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SDA Demonstrates Space-Based Link 16 Connection With Navy Aircraft; Sees Several Month Delay In Tranche 1 Launches

SDA Demonstrates Space-Based Link 16 Connection With Navy Aircraft; Sees Several Month Delay In Tranche 1 Launches
Pictured is Space Development Agency (SDA) Director Derek Tournear (SDA Photo)

The Space Development Agency (SDA), as part of a demonstration of its fledgling capability to transmit messages from spacecraft using an encrypted tactical data link, recently showed that connectivity could be delivered to a parked aircraft, the agency’s top official said on Wednesday. The demonstration of Link 16 to the aircraft was part of a test proving that that the data link could also be used to transmit to an aircraft carrier where the aircraft was parked, SDA Director Derek…

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