Coast Guard Aviators Shop for a Course-Plotting iPad App

Nextgov: The U.S. Coast Guard wants to buy a navigating app, similar to those already used by civilian pilots, for service members who are substituting iPads for flight bags, according to a government solicitation. But the software specifications omit certain safeguards to prevent hackers from hijacking the cockpit, some information technology specialists say.

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