Computer systems that control physical mechanisms run specialized software and are connected to specialized hardware.
Officials say these might include infecting and disconnecting enemy computers, or creating "real world effects" by targeting computer systems that control civilian infrastructure – the power grid, for instance.
The newest aircraft will also swap out many of the conventional hydraulic systems that control flaps, slats and other parts and replace them with electric motors, saving weight.
Michael Vatis, former director of the F.B.I. cybercrime unit, said even relatively unsophisticated hackers could significantly damage systems that control a wide range of national security interests.
The unit being sold is part of a Johnson unit that makes, installs and runs systems that control building temperature and lighting.
Terrorists or agents of hostile powers could mount attacks on companies and systems that control vital parts of an economy, including power stations, electrical grids and communications networks.
The sensors, for example, monitor room temperature in automatic systems that control heating and air-conditioning in office buildings, said Harry Ostaffe, director of marketing and business development.
Our hormones affect 150 of our essential bodily functions, and their fluctuations over time are inextricably linked to the biological systems that control our energy levels, memory, brain waves, vitamin retention, metabolism, the acuity of our senses and more.
That report estimated that by this year 19 million people worldwide would have the skills to engage in malicious hacking and 1.3 million people would have advanced knowledge of the systems that control the nation's telecommunications infrastructure.
But by disrupting the regulatory systems that control the level of dopamine present in the brain, methamphetamine in the long term has a primary role in the onset of bipolar disease and depression.
Officials in both the United States and Israel have made no secret of the fact that undermining the computer systems that control Iran's huge enrichment plant at Natanz is a high priority.
