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UAT 367 · 3(1-4-4) · Year/term 2/1

Cybersecurity, Command and Control Links and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management

ความมั่นคงไซเบอร์ ระบบเชื่อมโยงการบัญชาการและควบคุม และการจัดการจราจรระบบอากาศยานไร้คนขับ

Progress
Notional hours: 135 h (online/self-study 60 · in class/lab 75)

Course description

UAS threats and vulnerabilities, authentication, access control, encryption and data integrity, security of command-and-control links, availability and redundancy, monitoring and incident response, UAS traffic-management concepts, and data integration for safe operations

Thai description

ภัยคุกคามและช่องโหว่ของระบบอากาศยานไร้คนขับ หลักการพิสูจน์ตัวตน การควบคุมสิทธิ์ การเข้ารหัสและความสมบูรณ์ของข้อมูล ความมั่นคงปลอดภัยของระบบเชื่อมโยงการบัญชาการและควบคุม ความพร้อมใช้และความซ้ำซ้อน การติดตามและตอบสนองเหตุการณ์ แนวคิดการจัดการจราจร UAS และการบูรณาการข้อมูลเพื่อการปฏิบัติการอย่างปลอดภัย

Description source: Curriculum draft (revised 28 Sep 2026)Previous site code: DRT 499

Course learning outcomes (CLO)

CLOOutcomePLO
CLO1Analyse cyber threats to UASPLO3PLO4
CLO2Design secure C2 linksPLO2PLO4
CLO3Explain and simulate UTM and Remote IDPLO3

Learning modules

1UAS cybersecurity
Weeks 1–3 · 27 hLesson 85 minquiz1 KU

Online (before class) · 12 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Intensive lab and field practice recorded in a lab notebook

Learning evidence: Lab notebook signed by the instructor

Open module + quiz
2GNSS and link attacks
Weeks 4–6 · 27 hLesson 90 minquiz2 KU

Online (before class) · 12 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Intensive lab and field practice recorded in a lab notebook

Learning evidence: Lab notebook signed by the instructor

Open module + quiz
3Secure C2 links
Weeks 7–9 · 27 hLesson 90 minquiz2 KU

Online (before class) · 12 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Intensive lab and field practice recorded in a lab notebook

Learning evidence: Lab notebook signed by the instructor

Open module + quiz
4UTM and Remote ID
Weeks 10–12 · 27 hLesson 90 minquiz1 KU

Online (before class) · 12 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Intensive lab and field practice recorded in a lab notebook

Learning evidence: Lab notebook signed by the instructor

Open module + quiz
5Incident response and frameworks
Weeks 13–15 · 27 hLesson 90 minquiz2 KU

Online (before class) · 12 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Intensive lab and field practice recorded in a lab notebook

Learning evidence: Lab notebook signed by the instructor

Open module + quiz

Assessment (draft)

Laboratory performance50%
Reports and lab notebook20%
Practical examination30%

Knowledge domain

D06 Control, autopilot and navigationD07 Communications, networks and IoTD08 Mission planning, flight and simulationD09 Law, safety and riskD17 Cybersecurity and UAS traffic management

Key references

  1. AlTawy, R., & Youssef, A. M. (2017). Security, privacy, and safety aspects of civilian drones: A survey. ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, 1(2), Article 7, 1–25. link
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2024). The NIST cybersecurity framework (CSF) 2.0. link
  3. International Civil Aviation Organization. (2023). Unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM): A common framework with core principles for global harmonization (4th ed.). ICAO. link
  4. ASTM International. (2022). Standard specification for remote ID and tracking (ASTM F3411-22a). link