Agile Cyber 3

The Air Force Research Laboratory established the Agile Cyber 3 Master IDIQ on June 8, 2022, to procure research and development in cyber threat avoidance and defense, full spectrum cyber operations, cyber network exploitation, cyber situational awareness, cyber command and control, cyber modeling and simulation, cyber infrastructure, and cyber mission assurance. The vehicle carries a shared ceiling of $950 million and ordering authority expires on June 7, 2027, leaving approximately ten months of ordering window remaining.

The vehicle is fully set aside for small business at the vehicle level under NAICS 541715, though this framing masks actual execution: five small-business set-aside task orders (45% of orders) compete directly with six unrestricted orders (55%) across the five awarded prime contractors. CNF Technologies Corporation, Assured Information Security Inc., Radiance Technologies Inc., Global Infotek Inc., and Invictus International Consulting LLC each hold between two and three delivery orders, with combined potential values ranging from $110 million to $126.5 million. Competition is relatively even—no single prime dominates.

Ordering momentum peaked immediately at award and has since stalled. Five orders issued in 2022 and six in 2023; the most recent task order was issued on June 1, 2023, meaning the vehicle has seen no new awards in the past three years. Combined potential value across all 11 delivery orders stands at $587.2 million, of which $295 million (50%) has been obligated. Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory funds ten of eleven orders worth $488.9 million combined potential value; a single Air Education and Training Command order accounts for the remaining $98.3 million.

Task orders are priced predominantly on a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee basis with typical ceiling values ranging from roughly $110 million to $125 million for substantive cyber development efforts, with durations extending through 2028. Five initial engineering and planning orders issued at award carried nominal $2,000 fixed prices and completed in September 2022. The vehicle requires Top Secret facility clearance and Secret-level safeguarding capability.

The Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate, Rome NY (AFRL/RI) has a requirement to perform multiple activities necessary to achieve AFRL's vision of cyber superiority. Emphasis will be placed on: a) development of technology capability solutions that address specific user requirements; b) delivery of prototype technologies for evaluation and feedback in the context of the user's operational environment; and c) provision of a mechanism for user acquisition of limited product quantities required for operational introduction of technologies. The technical requirements will encompass rapid development, design, prototyping, demonstration, scenario development, experimentation and evaluation, integration, testing, technical installation, transitions through initial operations and cyber technologies, and support in the following areas: 1) Cyber Threat Avoidance and Cyber Defense, 2) Full Spectrum Cyber Operations, 3) Cyber Network Exploitation, 4) Cyber Situation and Mission Awareness, 5) Cyber Command and Control, 6) Cyber Modeling, Simulation, and Wargaming, 7) Cyber Infrastructure, and 8) Cyber Mission Assurance.