DARPA, Microsoft, Lockheed team up to reinvent TCP/IP
'This time it will actually be for the military, promise'
Arms globocorp Lockheed Martin announced today that it has won a $31m contract from the famous Pentagon crazy-ideas bureau, DARPA, to reinvent the internet and make it more suitable for military use. Microsoft will also be involved in the effort.
The main thrust of the effort will be to develop a new Military Network Protocol, which will differ from old hat such as TCP/IP in that it will offer "improved security, dynamic bandwidth allocation, and policy-based prioritization levels at the individual and unit level".
"New network threats and attacks require revolutionary protection concepts," said Lockheed cyber-arsenal chieftain John Mengucci. "Through this project, as well as our cyber Mission Maker initiatives, we are working to enhance cyber security and ensure that warfighters* can fight on despite cyber attacks."
Lockheed will be partnered with Anagran, Juniper Networks, LGS Innovations, Stanford University and - of course - Microsoft in developing the MNP. Apart from that, Lockheed's own Information Systems & Global Services-Defense tentacle will work on amazing new hardware.
According to the firm:
Lockheed Martin's team will develop router technologies that include strong authentication and self configuration capabilities to improve security, reduce the need for trained network personnel and lower overall life cycle costs for network management.
The original Arpanet, which turned into the TCP/IP internet we all know and love, was developed for DARPA's predecessor. It was at least nominally intended for military use, though in reality it took off first in academia. There is some mild irony in the sight of DARPA deciding to more or less repeat the process all over again at this late date. ®
* Perhaps one might speak of "warfs" for short.
Broader topics
Narrower topics
- Authentication
- Azure
- Bing
- Black Hat
- Black Hole
- Broadband
- Broadcom
- BSoD
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System
- Cybercrime
- Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
- Data Breach
- Data Protection
- Data Theft
- DDoS
- Digital certificate
- Encryption
- Ericsson
- Ethernet
- Excel
- Exploit
- Firewall
- Hacker
- Hacking
- Identity Theft
- Infosec
- Internet Explorer
- IPv4
- IPv6
- Kenna Security
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Build
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Surface
- Microsoft Teams
- NCSC
- .NET
- Network switch
- Office 365
- Outlook
- Palo Alto Networks
- Password
- Patch Tuesday
- Phishing
- Pluton
- Radio Access Network
- Ransomware
- REvil
- Router
- SharePoint
- Skype
- SmartNIC
- Software-defined network
- Spamming
- Spyware
- SQL Server
- Streaming video
- Submarine cable
- Surveillance
- Systems Approach
- TLS
- Trojan
- Trusted Platform Module
- Visual Studio
- Visual Studio Code
- VPN
- Vulnerability
- Wannacry
- Windows
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows Server
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2013
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows XP
- World Wide Web
- Xbox
- Xbox 360
- Zero trust