Defense AI Portfolio
Awardable Solutions
on the CDAO Tradewinds Marketplace
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.
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.