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Thursday, April 16, 2009

USAF selects datalink to bridge communications gap between F-22 and F-35

F-22 RaptorThe US Air Force has cleared a five-year upgrade project to allow the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor to communicate with other stealthy - and perhaps some non-stealthy - aircraft types. The project will cost roughly $900 million.

Integrating the Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) by 2015 should solve two embarrassing gaps in the USAF's airborne network.

The F-22 lacks a multi-platform datalink and F-22 and Lockheed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots would be unable to talk or share information with each other.

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