So what we've demonstrated is we're taking those lessons learned, we're backing it up with data, and then we're moving forward with affordable capabilities that exist now that don't require massive modifications to the airplanes, and we're having wonderful, wonderful effects in the airspace and in the battlefield.” We did some work with the Air Force and TRANSCOM, and we got two of the airplanes supporting that with what I would call the connectivity that I desire: the connectivity that provides both line of sight and beyond line of sight secure comms so that we can link in with the joint forces,” he said. “We will be able to tie into the tactical data links that the joint force uses…tie back to all the command-and-control echelons that the joint force, the combatant commands, and certainly my team that runs an air operations center that's globally engaged every day back at Scott Air Force Base,” he said.
Author: Lauren C. Williams
Published at: 2024-07-24 22:32:45
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