Purchase Order FA864924P1072

This $1,247,991 firm fixed-price federal contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Vali Cyber Inc., a veteran-owned cybersecurity company, to extend its ZeroLock zero trust security platform coverage to hypervisors. The contract is part of the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase II effort and has a total small business set-aside designation. Vali Cyber's ZeroLock platform leverages AI/ML-based behavioral detection to secure Linux environments for the Department of Defense. This award builds on Vali Cyber's prior SBIR contracts with AFRL, including a Phase I effort to extend ZeroLock to VMware Elastic Sky X for satellite communications and edge computing, as well as an Other Transaction Agreement for autonomous threat detection and response. The company is registered as a self-certified small disadvantaged, veteran-owned business in SAM.gov, reflecting the set-aside nature of this contract award.