Multifunction Advanced Data Link
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) is a fast switching narrow directional communications data link between stealth aircraft.[1] It began as a method to coordinate between F-35 aircraft (the Joint Strike Fighter), but HQ Air Combat Command wants to expand the capability to coordinate future USAF strike forces of all AF stealth aircraft, including the B-2, F-22, and unmanned systems. MADL is expected to provide needed throughput, latency, frequency-hopping and anti-jamming capability with phased Array Antenna Assemblies (AAAs) that send and receive tightly directed radio signals.[2] MADL uses the Ku band.[3]
The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics directed the Air Force and Navy to integrate MADL among the F-22, F-35 and B-2, to one another and to the rest of network.
As of 2010, the Air Force has canceled upgrade plans for the F-22 to receive MADL citing technology maturity risks.
Critics contend that since Link 16 is the standard by which U.S. and Allied aircraft communicate, upgrades to Link-16 radios should be supported that can provide the same capabilities as MADL while maintaining interoperability.[citation needed]
MADL's line of sight nature and limited range restrict the scenarios where it can be used to connect beyond a four aircraft flight.[4]
Platforms
- The F-22 MADL upgrade was cancelled in 2010[5]
- The F-35 will have MADL built in
- B-2 Spirit
See also
- Global Information Grid
- Network-centric warfare
- Link 16
- Multifunctional Information Distribution System
References
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- ↑ Modelling radio propagation and contention in emulated defence networks, MilCIS, 8-10 November 2011, by M. Britton and A. Coyle.
- ↑ Harris Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL)
- ↑ "Israel, U.S. Agree To $450 Million In F-35 EW Work." Av Week, 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "New Data Link Enables Stealthy Comms."
- ↑ http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/03/air-force-raptor-madl-upgrade-033111w/
