At Long Last, the F-35 and F-22 Might Talk to Each Other

[rangerrebew]

At Long Last, the F-35 and F-22 Might Talk to Each Other


    By Patrick Tucker Technology Editor Read bio

November 8, 2019


And once service officials can digitally link two of the military’s stealthiest platforms, they’re going to try to link everything else.

The U.S. Air Force will try to get an F-22 and an F-35 to talk to each other in December, part of a broader effort to link all of its manned and unmanned aircraft, Air Force and military officials announced on Thursday. The service is also testing a new dashboard to help commanders and operators share a picture of the battlefield that shows all ground, air, sea, and even cyber assets.

“We’ve got a variety of platforms we would like to be able to share information in ways they haven’t done before,” Preston Dunlap, who was named the Air Force’s first chief architect in March, told attendees at Defense One’s Outlook 2020 conference on Thursday.

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2019/11/air-force-will-try-make-f-35-and-f-22-talk-each-other/161185/?oref=d-topstory

[PeteS in CA]

The first flights for the F-22 and F-35 were about 9 years apart. In CPU development cycles, that's 2-3 generations apart. Technology advances fast, while military equipment - airframes and ships - often is in use for several decades.