CASE STUDY
mrcy.com
Platforms like the F-16 fighter require modernized communication
management frameworks to handle upcoming expanded SATCOM capabilities.
EXPLORE OUR COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT UNITS
AERIAL DOMINANCE AND THE NEED TO COMMUNICATE
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is used by the armed services of 25 nations, can travel
at Mach 2, and delivers its payload with extreme accuracy. The versatile jet
debuted in 1978, the same year as the dot matrix printer and 5.25-inch floppy
disks. Although the aircraft platform—like personal computing equipment—
has undergone numerous electronic and performance improvements since,
it needed to meet a new generation of mission requirements to remain
relevant. Specifically, the aircraft's aging communication management
framework, which could only support 1,000 satellite radio channels, needed
to be enhanced. The communications system update on the aircraft would
also introduce next generation radios with highly capable waveforms that
handle increasing demands for voice and data. To integrate the new radios
and rapid capability, the USAF looked for a flexible, graphical processing
system that could support its rapidly changing needs today and far into the
future. No existing system could meet these broad requirements. >
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT UNITS / U.S. AIR FORCE
FUTURE-FORWARD RADIO
CAPABILITIES FOR AGING AIRCRAFT
