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Tactical Data Link

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A Tactical Data Link (TDL) uses a data link standard in order to provide communication via radio waves or cable used by the U.S. armed forces and NATO nations. [1]

42 relations: ACCS, Air traffic control, Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, Broadcasting, Command and control, Common Data Link, Data buffer, Data link, Defense Information Systems Agency, Electrical cable, Electronic countermeasure, Enhanced Position Location Reporting System, Global Information Grid, Hertz, High frequency, Interface (computing), Internet Protocol, Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, JREAP, Link 1, Link 16, Link 22, Link 4, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, MANDRIL, MIL-STD-6011, Military air base, Military aircraft, Military tactics, Multifunction Advanced Data Link, Multifunctional Information Distribution System, NATO, NATO Integrated Air Defense System, Network emulation, Radio frequency, Radio wave, SIMPLE (military communications protocol), Standardization Agreement, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Time-division multiple access, Ultra high frequency, United States Armed Forces.

ACCS

ACCS is the NATO Air Command and Control System project, planned to replace the NATO Air Command and Control Systems of the nineties.

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Air traffic control

Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace.

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Battlefield Airborne Communications Node

The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) is a United States Air Force (USAF) airborne communications relay and gateway system carried by the unmanned EQ-4B and the manned Bombardier E-11A aircraft.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Command and control

Command and control or C2 is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes...

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Common Data Link

Common Data Link (CDL) is a secure U.S. military communications protocol.

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Data buffer

In computer science, a data buffer (or just buffer) is a region of a physical memory storage used to temporarily store data while it is being moved from one place to another.

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Data link

In telecommunication a data link is the means of connecting one location to another for the purpose of transmitting and receiving digital information.

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Defense Information Systems Agency

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), known as the Defense Communications Agency (DCA) until 1991, is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) combat support agency composed of military, federal civilians, and contractors.

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Electrical cable

An electrical cable is an assembly of one or more wires running side by side or bundled, which is used to carry electric current.

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Electronic countermeasure

An electronic countermeasure (ECM) is an electrical or electronic device designed to trick or deceive radar, sonar or other detection systems, like infrared (IR) or lasers.

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Enhanced Position Location Reporting System

The Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS) is a secure, jam-resistant, computer-controlled communications network that distributes near real-time tactical information, generally integrated into radio sets, and coordinated by a Network Control Station.

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Global Information Grid

The Global Information Grid (GIG) is an all-encompassing communications project of the United States Department of Defense.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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High frequency

High frequency (HF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) between 3 and 30 megahertz (MHz).

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Interface (computing)

In computing, an interface is a shared boundary across which two or more separate components of a computer system exchange information.

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Internet Protocol

The Internet Protocol (IP) is the principal communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries.

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Joint Tactical Information Distribution System

The Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) is an L band Distributed Time Division Multiple Access (DTDMA) network radio system used by the United States armed forces and their allies to support data communications needs, principally in the air and missile defense community.

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JREAP

The Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol ("JREAP") enables tactical data messages to be transmitted over long-distance networks, e.g. satellite links, thereby extending the range of Tactical Data Links (TDLs).

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Link 1

Link 1 is a computer network standard developed by NATO to provide information exchange for air defence.

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Link 16

Link 16 is a military tactical data exchange network used by NATO and nations allowed by the MIDS International Program Office (IPO).

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Link 22

Link 22 is a secure digital radio link in the HF and UHF bands, primarily used by military forces as a tactical data link.

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Link 4

Link 4 is a non-secure data link used for providing vector commands to USAF and other NATO fighter aircraft.

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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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MANDRIL

MANDRIL is integrated software produced by Leidos UK Ltd (formerly Lockheed Martin UK IS&S Ltd) for the analysis of Tactical Data Links.

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MIL-STD-6011

TADIL-A/Link 11 is a secure half-duplex TADIL radio link used by NATO that receives or transmits—but not both simultaneously—a sequential data exchange digital link.

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Military air base

A military air base (sometimes referred to as a military airfield, military airport, air force station, air force base or short air base) is an aerodrome (military base) used by a military force for the operation of military aircraft.

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Military aircraft

A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary armed service of any type.

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Military tactics

Military tactics encompasses the art of organising and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield.

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Multifunction Advanced Data Link

Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) is a fast switching narrow directional communications data link between stealth aircraft.

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Multifunctional Information Distribution System

Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) is the NATO name for the communication component of Link-16.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.

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NATO Integrated Air Defense System

NATO's NATO Integrated Air Defense System (short: NATINADS) is a command and control compound (structure or system) of the alliance's air defence forces, subordinated to the NATO command authorities, already in peace time as well as in crisis and war.

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Network emulation

Network emulation is a technique for testing the performance of real applications over a virtual network.

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Radio frequency

Radio frequency (RF) refers to oscillatory change in voltage or current in a circuit, waveguide or transmission line in the range extending from around twenty thousand times per second to around three hundred billion times per second, roughly between the upper limit of audio and the lower limit of infrared.

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Radio wave

Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum longer than infrared light.

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SIMPLE (military communications protocol)

The Standard Interface for Multiple Platform Link Evaluation (SIMPLE) is a military communications protocol defined in NATO's Standardization Agreement STANAG 5602.

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Standardization Agreement

In NATO a STANdardization AGreement (STANAG) defines processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military or technical procedures or equipment between the member countries of the alliance.

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Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Allied Command Operations (ACO).

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Time-division multiple access

Time-division multiple access (TDMA) is a channel access method for shared-medium networks.

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Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one decimeter.

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United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America.

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Redirects here:

Tactical Data Links, Tactical Digital Information Link, Tactical data link.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_Data_Link

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