Tranche 0 Datalink Communications Drastically Improving, SDA Says

York Space Systems Tranche 0 satellites participated in the November 2023 demonstration.

Credit: York Space Systems
The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) in November 2023 announced it had accomplished a major first—transmitting Link 16 data from orbit to radios on the ground, a vital demonstration of what is to come for the agency. But a lot of detail was left out in announcing that first demonstration, and now...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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