Assured Micropatching (AMP)
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- HR001119S0089
- Agency
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks proposals to develop techniques for assured micropatching of legacy mission-critical software binaries through its Assured Micropatching program. Proposals are due November 22, 2019 and must address goal-driven decompilation, assured recompilation with minimal changes, or evaluation of non-interference through re-testing and proofs. Awards will be made through contracts, agreements or other transactions totaling approximately $50 million over four years. Research should fall under NAICS code 541712 for universities or 541715 for other organizations and enable revolutionary advances rather than evolutionary improvements.
There is no set-aside designation. Multiple awards are expected for the first two technical areas involving decompilation and recompilation, with a single award for evaluation. Phase one proposals are due by November 22, 2019 with additional phases extending work through 2023. Research should investigate revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems rather than evolutionary improvements to existing practices.
Notice text
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
The goal of AMP is to create the capability for rapid patching of legacy binaries in missioncritical
systems, including the cases where the original source code version and/or build
process is not available. AMP will create new capabilities to analyze, modify, and fix legacy
software in binary form, to produce assured targeted micropatches for known security flaws
in existing binaries. Micropatches change the fewest possible bytes to achieve their
objective, which minimizes potential side effects, and should enable proofs that the patches
will preserve the original baseline functionality of the system. With these proofs, the time to
test and deploy the patched system will be reduced from months to days.
Update #1 ·
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of creating targeted security binary patches (micropatches) to repair legacy binaries of mission-critical systems, with strong guarantees that the patch will not impact the functions of the system. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| HR001119S0089-Amendment-01.pdf | ||
| HR001119S0089.pdf | ||
| CUIG_AMP_DISTAR_Approved_21_Aug_2019.docx | DOCX document | |
| AMP_BAA_Attachment_Proposal_Summary_Chart_Template.pptx | PPTX presentation | |
| AMP_BAA_proposal_LoE_table_template_SkillSets.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
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