Company Positioned as Private-Sector Participant Under New Presidential Memorandum Expanding Capabilities Against Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime

WASHINGTON, D.C. — August 12, 2026 — ANTARES today announced its commitment to United States national security as a private-sector participant ready to deliver psychological operations (PSYOP), counter-PSYOP, and digital intelligence technologies to assist the Department of Defense and the broader federal counter-influence community in identifying, disrupting, and neutralizing foreign influence campaigns targeting American citizens.

The announcement follows President Donald J. Trump's signing of a National Security Presidential Memorandum, "Expanding Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime," which directs the federal government to "leverage the capability and innovation of the private sector" in conducting cyber operations against foreign-based transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) that threaten the American people, businesses, and critical infrastructure.

The memorandum establishes a Program under the National Coordination Center (NCC), overseen jointly by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, authorizing vetted U.S. companies to conduct Cyber Surveillance Operations and Cyber Effects Operations under the complete oversight, direction, and legal authority of the federal government.

"Today's memorandum reaffirms what we at ANTARES have long believed: the American private sector is the most innovative and technologically advanced in the world, and its scale, speed, and capacity secure a critical offensive cyber advantage for the United States," said a spokesperson for ANTARES. "We are answering the call. ANTARES is committed to building and deploying the PSYOP, counter-PSYOP, and digital intelligence tools that the Pentagon and our law enforcement partners need to detect and dismantle foreign influence operations that are deliberately targeting the American public."

ANTARES Core Capabilities Available to the National Security Mission

Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Technologies — Purpose-built platforms for the lawful, government-directed projection of information to counter foreign adversary narratives, degrade adversary morale and coordination, and support U.S. strategic messaging objectives abroad.

Counter-PSYOP Technologies — Detection, attribution, and disruption systems engineered to identify foreign-origin influence campaigns in real time, map their dissemination networks, and neutralize their reach across digital platforms before they reach American audiences.

Digital Intelligence (DIGINT) Technologies — End-to-end collection, processing, and analysis pipelines that transform open-source and lawfully collected digital signals into actionable intelligence packages for federal partners, enabling rapid target identification and operational proposal submission to the NCC.

Alignment with the Program Framework

ANTARES is prepared to operate within the full oversight and accountability framework established by the memorandum, including rigorous vetting and contractual agreements with DOJ or DHS as required under Section 2(a)(ii); operational deconfliction across all participating federal agencies including the Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, and the Intelligence Community; strict adherence to constitutional and legal protections for U.S. persons, including mandatory minimization procedures and immediate NCC notification protocols for any incidental collection involving United States persons or systems; bond and escrow maintenance at or above the $1 million threshold required under Section 3(a)(iv); and annual program evaluation and continuous improvement of operational procedures.

"This is not vigilantism — this is partnership," the spokesperson continued. "Every operation ANTARES proposes or conducts under this Program will be subject to the written approval and direction of the Program Executive Directors. We are here to extend the reach and tempo of federal law enforcement and the defense community, not to replace it. The Constitution, federal law, and international obligations of the United States govern everything we do."

Combating Foreign Influence Campaigns

Foreign influence operations — including coordinated disinformation, propaganda, and manipulation campaigns conducted by state and non-state actors — represent an increasingly lethal component of the transnational threat landscape. These campaigns are designed to erode American prosperity, security, and freedom by weaponizing information systems against the American public.

ANTARES' counter-PSYOP and digital intelligence capabilities are purpose-built to address this threat vector: detecting influence operations at the source, tracing them through their amplification networks, and enabling U.S. government partners to take decisive action to disrupt and degrade them under lawful authority.

"The Pentagon has recognized that the front line of this fight is digital, and it runs through the information space that every American interacts with every single day," the spokesperson said. "ANTARES exists to ensure that when our government decides to act, it has the sharpest tools and the fastest intelligence available. We are proud to put our capabilities in service of the national security of the United States."