The Air Force will bring a satellite to the Defcon hacking conference next year. Soon, the Air Force will put out a call for submissions. Think you know how to hack a satellite or its ground station? Let them know.

A select number of researchers whose pitches seem viable will be invited to try out their ideas during a “flat-sat” phase— essentially a test build comprising all the eventual components—six months before Defcon.

That group will once again be culled; the Air Force will fly the winners out to Defcon for a live hacking competition.

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