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McAfee Discovers North Korean-Backed Cyber Campaign Targeting Aerospace And Defense Industry

Cal Biesecker — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:55:55 +0000

A new cyber campaign targeting aerospace and defense professionals began this spring by a threat group linked to North Korea, the cyber security firm McAfee said on Thursday. McAfee’s Advanced […]

DHS Ends Cyber Vulnerability Testing Of Boeing 757-200

Frank Wolfe — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:50:40 +0000

Last month, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) decided to end the Aviation Cyber Initiative’s (ACI) computer vulnerability testing of a Boeing 757-200 at […]

Lockheed Martin Contracts With Guardtime Federal To Secure Software Supply Chain

Cal Biesecker — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:57:13 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] and its partner Guardtime Federal have signed a long-term contract to bring the cyber security company’s blockchain technology to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics supply chain to mitigate cyber […]

Parsons Nabs Contract To Provide Cyber Protections For Space Assets

Cal Biesecker — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 20:51:45 +0000

Parsons Corp. [PSN] on Tuesday said it has received a task order from the General Services Administration to provide cyber protections to U.S. space assets. The value of the contract […]

FAA Allows Military Aircraft to Turn Off ADS-B Transmissions

Woodrow Bellamy III — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:15:15 +0000

U.S. federal, state and local government aircraft performing sensitive operations are now permitted to fly with their installed automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) position reporting electronics turned off, according to […]

Sikorsky’s Optionally Piloted Black Hawk Makes First Flight, ‘Zero-Pilot’ Flights Planned for 2020

Dan Parsons — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 21:06:54 +0000

For the better part of an hour on May 29, one of the oldest existing UH-60 Black Hawks was flown with a full-authority fly-by-wire flight control system that eventually could […]

Gulfstream Developing Artificial Intelligence for Future Special-Mission Airplanes

Woodrow Bellamy III — Fri, 10 May 2019 21:38:53 +0000

SAVANNAH, Ga. — General Dynamics [GD] Gulfstream is developing artificial intelligence and a data concentration network for the G500 as options for future special mission aircraft manufactured here, executives told Defense […]

New White House Strategy Says Threats To Aviation System Are Broader

Cal Biesecker — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:26:28 +0000

The U.S. aviation system faces a growing and increasingly challenging array of threats, including the use of cyber activities, drones, espionage and disease, the Trump administration says in a new […]

AVX, L3 Submit Team Proposal For Future Army ‘Knife Fighter’ Helicopter

Dan Parsons — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:22:34 +0000

AVX Aircraft Company and L3 [LLL] have submitted a joint proposal for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competitive prototype program that seeks a next-generation armed scout helicopter to […]

U.S. Accuses China Of Stealing From Aviation, Satellite And Multiple Other Industries

Cal Biesecker — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:27:53 +0000

Chinese hackers in association with China’s intelligence services have been hacking into data networks and stealing data and sensitive information from dozens of companies and U.S. government agencies dating back […]

AIA Issues Baseline Cyber Security Standards For Aerospace And Defense Industry

Cal Biesecker — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:28:24 +0000

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) on Thursday released a risk-based cyber security standard aimed giving companies in the aerospace and defense industry set of baseline security controls that can evolve […]

TSA Releases Cyber Security Roadmap To Guide Efforts To Protect IT, Transportation Systems

Cal Biesecker — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 20:47:59 +0000

On the heels of a new national cyber security strategy, the Transportation Security Administration on Tuesday released its own roadmap for protecting its information technology (IT) and the transportation system […]

Lockheed Lowering F-35 Simulator Costs Through 3-D Printing

Dan Parsons — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 22:08:45 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is using 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, technology to lower the cost of manufacturing F-35 flight simulators by an estimated $11 million over the next five years. […]

Belgium Picks General Atomics MQ-9B For High-Altitude Surveillance

Dan Parsons — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 22:15:36 +0000

Belgium’s government has approved the start of negotiations for the purchase of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGaurdian. As it is a foreign military sale from California-based General […]

Lockheed Martin Readies ARES UAS For Flight Demo At Yuma Proving Ground

Frank Wolfe — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:46:35 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is readying the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) for a flight demonstration this fall, possibly as early as Oct. 16. The company’s Skunk Works is teamed with […]

Bell Unveils V-247 Autonomous Tiltrotor and It’s the Size of a Huey

Dan Parsons — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 21:09:37 +0000

Bell [TXT] unveiled the full-size mockup of its V-247 autonomous tiltrotor Sept. 25, and it is much larger than a scale-model suggests. Just outside the company’s booth at the Modern […]