Hatching Cyberwar: Pentagon Incubator Will Manage Weapons -- NextGov
The Pentagon’s research wing is setting up a technology incubator for Defense-funded developers to stitch together computer code to automate offensive cyber operations.
The Arlington, Va.-based experimental lab, called the Collaborative Research Space, will function as the test grounds for Plan X, a four-year funding drive to build a system to “control a cyber battlespace in real-time,” a newly-released contract document on the initiative reveals. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants onsite developers to build algorithms and combine code that could make it easier for planners to implement more proactive security measures and launch malware campaigns against adversaries. According to the document, DARPA seeks to build "an end-to-end system that enables the military to understand, plan, and manage cyberwarfare in real-time" and an "open platform architecture for integration with government and industry technologies."
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Update: DARPA's Plan X program to define enabling technologies for U.S. cyber warfare strategy -- Military & Aerospace
My Comment: The Pentagon is finally getting it's act together on this emerging battlefield.
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