dla.mil.