Wanted: ways to model and simulate an adversary's situational awareness and predict his future behavior
ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers are approaching industry for new ways of modeling an adversary's situational awareness and predict behavior in the future.
Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., issued a program solicitation (DARPA-PS-25-06) on Thursday for the Kallisti program.
Actions by adversaries
Kallisti seeks new approaches to enable national security decision makers to optimize strategies for deterring or incentivizing actions by adversaries.
This program seeks to develop an algorithmic theory of mind to model and simulate an adversary's situational awareness and predict behavior in the future -- including an adversary’s assessment of the environment, an adversary’s risk and reward structures, and the strategies an adversary uses to project future military situations.
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The program seeks to combine algorithms with human expertise to model and simulate potential courses of action in national security scenarios with far greater breadth and efficiency than is currently possible, to enable deterrence and compellence. Kallisti is a 30-month single-phase program organized into three sprints of 12 months, 6 months, and 12 months.
The Kallisti program involves controlled unclassified information (CUI), and so companies interested must request the program's CUI addendum no later than 14 Feb. 2025 -- this Friday -- by email at [email protected] with Request DARPAPS-25-06 in the subject line.
Proposal details
Information on where to send abstracts and proposals will be returned via DOD Safe. Abstracts are due by 28 Feb. 2025. Written and oral proposals are due by 4 April 2025. Multiple contract awards are anticipated.
Email questions or concerns to DARPA at [email protected]. More information is online at https://sam.gov/opp/4e890d2d106a434b8b079b13dfa630f9/view.
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