Shift5, the onboard data company, has announced its partnership with JetBlue to bring cybersecurity and data observability of onboard avionics to commercial aircraft. The company also welcomes JetBlue Ventures as an investor in its Series B round of funding, which was led by Insight Partners with participation from The Boeing Company and AE Industrial Partners’ AEI HorizonX.
The investment from JetBlue Ventures enables Shift5 to develop new platform capabilities that will improve the efficiency and safety of commercial air travel.
“Today, Shift5’s products are being deployed to protect U.S. military assets. JetBlue Ventures has partnered with Shift5 to expand the company’s focus from government to commercial aviation.” said Steven Taub, Managing Director, Investments at JetBlue Ventures. “Their technology has the potential to revolutionise aviation cybersecurity.”
The Shift5 platform performs full-take data capture from onboard sources — every frame, bus, and protocol. It translates, enriches, correlates, and analyses this data for anomalies, providing operators with comprehensive visibility and critical operational insights, and enabling them with cybersecurity capabilities beyond the limits of solutions they use today. The platform also compresses and can store this data for use in other platforms, including incident response, ticketing, threat hunting, compliance and more.
“Our value proposition is simple: bring complete visibility into the aircraft to decrease the complexity of compliance, support improved operations and safety, and improve fleet reliability,” added Josh Lospinoso, CEO and co-founder, Shift5. “We demystify exactly what happens aboard aircraft from before takeoff to after landing, allowing maintenance, repair, operations, and cybersecurity teams the ability to make data-informed decisions. We’re thrilled to welcome JetBlue Ventures and to work with JetBlue as their track record of innovation positions them as technology leaders in aviation.”
