According to a list published recently by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which audits federal agencies and programs, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is currently involved with more than 685 artificial intelligence (AI) projects. Some of these projects include major weapon systems such as the MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and the Joint Light Tactical
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FAA calls for contractors to assess airplane cyber threats and vulnerabilities
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Cybersecurity
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is now reaching out to contractors to help assess cyber-attack threats and vulnerabilities to communications systems on airplanes. This new effort is part of the Aircraft Systems Information Security/Protection initiative. The FAA says that this initiative’s goal is to develop “aviation policies, regulation, and training requirements to ensure the resilience…