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Submission + - Flawed analysis: How Boeing, FAA certified the 737 MAX flight control system (seattletimes.com) 1

Submitted by 0x2A on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:21PM

0x2A writes: Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial flaws.
The Seattle Times reports leaked statements from engineers, that show crucial safety flaws in the MCAS system not being addressed in the certification of the plane

Submission + - The Poor Man's Air Force? Rebel Drones Attack Russia's Airbase in Syria (bellingcat.com)

Submitted by 0x2A on Sunday January 14, 2018 @11:34AM

0x2A writes: Bellingcat reports on drone attacks on a Russian airbase in Syria: On the night of the 6 January 2018, the Russian airbase at Khmeimim was reportedly attacked. Videos and rumours from the airbase claimed that this attack may have included drones, although there were also reports the base coming under attack by rockets.
Russia has all but accused the U.S. military of being behind the improvised drone attack on its air base in Syria last week, claiming the aircraft could have only come from a major military power like the United States

Submission + - How to Hack a BMW. Details on the security flaw that affected 2.2 million cars (heise.de)

Submitted by 0x2A on Friday February 06, 2015 @01:19PM

0x2A writes: BMW recently fixed a security hole in their ConnectedDrive software, which left 2.2 million cars open to remote attacks. Security expert Dieter Spaar reverse engineered the system and found some serious flaws, including using the same symmetric keys in all vehicles, not encrypting messages between the car and the BMW backend or using the outdated DES.

Submission + - SpaceX Rocket Landing Test Crashes After Successful Cargo Launch (space.com)

Submitted by 0x2A on Saturday January 10, 2015 @07:28AM

0x2A writes: A Falcon 9 rocket built by SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon cargo ship toward the International Space Station early Saturday— and then returned to Earth, apparently impacting its target ocean platform during a landing test in the Atlantic.
"Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho," Elon Musk tweeted shortly after the launch.

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