Posted on May 24, 2021
US Air Force’s newest refueling tanker to get gear allowing F-35 and F-22 to share data
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This is great news...better than most people understand. As a Tanker pilot who later became responsible for all USAF Tactical Data Link requirements, this article does my heart good. To see the F-22 (IFDL) and the F-35 (MADL) data links finally able to share information using their uniquely capable sensor suites, we can "see and act" in ways our adversaries are not ready for. We first demonstrated the ability to bridge IFDL with Link 16 back in 2008, in a Joint Expeditionary Force Exercise (JEFX).
US Air Force’s newest refueling tanker to get gear allowing F-35 and F-22 to share data
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Excellent news Sir. The interconnection between different stealth platforms makes the force more deadly and effective.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
WASHINGTON — The KC-46 will be the first aircraft to be outfitted with equipment that will make it a node in the U.S. Air Force’s new battle management system, the service confirmed Friday.
As part of the first capability release of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System program, the service plans to outfit a portion of its Boeing KC-46 aerial refueling tankers with “an open architecture communications subsystem and edge processing” equipment that will allow it to pass data between the F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters, the Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office said in response to written questions from Defense News.
WASHINGTON — The KC-46 will be the first aircraft to be outfitted with equipment that will make it a node in the U.S. Air Force’s new battle management system, the service confirmed Friday.
As part of the first capability release of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System program, the service plans to outfit a portion of its Boeing KC-46 aerial refueling tankers with “an open architecture communications subsystem and edge processing” equipment that will allow it to pass data between the F-35 and F-22 stealth fighters, the Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office said in response to written questions from Defense News.
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