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Pentagon

Northrop Grumman Develops Link Across 5th, 4th Generation Fighters

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

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Northrop Grumman Develops Link Across 5th, 4th Generation Fighters

Northrop is eyeing the 6th gen fighter.

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has demonstrated a network that allows fifth-generation fighters jets such as the F-22 and F-35 to communicate and share data with earlier generation aircraft, the company said Tuesday. The system, known as Jetpack, was developed under the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration program. It allows the fifth-generation jets to link up to older F-15s, F-16s and F-18s. “Networking these aircraft will improve connectivity and communications, creating a force multiplier to dramatically increase the effectiveness of the total force,”…

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