U.S. Air Force Working On Software Spies

The U.S. Air Force is funding the research of three companies to develop CYBER CRAFT -- spies and covert operatives that happen to be software. Each Cyber Craft would infiltrate the computer systems of a hostile nation, lurking there (remaining covert by constantly morphing itself and hiding its data) and gathering information. They might take the initiative to alert the Pentagon about key information and could even be queried ("where is President Ahmadinejad right now?"). The software would be given a software-based "cyonide capsule" and decide for itself when to self-destruct. The three companies are Assured Information Security, 3 Sigma Research and Solidcore Systems.