{"id":24932,"date":"2019-12-17T18:39:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/17\/the-air-force-invites-the-cyber-industry-to-speed-date\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:18:34","slug":"the-air-force-invites-the-cyber-industry-to-speed-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/industry\/2019\/12\/17\/the-air-force-invites-the-cyber-industry-to-speed-date\/","title":{"rendered":"The Air Force invites the cyber industry to speed date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force will hold a pitch day focused on cybersecurity next year, according to an official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Bradley, the director of Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems (CROWS), told Fifth Domain in a December interview that \u2014 in conjunction with the Air Force\u2019s cyber entities in San Antonio \u2014 they plan to hold a pitch day in March or April where companies can come in and potentially win contracts in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2019\/03\/07\/the-air-force-awarded-a-contract-after-just-3-minutes\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-675941240.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Air Force awarded a contract after just 3 minutes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force awarded contracts to 51 proposals in its first ever pitch day.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically, the proposals will focus on protecting data at rest and data in motion, Bradley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe challenge you have is how do I protect cyber or how do I protect my system without increasing my overhead requirements on my system and increasing latency,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has held a series of such pitch days, which offer a Shark Tank-like environment where officials from program executive offices hear small companies pitches based on certain Air Force problems. 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