Summary
The Department of the Navy seeks development of a real-time Zero Trust data control and access system for combat systems that integrates advanced authentication, micro-segmentation, AI/ML for anomaly detection, and exploration of blockchain for secure logging. The system must be scalable, resilient in degraded environments, comply with NIST standards (e.g., NIST SP 800-207), and meet aggressive performance goals such as reducing authentication time to under five seconds and reducing unauthorized data access by at least 90%. Contractors must be U.S.-owned/operated (with national security requirements) and able to obtain secret-level facility and personnel clearances; work produced in advanced phases may become classified.