Massive defense software under scrutiny.

Massive defense software under scrutiny.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Software developers in a secret Boeing plant are developing a weapons program some U.S. officials say is the largest such program in Defense Department history.

The U.S. military classifies its Future Combat Systems software program as dwarfing Microsoft Windows in the length of its code, The Washington Post said Thursday.

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The project is on time and under budget - the only problem is it may not work.

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the aircraft that just lost power while trying to land at heathrow airport--after flying from china--wasn't that a new boeing?

i see that there is speculation that someone that was supposed to service the aircraft before its flight from china--somehow accessed the planes flight control computers and inserted a program change that activated when the pilots tried to land in england.

this computer here has been hacked 2or 3 times when trying to use it on the israelinsider website and i'm just a nobody---so no doubt boeing would have a lot more enemies to worry about than me.

Wow! 200 BILLION dollars! For a software program!

That has to be a pretty big program. I would really hate to debug that sucker. Think about how long it takes to load that program into memory?

As they say: fast, cheap, good. Pick any two.

I hope they are making good backups!