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Tournear: Link 16 From Space Working After Software Modifications

Tournear: Link 16 From Space Working After Software Modifications
U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant John Jacoby assigned to the 109th Air Control Squadron, monitors Link 16 capabilities aboard a KC-135R over Utah on February 3 during Exercise PERSES (U.S. Air National Guard Photo)

The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) said that it has ironed out wrinkles in Link 16 delivery from space to military forces over existing radios. Last November, SDA said that it had debuted the provision of Link 16 data from space with three Tranche 0 Transport Layer York Space Systems satellites that demonstrated network entry through space to ground connection from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to a series of receivers using terrestrial radios (Defense Daily, Nov. 29, 2023). Fielded since…

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