Defense AI Portfolio
Awardable Solutions
on the CDAO Tradewinds Marketplace
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Critica Research and Analysis is an Awardable vendor on the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, the U.S. government's acquisition pathway for AI and data-analytic capabilities.
Our portfolio applies the same standards of evidence, primary-source rigor, and field-grounded methodology that define our peer-reviewed research to problems of national security decision advantage.
Two solutions were assessed Awardable in April 2026.
For capability briefings, demonstration requests, or direct-award inquiries, please contact Critica through the form on this site or via the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.
PROJECT ORE-CAST
Predictive Critical Mineral Supply Chain Intelligence
​ORE-CAST forecasts disruption risk across global critical mineral supply chains, with particular emphasis on the nodes that supply both critical and strategic materials: including cobalt, tantalum, tungsten, and gold.
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Designed to support Intelligence Community and Combatant Command J2 workflows, with extensibility to Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials and allied economic security partners.
PROJECT HARBINGER
Predictive ISR for Armed Non-State Actor Activity
HARBINGER produces early-warning signals on the movement, recruitment, and operational tempo of armed actors by fusing open-source indicators with geospatial analysis.
The approach draws on more than a decade of primary-source research into militant organizations and is designed to surface warning signs in the pre-kinetic window where conventional ISR collection is thin. Built for Intelligence Community and Combatant Command J2 consumers operating in contested and denied environments.