Why America’s Two Top Fighter Jets Can’t Talk to Each Other
The F-22 and the F-35 were built with communication systems that don’t work together, a problem that’s going to take a lot of money to fix.
By Justin Bachman
April 2, 2018, 4:00 AM EDT Updated on April 2, 2018, 7:30 PM EDT
With the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, the U.S. has fielded two of the world’s most sophisticated, maneuverable and stealthy fighter jets. They both function as airborne shepherds of America’s flock of older combat aircraft, using their state-of-the-art systems to communicate threats and targets on the ground and in the air.
Unfortunately, they have a difficult time communicating with each other.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/why-america-s-two-top-fighter-jets-can-t-talk-to-each-other
