
U.S. Air Force testing of its future Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) last year saw the use of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Freedom 550 gateway radio to link the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and F-22 fighters, and the company envisions the use of the Freedom Radio on a variety of manned and unmanned aircraft as a communications node. In a briefing on Feb. 23 to discuss Northrop Grumman's efforts to advance the DoD Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2)…