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I don't understand your second point. How could a F-16 be hacked remotely when there's no remote access? There's no attack surface. How is this different from a

I don't understand your second point. How could a F-16 be hacked remotely when there's no remote access? There's no attack surface. How is this different from any other fly-by-wire system?

greedo 6y ago
There is remote access. Fighters routinely exchange data via datalink like LINK 16 and JTIDs. It's not inconceivable that this could lead to some exposure. It would depend on how segmented the flight control computers are from the other computers. A lot of the cyber warfare plans are attempting this type of attack.
- jki275 6y ago
  Link-16 is JTIDS. It doesn't have any connection to flight controls or any controls of anything it's deployed in (which is just about everything). It's also type-1 encrypted.
  - greedo 6y ago
    So it sits on a separate bus, physically disconnected from any other flight computers?
    - jki275 6y ago
      JTIDS is a radio. Flight controls don't get connected to radios. Except in the QF-16 perhaps.