USAF picks MIDS as F-16 data link solution

The U.S. Air Force has decided how to provide its F-16 fighter with the Link 16 waveform datalink, a capability likely to be fielded by 2002. After a lengthy analysis, "we thought the best approach was MIDS" - the Multifunction Information Distribution System - said Col. Larry Cooper, director of...

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