Open and Secure Systems

Raptor Engineering has, in conjunction with IBM, developed new computing technologies centered around the concept of owner control and full auditability of all system firmware and software components. These technologies eliminate both vendor black box firmware and vendor controlled signing keys by design, along with the associated loss of control over the underlying hardware. While this technology is well proven in the commercial marketplace for secure systems in controlled environments (health care, industrial R&D, cloud compute, financial systems), it has yet to be adapted for the unique requirements of the defense industry. We propose to develop a defense-oriented and harsh environment commercial variant of our existing POWER9-based designs, with specific focus on bringing the commercial variant of this work to market for COTS sale and distribution via our current manufacturing partners. In addition to developing a ruggedized system variant, overarching thermal and power consumption concerns associated with typical defense applications will be addressed through specific alterations to the existing mechanical, electrical, and firmware design.