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Sat Apr 27, 2013, 08:59 AM Apr 2013

Pentagon downplays comment on F-35 fighter jet cyber threat

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/us-lockheed-fighter-cyber-idUSBRE93O1HK20130425



Pentagon downplays comment on F-35 fighter jet cyber threat
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON | Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:17pm EDT

(Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday downplayed a comment by one of its officials that he is not totally confident in the ability of the $396 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, built by Lockheed Martin Corp, to survive a cyber attack.

The Pentagon's F-35 program office issued a statement that the Department of Defense was "fully aware of evolving cyber threats and is taking specific action to counter them for all fielded systems, including F-35."

"The F-35 is no more or less vulnerable to known cyber threats than legacy aircraft were during their initial development and early production," spokesman Joe DellaVedova said when asked about a comment by Christopher Bodgan, the F-35 program manager, to lawmakers on Wednesday.

Bogdan, an Air Force Lieutenant General, told a Senate Armed Services subcommittee that he was "not that confident" about security implemented by the companies that build the plane.
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