June 11, 2010

(San Diego, CA) SOLUTE was awarded a Phase II SBIR grant with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to create a prototype for a Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) based Cross Domain Solution (CDS). Under a successful Phase I, SOLUTE analyzed airborne platforms capable of hosting the future airborne CDS, defined a Concept of Operations (CONOPS), determined potential applications and use cases, and defined security requirements and impacts of those future uses.  After surveying different Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and CDS products available for use in future prototypes, as well as inter-partition communication options, SOLUTE engineers selected a RTOS/MILS vendor, as well as a CDS provider. In Phase II, SOLUTE is developing a Limited Functional Prototype, determining limited prototype scenarios, and will finalize the airborne CDS architecture. Additionally, SOLUTE will port the CDS to a MILS-based platform, test the system, and demonstrate the prototype. Company engineers are defining migration plans for future high assurance use. The research team will also perform a Certification and Accreditation (C&A) assessment and begin work on documentation allowing use of the prototype in future DoD exercises and trials.