The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen RTX’s BBN Technologies to participate in its Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security (INGOTS) program, an initiative focused on advancing cybersecurity by detecting and countering sophisticated threats.
As part of the project, BBN will develop STALAGMITE, a large-scale testing platform designed to evaluate and enhance exploit detection tools. The system will merge virtual and physical environments to simulate realistic Android vulnerabilities, enabling safe yet realistic attack and defense testing scenarios. This innovation aims to replace slow, costly, and hard-to-scale manual testing methods with automated, repeatable experiments that accelerate vulnerability research and patch development.
By integrating multiple components into a unified environment, STALAGMITE will allow cybersecurity teams to detect and mitigate threats more effectively before they cause harm. The effort comes as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has documented more than 1,300 exploited vulnerabilities, underscoring the urgency for scalable solutions.
The INGOTS program, set to run over 36 months in three phases, will deliver both theoretical insights and practical tools, enhancing the ability of government, military, and private networks to counter evolving cyber threats through automated modeling and analysis of exploit chains.
