Cougaar Software Inc. was formed in 2001 to transition a powerful suite of advanced technologies from military research to the commercial market. We trace our heritage back to 1996 when DARPA decided that cognitive agent architecture was the best solution to the difficult problems facing military logistics. Since no existing agent architecture could meet those needs, DARPA began funding projects to develop what became Cougaar Open Source using some of the most advanced thinkers and developers in the country. They overachieved by developing a technological approach that suits domains beyond logistics. We have built on that foundation work to mature, to expand and prove this technology in various secure, time-critical operational environments.

Our resulting solutions represent some of the most advanced reasoning and intelligent automation capabilities in existence and has proven such in DOD applications. We have spent the last two years refining our solutions as a commercial platform for quickly building and deploying intelligent applications as robust as the military applications, but for commercial requirements and economics in mind.

History Timeline 1996–present

1996 DARPA funds Advanced Logistics Program (ALP)

• Program invests $80 Million to develop core architecture technology

2000 DARPA decides to release ALP technology as open source and renames to Cougaar

2000 DARPA funds the Ultralog program to extend Cougaar security, scalability and survivability for global battlefield conditions.

• The program invest $70 Million to achieve ultimate survivability

2001 Cougaar Software, Inc. starts to commercialize Cougaar Technology

2004 CSI releases first commercial Cougaar based solution - ActiveEdge RFID Middleware

2005 CSI releases first commercial Cougaar applications development environment

• ActiveEdge Intelligent Agent Platform v1.0 Released

• Three system integrator partner / customers choose the ActiveEdge platform for major operational initiatives

2006 First Operational Instance of Solution based on ActiveEdge Solution provided through Partner for Major Retail Chain

2007 Additional major partners and customers validate ActiveEdge

• ActiveEdge v1.5 released

• The Boeing Company licenses ActiveEdge

• Additional Defense Contractor licenses ActiveEdge

• CSI supports SAIC & Honeywell on ALCT application providing theater distribution planning

• US Army licenses ActiveEdge

2008 ActiveEdge v1.6 released