Petty Officer Edward Devenney
Edward Devenney, 29, from Strabane in Northern Ireland, appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink.
The petty officer is accused of collecting information about programmes for encryption that might be useful to an enemy, and communicating those details to another person.
For legal reasons no plea was taken at today's hearing, and the defence is instructing a security expert as part of its case.
It will be decided in October which parts of the evidence will need to be heard in secret.
Devenney is set to face trial at the Old Bailey on November 13.
He is accused of two offences under the Official Secrets Act. The first is collecting information for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state between November 18 last year and March 7 this year.
It is alleged that he gathered details of ''crypto material'' - programmes used to encrypt secret information - that could be useful to an enemy.
The second is communicating information to another person in breach of the Official Secrets Act.
It is alleged that on January 21 for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state he communicated information to another person that could be useful to an enemy.
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