USAF plans to use XQ-58A as datalink node between F-22 and F-35

Sometime next month at a test range, the U.S. Air Force plans to get the F-22’s Inter/Intra-Flight Data Link (IFDL) to talk with the F-35’s Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL).

U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Randolph Abaya, 586 Flight Test Squadron

Both jets will share data with each other via the GatewayOne node that sits on top of pole. And if all goes well, the GatewayOne will be mounted on the XQ-58A four months later for further testing.

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