The need to modernise the Link 16 tactical datalink system is fast approaching – driven by a US programme of frequency re-allocation, increasing data volumes and crypto modernisation. What does this mean for those with capability sponsor, acquisition and supplier responsibilities? And where are the opportunities to look beyond a plug–and–play ...
Interoperability has been the key objective in a recent trial involving the F-35B Lightning II and Typhoon FGR4 aircraft. Funded by the MOD, the two-week trial has been carried out in airspace above the upper Mojave Desert, California, as part of the RAF’s Exercise High Rider. Coordinated by Northrup Grumman and the ...