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USAF Looks to Remedy Cybersecurity Shortfalls in Flight Training System for Fighters

Frank Wolfe

Friday, April 16th, 2021

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USAF Looks to Remedy Cybersecurity Shortfalls in Flight Training System for Fighters

A P5CTS pod sits on a Japan Air-Self Defense Force F-15J Eagle on Aug. 18, 2013 at Eielson AFB, Alaska (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is looking to correct cybersecurity shortfalls in a wing-mounted flight training system used by its older F-16 and F-15 fighters--a remedy that will likely be important for secure data exchange between those aircraft and Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35s, which carry an internal version of the system. This month, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio released a pre-solicitation for a System Security Upgrade (SSU) for Cubic Corp.'s [CUB] P5 Combat Training…

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