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What do GPS satellites, F-35s, and the new Department of Veterans Affairs health care records management system have in common?  The latest Defense Department annual assessment of cyberthreats has found disturbing weaknesses in each of these systems. 

The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an "affordably stealthy" multi-role fighter that will have 3

The F-35 Lightning II / Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a U.S. fifth-generation, single engine, multirole fighter developed in partnership with eight nations and produced by Lockheed Martin. It is designed in three variants and is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan engine. Each variant features a different derivative of the F135 engine. As of December 2021, more than 730 F-35s have been delivered to the U.S., international JSF partners and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.

 The US military says it has grounded its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet following a fire on board one of the multi-million-dollar jets.

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Army Putting New Infantry Squad Vehicle Through Paces TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES 2/19/2021 GM Defense photo The Army is testing its new transport vehicle less than a year after it awarded a contract to GM Defense for the program. Developmental testing of the Infantry Squad Vehicle, or ISV, began in November and will culminate in an initial operational test in August, said Steve Herrick, product lead for ground mobility vehicles at the program executive office ...

(Photo : Screenshot from Twitter post of @Simon_JonesCTV) US Navys USS Ford is Worlds Most Expensive Carrier! Pentagon Tests the New Ship and Finds Faulty Tech These are shots of the US Navy’s newest #supercarrier undergoing sea trials. The USS Ford is over 1,100 feet long, and cost $13 billion (!) to build: the most expensive #ship, and weapon, in history. So behold $13 billion making high speed turns at over 30 knots. #warshippic.twitter.com/5DyTaL0FZ6— Simon Jones (@Simon_JonesCTV) No...

The USS Gerald R. Ford’s new systems are crucial to justifying the expense of what’s now a four-vessel program intended to replace the current Nimitz class of aircraft carriers.

A new assessment of the USS Gerald R. Ford was carried out by Pentagon testers The testers said the trouble was with the USS Fords new, high-tech aircraft takeoff and landing systems The systems were said to have experienced failures more often than expected The unreliability of the systems could adversely affect the USS Fords ability to carry out military sorties according to testers

Navy’s Priciest Carrier Ever Struggles to Get Jets On, Off Deck Bloomberg 1/9/2021 Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) -- Aircraft takeoff and landing systems on the USS Gerald R. Ford remain unreliable and break down too often more than three years after the $13.2 billion carrier was delivered, according to the Pentagon’s top tester. The latest assessment of the costliest warship ever built “remains consistent” with previous years, director of testing Robert Behler said in his ...