[Cogadh na Sith]

I do not believe this quite

It's true as written.

I work for the Air Force. I am a Software Safety Engineer (on a different program I hasten to add!).

We are now trusting SW produced by industry by 'Extreme Programming', or 'Scrum' techniques to perform safety critical functions. This is what happens.

The FAA has lots of SW design and test stipulations to prevent this on commericial planes, but the military went to a 'best industry practices', vice tight SW design/test regs under 'Acquisition Reform'.

This kinda thing happens occasionally and will get more frequent....

[SubGeniusX]

Thanks for the confirmation ...


bet you have some "nifty" little anecdotes ...

[Candor7]

So USAF on board computers receive a geosynchronous time signal from satellites ? Is it in the GPS system, well no need to answer.

It just seems quite weird and a bit Urban legendish.

Also the news source was from a retired general. I have my doubts about such sources.

[phantomworker]

Not sure I buy it either. Only this obscure newspaper got this unusual story? Won't believe it until I see it on TV. (LOL)

http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20070223-033200-7513r