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USAF Scientific Advisory Board Recommends Open Architectures In Potential UAV Upgrades

Pat Host

Monday, August 3rd, 2015

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USAF Scientific Advisory Board Recommends Open Architectures In Potential UAV Upgrades

An MQ-9 Reaper. Photo: U.S. Air Force

The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) suggests the service consider using open architectures (OA) to help keep costs down if it eventually decides to modify unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for use in contested environments.USAF SAB Chair Werner Dahm on Monday briefed reporters in Arlington, Va., with a “high-level summary” of each of three studies tasked by the Air Force secretary and chief of staff for 2015: cyber vulnerabilities of embedded systems in air and space systems; enhanced utility of…

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