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Re:Northrop Grumman unveils B-21 bomber by jandrewrogers on Friday December 02, 2022 @11:26PM (#33840590)
The 6th gen is primarily based on a completely new generation of stealth technology. The data infrastructure is more 5th gen (which is still pretty sophisticated).
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Re:Northrop Grumman unveils B-21 bomber by radu_floricica on Saturday December 03, 2022 @01:34AM (#33841255)
F35 is built with upgradability in mind, so I think with regards to software the lines will be very blurred.
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Re:Northrop Grumman unveils B-21 bomber by badrabbit on Saturday December 03, 2022 @02:21AM (#33841458)
The connections I understand but software being shared means one vulnerability can bring down multiple types and generations of aircraft.
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Re:Northrop Grumman unveils B-21 bomber by zppln on Saturday December 03, 2022 @03:28AM (#33841789)
This is an interesting point. While pulling of an attack like that wouldn't be easy, just having your entire air force having to patch for it simultaneously would be devastating from an availabilty PoV. Perhaps information security assurance is the real 6th gen? :)
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Re:Northrop Grumman unveils B-21 bomber by ThinkBeat on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @10:26AM (#33881507)
As soon as they are able to get rid fo the bugs in the current system.
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