Airbus UK earned a small study contract to work toward the creation of a UK virtual cyber operations center, according to a report in Defense News.
The Ministry of Defence’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory awarded the contract, worth about $2.1 million U.S. dollars. The company will study the development of a 3-D virtual world to enable analysts, military experts and others to collaborate and share situational awareness to detect and counter cyber attacks on information and weapon systems.
The 16-month study is part of a Dstl research project underway since 2011 to develop and mature the possible creation by the MoD of a virtual cyber center of operations.
