Fast Reconfiguring Environment for Electronic Kneeboard (Freeboard)

NAVAIR has identified the need for operating mobile tablets in multi-level secured, disjointed mission environments to establish a common Electronic Kneeboard (EKB) capability across all United States Naval (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) aviation platforms. This will enable access to digital publications, imagery, and dynamic data in USN and USMC aircraft, enhancing aircrew situational awareness, improving precision fire, and enabling inflight mission re-planning while reducing cockpit clutter. ATCorps Fast Reconfiguring Environment for Electronic Kneeboard (Freeboard) is a software solution addressing this need by providing independent application environments (personas) for separate security domains with fast transition between personas. Freeboard will use NSA Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) approved components to protect data-in-transit and data-at-rest. Freeboard addresses unique requirements for maximizing tablet use in military missions in classified and unclassified environments:1)Multiple compartmentalized personas assuring isolated application and data ecosystems at different security domains with rapid access to all security domains.2)Intelligent communication management employing all available off-tablet communication paths to prioritize data, maximize bandwidth, optimize latency, protect data security, and autonomously and transparently react to changes to connectivity.3)Allow handling as unclassified equipment when an unclassified persona is active or the tablet is powered off.