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Aerospace Village

Aerospace Village at DEF CON 34

The scheduled August 6-9, 2026 Aerospace Village edition at DEF CON 34, independently established by the village's official event page. DEF CON's official news confirms the host conference wrapped on August 10, 2026, while the village's own rechecked pages have not published a post-event record for this edition. Its current badge record is limited to a public BadgeLife self-submission for the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Cyber Range (ACR) team's winnable SR-71 CTF badge; that self-submission does not establish that Aerospace Village designed, issued, endorsed, or distributed the artifact.

LVCC West Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada · United States · 2026

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge

The public DEF CON 34 BadgeLife roster contains a new listing submitted as Lockheed Martin - Aeronautics Cyber Range (ACR) for a badge titled SR-71. The named team says the badge is only winnable through a CTF it plans to host at its Aerospace Village booth and on its Discord, and describes a TCG-type card-collection game using NFC peer-to-peer and reader modes. That is concrete first-hand artifact evidence, while Aerospace Village's official page independently establishes the DEF CON 34 context. DEF CON's official news confirms the host conference wrapped on August 10, 2026, but the September 23 recheck found no reviewed post-event source publishing the SR-71 badge's physical construction, NFC-hardware placement, code or firmware release, or a completed CTF and distribution outcome.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge no public repository linked at the 2026-09-23 recheck

future technical-source statement

After-con code or firmware availability statement

The public roster says code or firmware will be available after the con, but provides no URL, release date, source license, binary, build instructions, hardware target, flashing method, support channel, or evidence of a completed release, and the post-date recheck found no released archive.

Compatibility: SR-71 DEF CON 34 record; the promised release is not modeled as current software

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge public team self-submission

planned CTF acquisition route

Winnable Aerospace Village booth and Discord CTF claim

The roster says SR-71 is only winnable and that the ACR team will host a CTF at its Aerospace Village booth and on its Discord. It does not publish the CTF rules, eligibility, schedule, task set, venue authorization, winner count, badge quantity, pickup process, or completed award outcome.

Compatibility: SR-71 DEF CON 34 badge listing; no confirmed participant entitlement or delivery

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge public team self-submission

planned badge-game lifecycle

NFC TCG card-collection and raffle claim

The team says the badge contains a TCG-type game using NFC peer-to-peer and NFC reader modes, and that a full card collection enters an attendee into a raffle for Lockheed Martin and ACR swag. The listing does not identify whether NFC lives in the badge, cards, phone, or booth hardware; it also omits game rules, card count, persistence, scoring, raffle terms, odds, prizes, or security controls.

Compatibility: SR-71 planned game as publicly described; final implementation and operating rules unreleased

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge note

artifact, host association, and credential boundary · public team self-submission plus official Aerospace Village event page · independent CTF badge listing in public roster; scheduled dates elapsed without a post-event record

A publicly named ACR team submits SR-71 to the BadgeLife roster and states an Aerospace Village booth/Discord CTF plan, while Aerospace Village independently establishes the DEF CON 34 event. Neither source says that Aerospace Village designed, issued, endorsed, or distributed SR-71; nor do they say it is a DEF CON Human badge, a registration entitlement, an admission credential, or a completed event artifact. The roster team name alone is not treated as proof of corporate authorization.

The catalogue preserves a concrete event-associated BadgeLife listing without converting public self-description into organizer issuance, corporate endorsement, credential authority, or a completed distribution claim.

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · public-roster and official-event media review · needs selected, attributable, cleared original

The reviewed public roster and Aerospace Village event page establish the planned SR-71 listing and event context but do not pair a selected factual badge image with a reusable license or explicit permission basis, attribution, source URL, and processing provenance.

SR-71 remains image-free rather than copying roster media, event graphics, social posts, screenshots, stock imagery, or generated approximations.

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge note

physical-form, hardware, and NFC-role boundary · public team self-submission · NFC game modes named; artifact construction unreleased

The roster calls SR-71 a badge and says its game uses NFC peer-to-peer and reader modes, but does not identify physical form, PCB, card, wearable, chip, antenna, controller, reader, power source, display, storage, connector, material, dimensions, artwork, production revision, or which device actually supplies NFC functionality.

The record does not infer an electronic PCB, active reader, passive tag, NFC chip model, radio placement, power budget, safety profile, or interoperability from high-level game wording.

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge note

software, NFC protocol, data, privacy, and security gap · public team self-submission · after-con code or firmware mentioned; no implementation material linked at recheck

The roster says code or firmware will be available after the con, but provides no repository or implementation documentation, and the post-date recheck still found none. It does not disclose NFC protocol or payload design, card identifiers, peer/reader behavior, phone or app requirements, backend, accounts, authentication, authorization, cloning resistance, encryption, telemetry, logs, personal-data handling, retention, deletion, privacy notice, threat model, security review, update path, or support policy.

The catalogue presents only the stated NFC game concept, not a defined communications protocol, software release, privacy practice, security guarantee, or safe operating guidance.

Aerospace Village DC34 SR-71 CTF Badge note

winnable CTF, raffle, allocation, and fulfilment boundary · public team self-submission · acquisition and raffle concepts disclosed; elapsed-date outcome unreleased

The team says SR-71 is only winnable through its CTF and that a full card collection enters a raffle, but does not publish eligibility, entry conditions, required card set, winner count, badge quantity, cost, allocation, prize terms, odds, schedule, handoff, shipping, receipt, refund, replacement, or final fulfilment evidence, and the recheck found no post-event CTF or raffle result record.

No contest, lottery, acquisition, ownership, prize, or delivery outcome is implied beyond the narrowly stated CTF and raffle concepts.

Resources

Aerospace Village at DEF CON 34 official village event page · Aerospace Village's official event page establishes the scheduled August 6-9, 2026 DEF CON 34 setting at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It does not name SR-71, Lockheed Martin ACR, the CTF, a badge, or an allocation, and its rechecked state remains forward-looking. DEF CON 34 BadgeLife public roster public team self-submission roster · The publicly readable roster's 2026-08-04 SR-71 row is submitted under Lockheed Martin - Aeronautics Cyber Range (ACR). It calls the item a new Badge, says it is only winnable through an ACR CTF at the Aerospace Village booth and on Discord, describes the NFC TCG/card-collection raffle, and says code or firmware will be available after the con. It is a self-submission, not a DEF CON, Aerospace Village, or corporate authorization statement.

Sources

Aerospace Village: Aerospace Village at DEF CON 34 Retrieved 2026-09-23 · Primary official source establishing Aerospace Village's scheduled DEF CON 34 event at the Las Vegas Convention Center on August 6-9, 2026, rechecked after the elapsed dates. It supports host-event context only, still reads forward-looking, and does not identify or endorse the SR-71 badge. DEF CON: Thanks for Another Great DEF CON! Retrieved 2026-09-23 · Primary official DEF CON news source, posted 2026-08-10, confirming DEF CON 34 wrapped after the August 6-9, 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center dates. It establishes host-conference completion for the elapsed village window without describing Aerospace Village operations or the SR-71 artifact. Lockheed Martin - Aeronautics Cyber Range (ACR) / public BadgeLife roster: DEF CON 34 BadgeLife roster — SR-71 Retrieved 2026-09-23 · Primary first-hand public self-submission, originally reviewed 2026-08-04 and rechecked 2026-09-23 after the elapsed DEF CON 34 dates, naming SR-71 as a new badge and stating its winnable CTF route, aerospace-village-booth association, NFC peer-to-peer and reader-mode TCG claim, card-collection raffle, and after-con code/firmware statement. It does not establish corporate authorization, completed production, a held CTF, final technical implementation, official DEF CON or Aerospace Village issuance, or image reuse permission.