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F-35 radar system has bug that requires hard reboot in flight
2016-03-11 20:44:40 Post No. 29228338
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F-35 radar system has bug that requires hard reboot in flight
Anonymous
2016-03-11 20:44:40
Post No. 29228338
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Virtual BSOD for radar software could delay USAF's full deployment of fighter.
>In an episode of CBS' techno-procedural series CSI:Cyber that aired in January, pilots were forced to power off and power back on an airliner's flight computer to regain control from a hacker. As preposterous as that cold-boot of avionics sounds, it's something that test pilots have had to do with the F-35A "Lightning II" Joint Strike Fighter's radar system—not because of a hack but because of a software problem that causes the radar to degrade or stop working entirely.
>IHS Jane's reports that an issue arose in late 2015 with the F-35's AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system, built by Northrop Grumman for the Lockheed Martin-led F-35 program. The software planned to be used in the F-35A when the Air Force declares its "initial operational capability" (IOC) with the fighter later this year—revision 3i—has a major flaw. As Air Force F-35 Integration Office Director Major General Jeffrey Harrigian told Jane's, that flaw affects "radar stability—the radar's ability to stay up and running. What would happen is they'd get a signal that says either a radar degrade or a radar fail—something that would force us to restart the radar."
http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/03/f-35-radar-system-has-bug-that-requires-hard-reboot-in-flight/
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