美國空軍研究實驗室授予了兩份價值2億美元的合同，用于研究飛行電子設(shè)備的先進(jìn)網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全（Matej Moderc/Getty Images（Getty Images/iStockphoto）
華盛頓消息，美國空軍研究實驗室將合同授予博思艾倫漢密爾頓公司（Booz Allen Hamilton）和鮑爾航空航天公司（Ball Aerospace），以研究先進(jìn)的網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全和數(shù)字工程，保護(hù)軍用飛機(jī)電子系統(tǒng)免受數(shù)字威脅。
2021年8月24日授出的無限期交付、無限期數(shù)量合同試圖在五年內(nèi)保護(hù)這些航空電子系統(tǒng)免受網(wǎng)絡(luò)攻擊，每份合同的價值高達(dá)2億美元。美國空軍研究實驗室（AFRL）發(fā)言人Bryan Ripple表示，這些公司的研究將包括網(wǎng)絡(luò)評估和測試工具、網(wǎng)絡(luò)強(qiáng)化技術(shù)、彈性網(wǎng)絡(luò)保護(hù)和開放系統(tǒng)架構(gòu)。
該合同是美國空軍研究實驗室（AFRL）敏捷和彈性平臺架構(gòu)計劃的一部分，旨在開發(fā)和集成下一代航空電子網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全工具和新的系統(tǒng)架構(gòu)。
Ripple聲稱：“ARPA計劃尋求解決的挑戰(zhàn)是，美國空軍需要快速有效地增強(qiáng)作戰(zhàn)能力，以便在競爭激烈且不斷變化的環(huán)境中保持技術(shù)優(yōu)勢。”
Ripple進(jìn)一步指出，根據(jù)ARPA計劃開發(fā)的解決方案“將應(yīng)用于在不同的、有爭議的環(huán)境中運行的各種相關(guān)平臺”。
Booz Allen公司將在美國俄亥俄州的Beavercreek完成這項工作，而Ball Aerospace公司將在俄亥俄州的Wright Patterson美國空軍基地進(jìn)行研發(fā)工作。
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2 companies win contracts to research cyber protections for military aircraft
By Andrew Eversden
Aug 28, 12:37 AM
The Air Force Research Lab awarded two $200 million contracts for research into advanced cybersecurity for flight electronics. （Matej Moderc/Getty Images） （Getty Images/iStockphoto）
WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded contracts to Booz Allen Hamilton and Ball Aerospace to research advanced cybersecurity and digital engineering to protect aircraft electronic systems against digital threats.
The Aug. 24 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to try to shield those avionics systems from cyberattacks are worth up to $200 million each over five years. The companies' research will include cyber assessment and testing tools, cyber-hardening technologies, resilient cyber protections, and open-system architectures, AFRL spokesperson Bryan Ripple said.
The awards are part of AFRL's Agile and Resilient Platform Architectures program to develop and integrate next-generation avionics cybersecurity tools and new system architectures.
“The challenge that the ARPA program seeks to address is the AF need to rapidly and efficiently field enhanced war-fighting capability in order to maintain technological advantage in highly contested and consistently changing environments,” Ripple said.
Solutions developed under the ARPA program “will be applied to a wide-range of associated platforms that operate within diverse, contested environments,” Ripple noted.
Booz Allen will complete the work in Beavercreek, Ohio, while Ball Aerospace will conduct its research and development at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
About Andrew Eversden
Andrew Eversden covers all things defense technology for C4ISRNET. He previously reported on federal IT and cybersecurity for Federal Times and Fifth Domain, and worked as a congressional reporting fellow for the Texas Tribune. He was also a Washington intern for the Durango Herald. Andrew is a graduate of American University.
