NT Concepts, a leader in AI-powered defense and intelligence solutions, today announced that its Nights Watch Adversarial AI platform has achieved dual “Awardable” status on the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace (TSM), securing placement across both the standard marketplace and the specialized SBIR/STTR Aisle.

The TSM is the premier offering of Tradewinds, the Department of War’s (DoW) suite of tools and services designed to accelerate the procurement and adoption of AI/ML, data, and analytics capabilities. Dual placement gives acquisition officials maximum flexibility to rapidly procure Nights Watch’s mission-critical AI defense and assurance capabilities.

Accelerating Mission Assurance at the Tactical Edge

Autonomy is scaling rapidly across the battlespace, making the defense of edge systems against adversarial exploitation a core requirement for mission success. Nights Watch secures AI models and data across the visual domain, hardens systems against adversarial attacks, and protects the integrity of the modern targeting loop.

With Awardable status in both TSM aisles, Nights Watch is immediately accessible to DoW components and federal agencies. Through the SBIR/STTR Aisle, the platform is also eligible for streamlined Phase III acquisition pathways under 15 U.S.C. § 638, enabling faster transition to operational deployment without competitive re-solicitation.

“As AI becomes embedded in every layer of the mission—from sensing to targeting—the need for resilient, tamper‑proof models has never been more urgent”, said Chris Powell, Chief Technology Officer at NT Concepts. “Nights Watch gives operators a decisive advantage by ensuring their AI systems remain trustworthy, uncompromised, and ready for real-world conditions. It’s the assurance layer required for the next generation of autonomous and intelligence-driven operations.”

Nights Watch is an API-accessible defense framework that integrates directly into existing AI pipelines without infrastructure overhauls. Deployable from enterprise cloud environments to contested edge systems—including unmanned surface vehicle (USV) targeting platforms—the framework delivers full-lifecycle AI assurance by identifying vulnerabilities and alerting operators to threats in real time.

Core capabilities include:

  • Defend the Training Pipeline — Stress-tests models against adversarial attacks prior to deployment, exposing vulnerabilities, quantifying risk, and recommending Courses of Action (COAs) to improve robustness.
  • Protect the Intelligence Picture — Continuously validates model performance across EO/IR, SAR, and multi-spectral ISR feeds, ensuring spoofing or digital evasion attacks do not silently degrade mission-critical intelligence.
  • Deliver Assured Autonomy — Detects AI manipulation and performance drift across autonomous platforms and decision-support systems, alerting operators the moment mission reliability is threatened.

“Tradewinds validation confirms what we’ve already seen in the field—Nights Watch is ready to defend the mission,” said Marco Macias, Director of AI & Data Science at NT Concepts.

“We recently demonstrated our operational readiness at the DoW’s RAITE field test event. Nights Watch neutralized aggressive spoofing and backdoor threats under persistent digital duress—delivering 97.6 percent detection accuracy. The platform provides the high-fidelity mitigation necessary to ensure that our tactical feeds remain robust across the battlespace,” he continued.

Backed by field-tested performance and accelerated acquisition pathways, NT Concepts is ready to help defense organizations eliminate AI vulnerabilities and protect the integrity of mission-critical decision systems.

Registered government users can access the solution video, “Securing the Visual Domain: Nights Watch AI Defense and Assurance,” directly through the Tradewinds Marketplace or the SBIR/STTR Aisle. 

About the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace

TSM is a digital repository of post-competition, readily awardable pitch videos that address the DoW’s most significant challenges in the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), digital, and data space. All solutions contained in the Marketplace have been assessed under Federal competitive procedures and are available to Government customers with a Marketplace account.

The SBIR Aisle within the TSM is a specialized enclave for small businesses to showcase their SBIR/STTR solutions. Government customers can create an account at http://www.tradewindai.com.

Tradewinds is housed in the DoW’s Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO.) For more information or media requests, contact: success@tradewindai.com