A software engineer working for one of the Pentagon’s most prominent defense contractors claims she was fired after flagging “critical software safety issues and errors” written into the code that controls high-tech automated artillery systems used by U.S. forces, as well as various other nations throughout the world.
Deborah Hale alleges the problems violated at least eight different laws, rules, or regulations set out by the Army, Department of Defense, NATO and even NASA, which “would have prevented appropriate safety tests from being properly developed and tested, severely jeopardizing the safety of American civilians, troops, and allies,” according to a state lawsuit that has now been removed to federal court.
