Babelfish Tests Will Turn Voyager Tanker Into Comms Node

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A330
Credit: Rob Finlayson
LONDON—The UK Royal Air Force is to test its information sharing technologies on one of its Airbus A330 Voyager tankers, turning the platform into an airborne communications node. The tests, which are being run through the RAF’s Babelfish program, will see a series of technologies developed by the...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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