Airbus cryptography approved for Pentagon communications

The Defense Department has given a thumbs-up to the latest software upgrades to the Airbus Group's ECTOCRYP Black secure voice encryption device.

ECTOCRYP Black is now listed as a Department of Defense Secure Communications Device (DSCD) on the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) approved products list, according to an Airbus announcement.

The new R1.2.3 software "completed functionality for multilevel secure voice communications and now enables secure dialing," Airbus said. "Because of ECTOCRYP® Black's programmability, customers can load the new R1.2.3 software into their existing ECTOCRYP Black hardware to get the latest approved capabilities. In the long term, this programmability allows ECTOCRYP® Black to be adapted to changing protocols, standards and security requirements as they evolve."

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