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Raytheon Working On ‘Plan X’ DARPA Cyber Networking Project

By TechTaffy Desk

DARPA

Raytheon says it is working on the Plan X program, which seeks to help U.S. government agencies plan, execute and assess cyber network operations.

Raytheon is developing network mapping and graph analysis technologies under a $6 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract. The Raytheon system will continually assimilate network information to create a multi-dimensional, single interface to enable planning of cyber operations.

[Image courtesy: DARPA]

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