Foreign F-35 Users Are Now Able To Block Their F-35's Systems From Sending Data Back To The U.S.

A member of the US Air Force uses a laptop to access the ALIS components on one of the service's F-35A jets. USAF

Warzone/The Drive: Foreign F-35 Users Spend Millions To Stop Jet's Computer From Sharing Their Secrets

Operators will now be able to block the F-35's systems from sending data back to the United States, but other security concerns may remain.

Lockheed Martin has received a multi-million dollar contract for work on a firewall that will allow F-35 Joint Strike Fighter operators to prevent the transfer of potentially sensitive information that the jet’s sensors and computer brain scoop up and send back to the United States via a cloud-based network. The development comes as foreign partners in the project become increasingly worried about the data that the aircraft is collecting and storing, but concerns could remain about security breaches or if the links to the system gets cut altogether, especially in the middle of a crisis.

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WNU Editor: EP ..... who has been a critic of the F-35 jet for years, sums up it perfectly .... Good luck. It is a global, net-centric, logistics support system. Dummies were briefed on this fact years ago. (link here).

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