All current War Department (aka Department of Defense) prime contractors and their subcontractors, and all businesses that endeavor to become a War Department prime or subcontractor, take notice.
LYNX is the key to unlocking success and bridging the gap in the defense ecosystem as our unique algorithm understands your core capabilities and goals to connect you with vital resources, opportunities, and partnerships like never before.
The public launch of LYNX is a new digital platform developed by the War Department, Office of Small Business Programs. This supplier portal should be the platform of choice for companies interested in business with the War Department.
LYNX represents an important step forward in how we strengthen supplier readiness, improve visibility into capabilities, and support smarter alignment between businesses, partners, and mission needs. (See Critical Technology Areas* below.)
At its core, LYNX is designed to reduce friction for businesses that want to participate in the defense industrial base but often struggle to navigate requirements, readiness expectations, and discovery pathways. It enables companies to present their capabilities with confidence, identify gaps, prioritize next steps through AI/ML-informed roadmaps, and connect more precisely to partners and opportunities aligned with Department priorities.
LYNX supports supplier readiness and Department priorities by helping companies to:
- Increase visibility with a credible company profile that is easy to build, update, export, and share
- Clarify readiness through in-depth assessments that identify needs and prioritize actions
- Turn goals into execution using AI/ML-informed roadmaps aligned to business objectives
- Accelerate discovery of teaming partners and opportunities through advanced search and AI-driven matching
- Pursue more strategically by evaluating opportunity fit against capabilities and readiness
- Build capability and confidence through training resources and access to expert support
*Six (6) Critical Technology Areas (CTAs)
The Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering’s Critical Technology Areas are essential to addressing the United States’ most pressing national security challenges. These 6 CTAs reflect the complex environment for technology investment, development, and application in the 21st century. By focusing efforts and investments in these areas, the Department of War accelerates the transition of key capabilities to the Military Services and Combatant Commands. These are the most crucial areas that our military will achieve dominance in, ensuring that our warfighters never enter a fair fight.
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI): Transforming the War Department into an “AI-First” organization, aligned with the White House AI Action Plan, to revolutionize decision-making and operational efficiency.
Biomanufacturing
Biomanufacturing (BIO): Harnessing living systems to produce critical capabilities and substances at scale, eliminating supply chain vulnerabilities and enhancing resilience.
Contested Logistics Technologies
Contested Logistics Technologies (LOG): Overcoming the challenges of disrupted or denied logistics to ensure seamless resupply and operational continuity in contested environments.
Quantum and Battlefield Information Dominance
Quantum and Battlefield Information Dominance (Q-BID): Delivering advanced capabilities to maintain communications, precision navigation and timing (PNT), and electromagnetic spectrum maneuverability, even in degraded or denied environments.
Scaled Hypersonics
Scaled Hypersonics (SHY): Fielding Mach 5+ hypersonic weapons en masse to strike targets with unmatched speed, precision, and survivability.
Scaled Directed Energy
Scaled Directed Energy (SCADE): Breaking through affordability and production barriers to deliver cost-effective, high-energy solutions capable of neutralizing threats with precision.
