The Boeing Company

Kristine Kay Lane

Arun Ayyagari

Radhakrishna G Sampigethaya

Richard Neil Blair

John E Bush

Greg A Kimberly

Radha Poovendran

Eric John Martens

David E Corman

Walter R Beck

Lester L Houston, Iii

A method and apparatus for managing software components and information. An apparatus comprises a computer system, a library application running on the computer system, a distribution application running on the computer system, and a crate tool in the computer system. The library application is configured to store a number of software components and information for ground vehicles in the computer system and generate tasks to manage software components and the information in the ground vehicles. The distribution application is configured to send a selected software component in the number of software components to a ground vehicle and receive the information from the ground vehicle. The crate tool is configured to manage crates containing the software components and the information and validate signatures associated with the software components and the information in the crates.

Information management system for ground vehicles

Systems and methods for trusted mobile communications are described. A network system provisions a mobile client system with a collection of security parameters on a per application basis and a per device basis. The airplane system provides access to the mobile client system based on the established chain of trust without previously having information about the mobile client system even when the mobile client system and the airplane system are offline with respect to the network system.

System and method for trusted mobile communications

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Duvall, WA, United States of America

Kristine Kay Lane