How hackable is a 5th-Gen fighter?

Today we dig into the F-35 kill switch debate and separate the clickbait from the actual leverage. Even if there is no literal hardware or software button that can remotely brick the jet, the real ...

No worries if the US doesn't want to be friends with Europe anymore Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter aircraft can be jailbroken "just like an iPhone," the Netherlands' defense secretary has claimed.… ...

Gijs Tuinman's comment has reignited concerns over the operational sovereignty of US allies' fighter jet fleets ...

Is Dutch Sec. Gijs Tuinman alluding to a European effort to continue using their F-35 jets even if the U.S. stops supporting ...

The Netherlands has quietly entered a charged debate about whether European nations can maintain sovereign control over the American-built F-35 fighter jet, a weapon system that depends entirely on U.

"You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone." The post Lockheed Martin F-35s Can Be Jailbroken Like $80 Million iPhones, European Military Chief Says appeared first on Futurism.

Claims about modifying the F-35's software raise legitimate sovereignty questions. But cybersecurity architecture, cryptography, and sustainment realities define strict limits on what can and cannot ...

The F-35's vendor locked software is becoming a greater concern as relations between the U.S. and longtime allies falter.

Tuinman’s remarks reopen fundamental questions about how much control partner nations in the F-35 program truly have over the ...