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The computerization of weapon systems in the Air Force brings many advantages — but it also means they’re increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks.. To help safeguard the security of these ...
Air Force Materiel Command's 96th Test Wing is modernizing the way the service tests weapons systems for cybersecurity vulnerabilities. U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone pictured at Ali Al ...
The Air Force's newest cyber defense facility at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, part of the branch's Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems program, is designed for learning about ...
AFINC officially was designated as a weapons system in March 2013 by the Air Force Chief of Staff, reaching initial operating capability just over a year later. In April 2015, the Air ...
The US Air Force is boosting its cyber defenses with a range of new systems. Image: iStock US Air Force Space Command has said that its second 'cyberspace weapon system' is now fully ...
The Air Force, which has been stepping up its cyber operations efforts, earlier this month launched what it calls its first cyberspace weapon system—the Air Force Intranet Control (AFINC ...
Air Force fighter jet mission data, sensors, missiles, intelligence information, precision guidance technology, data links and weapons targeting systems are all increasingly integrated with ...
The U.S. Air Force has deployed a cyberweapon system that acts as a firewall to protect more than one million intranet users, one of the military’s first such designations as it ramps up its ...
The Air Force is continuing to shore up its cybersecurity posture while making its networks interoperable with the Defense Department-wide Joint Regional Security Stacks. The service has awarded ...
WASHINGTON — As many as 1,000 enlisted personnel and 130 officers currently in Air Force cyber security jobs will be asked to join the U.S. Space Force, a senior official said Oct. 8.