Constellation
Abstract
The Constellation program, building upon all cyber security technologies developed in this PE and Project, will develop technologies, capabilities, and prototype systems to enable full spectrum military cyberspace operations to deter, disrupt, and if necessary, defeat adversary cyber actors to defend the U.S. Constellation is a collaborative effort involving the cyber operator, acquisition, and developer communities, who will collectively prioritize, select, plan, and approve the development and demonstration of operational prototype systems based on the results of completed and on-going basic and applied research efforts. In this way, Constellation will provide a bridge between S&T and acquisition. Once a specific operational prototype has been selected and approved for development under Constellation, agile development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) will be used to enable operator feedback to drive development and thereby ensure relevance to highly dynamic cyber missions. Technologies of interest include but are not limited to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data science (DS); resilient software, networking, and computing systems; data and information assurance; and cyber threat intelligence. The work achieves high relevance through close coordination with U.S. cyber operators and the use as appropriate DevSecOps and other collaborative development processes. The work achieves high velocity through streamlined acquisition, assessment, approval, and deployment processes. The Constellation program is funded from both PE 0602303E, Project IT-03 and PE 0603760E, Project CCC-05 to facilitate rapid transition of cyber technologies, capabilities, and prototype systems to programs of record and operations. Of particular interest are technologies developed under the Cyber Hunting at Scale (CHASE), Harnessing Autonomy for Countering Cyber adversary Systems (HACCS), and Program Analysis for Capability Excellence (PACE) programs and under development in the Cyber Agents for Security Testing and Learning Environments (CASTLE), and Signature Management using Operational Knowledge and Environments (SMOKE) programs. Constellation represents a new paradigm for the rapid and continuous delivery of cyber technologies, capabilities, and prototype systems into operational use for the DoD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 0bc567e0f44b788f07a158eba6cb59af