Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems

The Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems (CARS) has been established to amplify Embry‑Riddle's contribution to the economic development of the region.

Mission

To be a world leader in the research and innovation of safe, secure and resilient aerospace system solutions that meet the needs of our global aerospace community.

Vision

Inspiring the next generation of aerospace systems professionals through innovative research and education, in collaboration with universities, governments and the leading aerospace companies around the world.

The Aerospace Cybersecurity Challenge

Emerging and rapidly evolving cybersecurity risks are confronting the aviation and aerospace ecosystem. CARS addresses the cyber resilience of safety-critical aviation and aerospace systems, and cultivates new areas of research and development through innovative applications of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science and analytics to enhance cybersecurity, cyber safety, and cyber resilience of the aerospace ecosystem.

Our national security and economic interests rely on the proper functionality and availability of the aerospace infrastructure.
Once isolated and independent, aviation and aerospace systems evolve to become more interconnected, software-driven and computationally intensive. While enhancing efficiency, this also increases the risks of compromise.
The criticality of aerospace systems and their adaptation to evolving demands requires focusing on innovative solution development rooted in safety culture.

The Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems (CARS) will address cyber threats to safety-critical aero systems and cultivate new areas of development through innovative applications of technologies such as Al and data science and analytics in aero systems.

The Impact

CARS is the nexus of innovation for next-generation, high-assurance aerospace technologies and solutions. Bringing together Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University experts in AI, cybersecurity, data science, software and hardware with specialists from industry and government agencies, CARS provides a creative and collaborative environment to respond to the domain’s greatest challenges.

As the first center to integrate cybersecurity and data analytics R&D focused on aviation and aerospace, CARS advances Embry‑Riddle's service to the aerospace community by providing:

Multidisciplinary expertise in collaboration with industry, government and academic partners to address challenges facing aerospace systems and infrastructure.
A partner in commercialization that will work with industry to license technology.
A centralized knowledge base that shares findings through presentations and publications.
Resources to support workforce development and customize training scenarios using physical and virtual tools.