SDA 'Really Close' To Link 16 Deployment Over Continental U.S.

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The Space Development Agency is launching the first operational satellites for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

Credit: Space Development Agency
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) and its government partners are close to resolving an ongoing limitation on transmitting Link 16 data from space over the continental U.S., the agency’s acting director said Sept. 22. For years, the SDA’s efforts to deploy Link 16...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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