Roy Wilson, DAU professor of Acquisition Cybersecurity, right, and Vincent Lamolinara, DAU instructor, left, stand with the flight simulator hardware DAU is using to make the cybersecurity training range course available to the acquisition workforce.
Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD – February 13, 2020 – The Air Combat Electronics program office is partnering with Defense Acquisition University (DAU) to create a hands-on cybersecurity training range in its new course to be held on a monthly basis.
“This collaboration effort between the program office and DAU enables the deployment of software on an avionics single board computer that meets open architecture standards while supporting cybersecurity related activities,” said Dr. Hebin Luan, Air Combat Electronics program office Avionic Architecture Team Software Open Systems Technologies lead engineer.
The program office assisted DAU in creating a cybersecurity training range that provides hands on introductory level cyber hacking experiences against a “real world” target. Providing this type of hands on cybersecurity training is new at DAU, and in line with the U.S. Navy’s goal of…
