U-2 Spy Plane Receives Software Code Update In-Flight

摘要

The U.S. Air Force updated software code on a Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 reconnaissance plane in-flight on Oct. 16, according to Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper."Friday, a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane updated code during flight--a military first!" Roper said via Twitter on Oct. 19. Roper said that the two updates involved a "docker containment generating log files" and "improved target recognition algorithms."At press time on Oct. 19, a spokeswoman for the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, Calif.,said that the wing was looking into responses on further questions on the software code updates.The Air Force's Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va., has been testing a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) that uses open-source container-orchestration systems, such as the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF) Kubernetes, originally designed by Google [GOOGL], for improving cybersecurity through the automation of computer application deployment, scaling, and management.