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Air Force Plugfest Effort Focusing On Electronic Flight Bags

Pat Host

Monday, March 20th, 2017

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Air Force Plugfest Effort Focusing On Electronic Flight Bags

The Air Force has opened another Plugfest initiative focused on cyber resiliency for electronic flight bags, according to a key official.Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Military Deputy, Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch said Thursday the service is creating a lab environment to test the cyber resiliency for the bags, which are devices that allow flight crews to perform a variety of functions that that were traditionally accomplished using paper references. Bunch said this Plugfest effort will be brief…

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