Foreign military sales customers for the US F-16 aircraft are to benefit from improved tactical Link 16 communication capabilities for the aircraft.
Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems joint venture, Data Link Solutions, has been awarded an $11.7 million contract by the US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command for the production of Multifunctional Information Distribution System - Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) for the F-16 Link 16 programme, and the option of $7.7 million for additional MIDS-LVT terminals.
MIDS-LVT was developed by the MIDS International Program Office to provide Link 16 capability at a lower weight, volume and cost. Link 16 is a secure, high-speed tactical data link used by the US and NATO allies.
MIDS-LVT provides real-time data communications, situational awareness and navigation, digital voice and TACAN, in a jam-resistant, crypto-secured package.
Clavister CyberArmour, an integrated defence cybersecurity system, will be used on BAE Systems Hägglunds’ CV90 platform in deployments with a Scandinavian country, as well as in an eastern European nation.
The tactical satellite (TacSat) is an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system and will participate in exercises in 2025.
The airborne three-domain, the two ground-based and the ¼ ATR OpenVPX-based cross-domain systems were engineered to provide real-time security across multi-domain operations.
DARPA’s Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) programme was set up to develop an autonomous tactical network and enable critical data flow in contested environments.
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