Cybersecurity
Lockheed F-35's Cybersecurity Flaws Cited by Pentagon Tester
- Deficiencies `cannot be ignored,' Gilmore tells lawmakers
- Latest estimate sets F-35 cost at $379 billion, GAO says
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Cybersecurity weaknesses in Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 are among “many unresolved deficiencies” hobbling the costliest U.S. weapons program as production of the fighter jet ramps up, the Pentagon’s top tester said.
“The limited and incomplete F-35 cybersecurity testing accomplished to date has nonetheless revealed deficiencies that cannot be ignored,” Michael Gilmore, the director of combat testing, said in a prepared for a House Armed Services panel hearing Wednesday.