Raytheon has a punt at aviation security with bus software suite
US defence firm Raytheon is punting a security suite that apparently promises to harden military aircraft against "cyber anomalies".
The company is reportedly developing "a new warning system that tells pilots when their planes are being hacked".
"Basically, we're trying to give the pilot the information about what's happening internally on his aircraft in real time," Amanda Buchanan, the project's engineering lead, told American military news website Defense One.
The basic pitch is that most military aircraft electronics are relatively simple compared to modern ground-based systems. With even modern designs using serial data buses*, Raytheon reckons there's a niche in the market for startling the hell out of pilots by giving them something else to worry about ..
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