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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

24 million lines of code to secure? I’m not sure we can do that, Dave.

F-35A Lightning IIThe new F-35 Fighter Jet is an impressive war machine. The Lockheed Martin aircraft has a 1,200 mph top speed and a range of almost 1,400 miles. It is the result of a $400 billion program that makes it the most expensive weapons system in history.

It is not only an impressive piece of aeronautical engineering. It is also a phenomenally sophisticated software lab, with an integrated control system that uses complicated algorithms to help it carry out its mission no matter what adversity it encounters.

The computer system includes a carry-on laptop-like device that stores the details of the mission and communicates over a dedicated network with ALIS, or Autonomic Logistics Information System. According to the Lockheed Martin website, “ALIS provides the IT backbone and capabilities to support current and future Warfighters across the U.S. services and the world.”

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