DARPA Aims to Ditch C Code, Move to Rust

**Executive summary:** DARPA's TRACTOR program will fund research to build automated translators that convert legacy C code into idiomatic, memory-safe Rust to reduce memory-safety vulnerabilities; the announcement highlights motivations, the likely involvement of LLMs, and significant technical and IP/legal challenges, emphasizing the goal of producing readable, high-quality Rust rather than merely safe but unusable output.