The Intelligence Community Wants to Hear Your Cutting-Edge Tech Pitch

The Intelligence Community Wants to Hear Your Cutting-Edge Tech Pitch

The intelligence community is expanding one of its major industry partnership programs to speed up the adoption of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and modernize its IT operations.


The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently announced plans to broaden the scope of the Intelligence Science and Technology Partnership, or In-STeP program, to address more of the critical issues facing spy agencies today. The program, which allows vendors to pitch their products directly to intelligence leaders, is meant to foster closer relationships between industry and one of the more tight-lipped wings of the government.


According to ODNI’s announcement on FedBizOpps, companies now have the opportunity to present solutions that would directly address the intelligence community’s six strategic initiatives: 


Increasing adoption of AI and automation.
Building a workforce with both government and private sector expertise.
Accelerating the acquisition process.
Modernizing IT infrastructure and data management.
Expanding private sector partnerships.
Improving the country’s cyber posture. 

Officials went on to list a couple dozen areas where there’s especially high demand from spy agencies, including artificial intelligence, cyber capabilities, identity management, political influence campaigns and space.


Interested vendors must first be cleared by ODNI’s Transformation and Innovation Office, according to the announcement. If approved, companies will have the chance to pitch their solutions either virtually or in-person to teams of scientists, researchers and support contractors across the government’s intelligence and national security apparatus. Meetings typically last about 90 minutes, officials said.


“If your company or organization is working on technology, research or an idea that advances the state of the art with respect to the strategic initiatives ... the ODNI wants to he ..

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