The tech behind the DARPA Grand Challenge winner will now be used by the Pentagon
After witnessing the raw power of a machine that can fix its own software security flaws at DEF CON 24 more than one year ago, the Pentagon has officially purchased the revolutionary technology from a small, Pittsburgh-based firm. The makers of a supercomputer designed to automatically detect, patch and exploit existing software vulnerabilities were recently awarded a seven-figure contract from the Department of Defense to apply the cutting-edge technology to military systems, including U.S. Navy ships and aircraft. The Pentagon’s startup-centric office, named the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), is currently overseeing the venture. The two-year contract is part of a program dubbed “Voltron,” which will offer the technology to a variety of different defense agencies in an effort to find coding flaws in both operating systems and custom programs used by the U.S. military. Voltron represents a multi-contract effort — which includes but is not limited to the aforementioned […]
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