The Defense Innovation Unit seeks a commercial solution that would enable the Department of Defense's Cyber Mission Force to integrate realistic and automated cyber adversaries into its training platform.

The desired technology is expected to advance CMF's objective of developing and practicing the necessary skills for defensive cyber operations missions. The solution should also allow DOD training planners to build an offensive cyber campaign system with virtual actors, DIU said.

Specifically, the solution must allow planners to control the automated adversaries' elements, such as objectives and stealth levels. The system should also include agents that can adapt to their environment and decide based on certain goal criteria.

In addition, the solution should feature an intuitive graphical user interface to support the easy management of adversary behavior and auditing of the virtual adversaries' actions.

The government envisions that the technology could replicate the actions and decisions of advanced persistent threat groups and eliminate the need for trained human operators as adversaries during training scenarios, thus cutting down manpower costs.

DIU will prioritize proposals that demonstrate product maturity and deployment validation but partial solutions capable of addressing specific requirements would be considered. Responses will be accepted no later than Dec. 6.