TRAIL OF BITS INC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: N23A-T009

TRAIL OF BITS INC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Phase I STTR feasibility signal

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Amount
$139,657
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
STTR · Phase I
Topic
N23A-T009
Solicitation
23.A
NAICS
Place of performance
NY
Period
2023-07-26 → 2024-02-01

Description

We propose to develop and transition CodeSurgeon: an adaptable, AI-guided, full-stack debloating system. CodeSurgeon is innovative and unique in the field because it produces high-quality debloated programs with improved security posture that are safe, reliable, and sound. Following the lessons learned from a broad comparative evaluation of debloating tools conducted by the PI , CodeSurgeon will integrate best-in-class technologies to create a general-purpose, high-assurance system for soundly and effectively debloating high-complexity NCS software that can be operated with minimal technical expertise. To demonstrate CodeSurgeon’s feasibility on NCS software, we will show through analysis and modeling in Phase I that our manually integrated prototype tool can safely and effectively debloat the nginx web server and the PX4 open-source drone autopilot software and libraries.