Army Eyes USAF Tankers for Network Tech
The U.S. Army hopes to piggyback the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical radio on board the USAF tankers in order to avoid deploying an aircraft just to act as a comms relay.
The idea has a few advantages for the Air Force as well. First, the Air Force would be off-loading traffic from satellites, which would mean more bandwidth would be available for other services. And second, it would reduce leasing costs associated with using commercial satellites.
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