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Lockheed Martin signed a contract with Guardtime Federal, a cybersecurity company servicing the U.S. government, to incorporate a variety of integrity and cyber-related capabilities into Lockheed Martin aircraft products and processes.

The contract focuses on reducing the attack surface of the information supply chain, which forwards information to and from operational aircraft systems. The new capabilities, once integrated, will provide linked digital data attribution to improve the way digital provenance is being applied, assured, and audited across the life cycle of mission critical information flowing into operational systems.

“Our collaboration with Guardtime Federal continues to yield fresh new approaches to solve the lingering challenges that more traditional technical solutions have not solved,” said Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Engineering and Technology Vice President Ron Bessire.