Air Force looks to Xage Security to provide trusted computing and secure data sharing on the flightline

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – The U.S. Air Force command that oversees logistics for global flights is working to digitize flightline data to enable more modern maintenance tracking of its aircraft. Fedscoop reports. Continue reading original article

The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:

7 May 2021 -- The Air Mobility Command will work with Xage Security Inc. in Palo Alto, Calif. -- a cyber security company specializing in zero-trust architecture -- through a contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

The work will focus on digitizing secure data sharing of repair information in flightline operations -- the work done on aircraft to prepare for takeoff.

Xage was also brought into secure other already-modernized methodologies in Air Mobility Command’s digital ecosystem. On top of adding new layers of security to the system, Xage also will bring a new multi-party view to the flight data.

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